Dallas Park and Recreation and Trust for Public Land host news conference to announce City of Dallas 2024 ParkScore ranking
Media invited for update on Dallas’ efforts to become “Greenest and Greatest City in Texas”
DALLAS- On Wednesday, City of Dallas officials, Dallas Park and Recreation staff and leaders from the national nonprofit Trust for Public Land (TPL) will announce where the City of Dallas has landed on the 2024 ParkScore rankings.
ParkScore is a national ranking of the top 100 most populous U.S. cities' parks systems based on five park categories: equity, access, investment, acreage, and amenities, and serves as a powerful tool to help communities gain information to help them close the park equity gap. Media is invited to join news conference at Dallas City Hall where Dallas’ 2024 ranking will be unveiled.
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Dallas Park and Recreation & Trust for Public Land to host press conference announcing the City of Dallas 2024 ParkScore ranking |
Who |
Dallas Mayor Eric Johnson
Arun Agarwal, President, Dallas Park and Recreation Board
Molly Morgan, Trust for Public Land - Texas |
When |
8 a.m. - 9 a.m. Announcement at 8:30 a.m.
Wednesday, May 22, 2024 |
Where
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Dallas City Hall Flag Room, 6th Floor
1500 Marilla St.
Dallas, TX 75201 |
About Trust for Public Land
Trust for Public Land (TPL) is a national nonprofit that works to connect everyone to the benefits and joys of the outdoors. As a leader in equitable access to the outdoors, TPL works with communities to create parks and protect public land where they are needed most. Since 1972, TPL has protected more than 4 million acres of public land, created more than 5,364 parks, trails, schoolyards, and iconic outdoor places, raised $93 billion in public funding for parks and public lands, and connected nearly 9.4 million people to the outdoors. To learn more, visit tpl.org.
About Dallas Park & Recreation Department
Dallas Park and Recreation is one of the largest U.S. municipal park systems and provides the management, supervision, coordination, and implementation of diverse leisure services and recreational opportunities at recreation centers, athletic fields, swimming pools, open space and special facilities. The park system includes over 20,812 land acres that encompass 410 parks, 7 lakes, 4,658 surface acres of water and over 180 developed trail miles. Visit DallasParks.org for more information.
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