Advocacy

Parks and Recreation Design

Meet Me at the Park

Brooklyn Bridge Park, NYC, Michael Van Valkenburgh Associates >

Reasons Why It's Important

ASLA actively encourages communities to create or improve access to places that enable physical activity, including parks, recreational facilities, bicycle paths, walking trails, and sidewalks. Join ASLA in pushing for more places that are made to make you move.

Learn More About the Issues

Community Parks Revitalization Act

The Land and Water Conservation Fund (LWCF)

Outdoor Recreation Legacy Partnership Grant Program Act

National Park Service Centennial Act

National Park Service Legacy Act

Example projects from your community

Hunter's Point South Waterfront Park, Queens, New York City, New York. Thomas Balsley Associates and Weiss/Manfredi | ASLA 2014 Professional General Design Honor Award >

CityGarden, St. Louis, Missouri. Nelson Byrd Woltz Landscape Architects. Nelson Byrd Woltz Landscape Architects | ASLA 2011 Professional General Design Honor Award >

Contrasting Shade: Building a Sustainable Urban Grove at Central Wharf Plaza, Boston, Massachusetts. Reed Hilderbrand | ASLA 2011 Professional General Design Honor Award >