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rail-to-trail projects and spans the
country, including those shown in
the table to the right.
In its second decade, SITES
promises to use its growing influence as a municipal governance
tool with the goal of codifying NRPA's Three Pillars - Health and
Wellness, Equity, and Conservation - into local policy. A recent
journal article by Frederick Steiner,
" Landscape governance: the prospects for the SITES rating system "
(tinyurl.com/yxufjsog), highlights
how New York City, Chicago and
Atlanta, as well as the state of
Rhode Island and the U.S. General Services Administration, look to
SITES as a policy tool for guiding
sustainable landscape development
to protect and restore ecosystem
services.
The local government value of
SITES was underscored in a Duke
University case study (tinyurl.
com/yylw6a7n), in which Sarasota, Florida's park planner found
that " having a structured framework, such as SITES, to present at
public meetings when considering
projects, can be a valuable tool.
Certification programs can provide
greater credibility to the ideas being put forth, allowing discussion
to move from attempting to reach
high-level consensus on big-picture
ideas to allowing for greater focus
on more immediate details pertaining to the project at hand. Further,
having a set of guidelines can help
to add metrics to the county's sustainability goals. "
As parks are called on to do
more under increasingly tight fiscal
constraints, municipal policymakers, parks officials and advocates
may find SITES to be a useful offthe-shelf tool to advance parks,
Public Parks Enrolled in SITES Certification
Park
Location
Agency
SITES Certification
Status
Blue Hole Regional
Park
Wimberly, Texas
City of Wimberly
Certified - v1
Boeddeker Park
San Francisco,
California
City of San Francisco
Recreation and Parks
Department
Certified - v1
Centennial Park
Nashville,
Tennessee
Nashville Metro Parks and
Recreation
Certified Gold - v2
Evans Parkway
Silver Spring,
Neighborhood Park Maryland
Maryland-National Capital Park
and Planning Commission
Certified - v1
George " Doc "
Cavalliere Park
Scottsdale, Arizona
Scottsdale Parks and
Recreation
Certified - v1
Grant Park
Gateway Project
Atlanta, Georgia
City of Atlanta Parks and
Recreation Department
Certified Gold - v2
Kirke Park
Seattle, Washington Seattle Parks and Recreation
Certified - v1
Woodland
Discovery
Playground
Memphis,
Tennessee
Shelby Farms Park
Conservancy/Shelby County
Certified - v1
Cully Park
Portland, Oregon
Portland Parks and Recreation
Registered v2 -
In process
Creek Delta at
Austin, Texas
Waterloo Greenway
City of Austin and Waterloo
Greenway
Registered v2 -
In process
Earvin Magic
Johnson Park
Los Angeles,
California
County of Los Angeles
Community Development
Commission
Registered v2 -
In process
Enota Park
Atlanta, Georgia
City of Atlanta and Atlanta
BeltLine, Inc.
Registered v2 -
In process
Kingsbury
Commons at
Pease Park
Austin, Texas
City of Austin Parks and
Recreation Department and
Pease Park Conservancy
Registered v2 -
In process
Mary Elizabeth
Branch Park
Austin, Texas
City of Austin and Catellus
Development
Registered v2 -
In process
Pharr Tennis Center Austin, Texas
City of Austin Parks and
Recreation Department
Registered v2 -
In process
Towne Center Park
@ Mueller
Austin, Texas
City of Austin and Catellus
Development
Registered v2 -
In process
Walnut Park
Walnut Park,
California
County of Los Angeles Parks
and Recreation
Registered v2 -
In process
Atlanta BeltLine
Atlanta, Georgia
City of Atlanta and Atlanta
BeltLine, Inc.
Required - SITES
Silver or Gold v2
recreation and environmental conservation efforts that enhance the
quality of life for all people.
For information on these SITES
projects and more, visit sustainable
sites.org/projects. If you are in-
terested in promoting discussions
about SITES in your community,
contact the SITES team at SITES@
gbci.org.
Paul Wessel is Director of Market Development at U.S.
Green Building Council (pwessel@usgbc.org).
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