External Resources
Explore our curated list of websites including resources, programs, and organizations that support urban parks and their management.
RESEARCH, ADVOCACY, AND PROGRAMS
- American Planning Association – Great Urban Parks Campaign
- Built Environment and Health Research Group at Columbia University
- Center for City Park Excellence
- City Parks Alliance
- The Conservation Fund
- High Line Network
- The Horticultural Society of New York (New York, NY)
- The Institute at the Golden Gate
- National Association for Olmsted Parks
- National Association of Park Foundations
- National Recreation and Parks Association
- The Nature Conservancy – Build Healthy Cities
- New Yorkers for Parks
- Open Space Institute
- Project for Public Spaces
- Public Garden Design
- Trust for Public Land
- Urban Land Institute
- The United States Conference of Mayors
- World Parks Academy
- World Urban Parks
PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT AND CONTINUING EDUCATION
- The Eppley Institute for Parks and Public Lands at Indiana University
- Institute of Professional Environmental Practice
- International Society of Aboriculture
- National Parks Institute at University of California, Merced
- National Registry of Environmental Professionals
- NRPA Careers & Education
- NRPA Certification
- World Parks Academy Certification
MEDIA AND URBAN AFFAIRS
- Brookings Institution
- City Lab
- Governing
- Meeting of the Minds
- National League of Cities
- The Nature of Cities
- Next City
PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARK PARTNERSHIPS
NYC
- Alliance for Flushing Meadows Corona Park
- The Battery Conservancy
- Bronx River Alliance
- Brooklyn Bridge Park
- Bryant Park Corporation
- Fort Tryon Park Trust
- Four Freedoms Park Conservancy
- Friends of the High Line
- Freshkills Park Alliance
- Greenbelt Conservancy
- Governors Island
- Hudson River Park
- Madison Square Park Conservancy
- Natural Areas Conservancy
- Prospect Park Alliance
- Randall’s Island Park Alliance
- Riverside Park Conservancy
- Van Cortlandt Park Conservancy
- Washington Square Park Conservancy
National & International
- 21st Century Parks (Louisville, KY)
- Anchorage Park Foundation (Anchorage, AK)
- Assiniboine Park Conservancy (Winnipeg, MN)
- Atlanta Beltline (Atlanta, GA)
- Austin Parks Foundation (Austin, TX)
- Balboa Park Conservancy (San Diego, CA)
- Bayfront Park Management Trust (Miami, FL)
- Belle Isle Conservancy (Detroit, MI)
- The Bentway Conservancy (Toronto, ON)
- Brackenridge Park Conservancy (San Antonio, TX)
- Buffalo Bayou Partnership (Houston, TX)
- Buffalo Olmsted Parks Conservancy (Buffalo, NY)
- Centennial Parklands (Paddington NSW)
- Chandler Park Conservancy (Detroit, MI)
- Charles River Conservancy (Boston, MA)
- Charleston Parks Conservancy (Charleston, SC)
- Chicago Park Foundation (Chicago, IL)
- Civic Center Conservancy (Denver, CO)
- Detroit Riverfront Conservancy (Detroit, MI)
- Discovery Green Conservancy (Houston, TX)
- Dorothea Dix Park Conservancy (Raleigh, NC)
- Downtown Detroit Partnership (Detroit, MI)
- Downtown Providence Parks Conservancy (Providence, RI)
- Emerald Necklace Conservancy (Boston, MA)
- The Esplanade Association (Boston, MA)
- Fairmount Park Conservancy (Philadelphia, PA)
- Forest Park Forever (St. Louis, MO)
- Friends of Lafitte Greenway (New Orleans, LA)
- Friends of Patterson Park (Baltimore, MD)
- Friends of the Public Garden (Boston, MA)
- Friends of Waterfront Seattle (Seattle, WA)
- Fundação Aron Birmann (São Paulo, Brazil)
- Gateway Arch Park Foundation (St. Louis, MO)
- A Gathering Place for Tulsa (Tulsa, OK)
- Golden Gate National Parks Conservancy (San Francisco, CA)
- Grand Park Foundation (Los Angeles, CA)
- Grant Park Conservancy (Atlanta, GA)
- Greensboro Downtown Parks, Inc. (Greensboro, NC)
- Guadalupe River Park Conservancy (San Jose, CA)
- Hermann Park Conservancy (Houston, TX)
- Historic Fourth Ward Park Conservancy (Atlanta, GA)
- Memorial Park Conservancy (Houston, TX)
- Millennium Park Foundation (Chicago, IL)
- Olmsted Parks Conservancy (Louisville, KY)
- Overton Park Conservancy (Memphis, TN)
- Parc Jean-Drapeau (Montreal, QC)
- Parque Ibirpuera Conservação (São Paulo, Brazil)
- Pease Park Conservancy (Austin, TX)
- Piedmont Park Conservancy (Atlanta, GA)
- Pittsburgh Parks Conservancy (Pittsburgh, PA)
- Roger Williams Park Conservancy (Providence, RI)
- Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy Greenway Conservancy (Boston, MA)
- Shelby Farms Park Conservancy (Memphis, TN)
- Tower Grove Park (St. Louis, MO)
- Trust for the National Mall (Washington, DC)
- Waller Creek Conservancy (Austin, TX)
- Waterfront Seattle (Seattle, WA)
- Wolf River Conservancy (Memphis, TN)
FRIENDS OF, FOUNDATION, AND SUPPORT ORGANIZATIONS
- Chicago Parks Foundation (Chicago, IL)
- Fort Greene Park Conservancy (Brooklyn, NY)
- Friends of City Park (New Orleans, LA)
- Gowanus Canal Conservancy (Brooklyn, NY)
- Los Angeles Parks Foundation (Los Angeles, CA)
- Openlands (Chicago, IL)
- Open Space Alliance of North Brooklyn (Brooklyn, NY)
- The Park People (Denver, CO)
- Park People (Toronto, ON)
- Park Pride (Atlanta, GA)
- Pennsylvania Recreation & Park Society (State College, PA)
- Philadelphia Parks Alliance (Philadelphia, PA)
- San Francisco Parks Alliance (San Francisco, CA)
- Seattle Parks Foundation (Seattle, WA)
- Washington Parks & People (Washington, D.C.)
- Westchester Parks Foundation (Ardsley, NY)