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John,
As I highlighted in my previous email, there's a major divide between who does and doesn't have access to the outdoors, with the greatest disparities falling across racial and economic lines.
It’s a sad fact that more than 100 million Americans, including 28 million children, don't have a park within a ten-minute walk of home. What’s more, parks that serve primarily people of color are half as large and serve nearly five times more people than parks in majority white neighborhoods. This is wrong … that’s why The Trust for Public Land is committed to closing the park equity divide that exists in too many communities in our country. I urge you to support this vital work today.
This is an aggressive goal meant to begin correcting this deficiency on a quick deadline … by 2025. Our goal is to work directly with hundreds of communities to put a quality park within a 10-minute walk of five million people who currently lack access and bring community schoolyards to 20 underserved school districts, improving park access for another 6 million people.
John, to achieve this aggressive goal, we especially need the help of change agents like you. Will you make a gift to help close the park equity divide for millions of kids and their families in communities across the country?
Your tax-deductible contribution will be put to immediate use on projects that we have already initiated such as our work at …
Alton Park Connector — Chattanooga, Tennessee
This project will connect an urban neighborhood of 1,800 residents — where 83% of families are low-income and especially in need of the health benefits of nature — to a 25-mile greenway system by converting a former rail line into a shared-use path to walk and bike to the Tennessee Riverpark and downtown — giving people a place to exercise and connect with the outdoors.
Urban Orchard — Los Angeles, California
This extraordinary open space will provide 30 acres of recreational spaces for 100,000 residents in the post-industrial area along the Los Angeles River, where there’s some of the highest levels of environmental pollution and air quality in California. This green infrastructure project will provide multiple ecological and social benefits. We’re also working with a local partner that will recruit and train vulnerable youth for good paying jobs in construction and maintenance at the site.
But the success of these projects, as well as our many other efforts to create and rehabilitate parks and green spaces across the country, depend upon your immediate support … so please give today.
With your help, we can begin to close the park equity divide that has left too many communities behind. Thank you for your ongoing support.
Sincerely,
Kim Elliot
Director of Membership
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