Send a Message to City Council about the Park and Rec. 2011 Budget

The Park and Rec Commission is sharing this message from the Philadelphia Parks Alliance

Your Action Is Needed!

Thank you to everyone who has participated in the funding campaign in support of the Department of Parks and Recreation. We've made an enormous splash. It has been noticed. But, there's critical work left to be done.

Now it's time for our 2nd round of letters and calls to City Council. Let's thank them for supporting the Mayor's original proposed budget for FY 2011 and call on them to go back to the table and find the revenue to make that budget a reality!

On top of decades of underfunding, parks and recreation have both been cut by almost 28% since January, 2009 - plus a $1 million reduction for tree maintenance and planting. Click here for more information.

WHAT WE NEED TO DO:
Please take a moment now to click here and send a letter to Council members, even if you've already written to them.
Direct your colleagues, friends, neighbors and families to www.philaparks.org where they can link in and send a letter.
If you have a bit more time, leave phone messages for members of City Council. Click here to find out who your Council representative is and find their phone number.
If you can get to City Hall, stop by Council offices and leave the same message. Click here for Council contact info.
Send personalized letters to City Council members the old fashioned way. They will read them.

Greenworks First Annual Progress Report on May 26

Join Mayor Nutter and the Office of Sustainability to celebrate the release of the first annual Greenworks Progress Report. We'll be gathering for food and festivities at 9th and Norris Streets on Wednesday, May 26, at 10:30 a.m.

GREEN 2015

The City of Philadelphia is hosting a series of community meetings to hear your thoughts about the future of green space in your neighborhood.  These meetings will help shape the City's action plan to add 500 acres of public space to meet Mayor Nutter's sustainability goals

Tuesday, May 25, 6:30 pm -       Sheet Metal Workers Union, 1301 S. Columbus Blvd., 19147
Wednesday, May 26, 6:30 pm - Associacion Puertorriquenos en Marcha, 2319 N. 7th St., 19140
Monday, June 14, 6:30 pm -      Germantown Friends School, 31 W. Coulter St., 19144
Wednesday, June 16, 6:30 pm - Bartram’s Garden, 5400 Lindbergh Blvd., 19143
Monday, June 21, 6:30 pm -       Perzel Community Center, 2990 Saint Vincent St., 19149
Tuesday, June 22, 6:30pm -        Phila. Free Library - Skyline Room, 1901 Vine Street, 19103

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