Central Park Conservancy in the News

The Central Park Conservancy and Alcoa Inc. - two leaders in their respective industries - will partner to create an improved waste management system for the world's busiest urban park.

For their latest restoration effort, the Central Park Conservancy takes inspiration from a historic project to enliven a challenging section of the East Drive.

Neil Calvanese, Vice President of Operations at the Central Park Conservancy and who New York Magazine calls "master of all things arboreal," discusses the unique stresses and benefits experienced by trees growing in an urban environment.

Central Park and the Conservancy's stewardship of the Park helps fuel New York City's economy.

The Central Park Conservancy and a celebrity guest welcome spring to Central Park with a ceremonial "first mow" of Sheep Meadow in anticipation of tens of thousands of springtime visitors.

The Central Park Conservancy as a model for Boston's Esplanade.

The Central Park Conservancy doesn't just maintain and restore Central Park; they also create free public programming for adults and children. The Conservancy's youth hockey clinic, for example, is New York City's only free hockey program!

The Conservancy maintains every inch of Central Park, including its seven water bodies and the soil of every landscape. Those features are monitored - and treated - out of the Conservancy's soil lab.

The Conservancy doesn't hibernate! While the majority of Park visitors are seen in the spring and summer, Conservancy staff are as busy as ever in the winter months as they work to maintain the Park's 843 acres.

The Conservancy's stewardship doesn't just mean restored landscapes and maintained resources - it means the Park is a safer place for New Yorkers than ever before.

The woodlands of Central Park - affectionately referred to as "Manhattan's Adirondacks" - provide a rural escape for New Yorkers just minutes from their homes.

Conservancy staff take on one of their many tasks in preparation of Central Park for the tens of thousands of runners who will end the ING New York City Marathon in it: moving a statue commemorating the founding father of the marathon from East 90th Street to the race's finish line.

The Central Park Conservancy celebrates restoration of the East Meadow, the last of the Park's seven major lawns to be restored under the Conservancy's 30-year stewardship.

The Central Park Conservancy launches a new branding campaign, complete with a new way and style of communications with the Park's 38 million annual visitors.

To boost public support for its mission of Central Park restoration and maintenance, the Central Park Conservancy launched a new campaign - and public identity.