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safety and stormwater management, and
communicating the role parks and greenspaces play in easing those concerns can
bring partnerships and financial support.
Also threading through Pittsburgh
Parks Conservancy projects from the
beginning is carefully chosen programming. " Programming, especially with
an environmental or health focus, keeps
the community engaged in their parks,
and creates a bond, " says Camila Rivera-Tinsley, Parks Conservancy director
of education. " Our all-ages programming helps create future park stewards
and supporters. " The diverse slate of
programming has grown to include
STEM-focused summer camps, fitness
classes and an extensive series of naturalist educator-led hikes, older-adult nature classes and movies in the park. " We
serve a diverse community of park users,

and we put careful thought into programming accordingly, " says Rivera-Tinsley.
As Cheever prepares to pass the baton
to her successor in March of 2018, she
cites park equity as her wish for Pittsburgh's green future. " I'd like to see a city
where the entire system of 160 parks both
large and small is beautiful, safe, healthy
and clean, " Cheever says. " Our challenge
is to find the resources to bring every park
in every neighborhood of the city to excellent condition and the support to keep
them that way. Then, we connect the
parks to each other and to the riverfronts
and to the neighborhoods. When we accomplish that, I think we'll find that all
Pittsburghers are happier and healthier.
We'll have equity across our park and trail
system, and our city will be a model of
other cities around the country. "
In the past two decades, the Parks Con-

servancy has undeniably done much for
Pittsburgh: 17 major park improvement
projects, groundbreaking partnerships,
and helping to transform the city into
a green technology and education-focused destination. Year-round environmental education programming, a
leading role in green infrastructure and
dedication to park equity are the goals
taking the Parks Conservancy into its
third decade. Perhaps most important
of all, though, are the countless happy
memories of millions of park users who
have grown up, played, loved and celebrated in the green spaces that are the
result of the lessons learned during the
group's visionary work.
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