New City Parks brings parks to neighborhoods that need them.
We work with communities and mayors in small cities to help design, finance, build, program, and steward welcoming and sustainable parks in under-resourced neighborhoods.
EQUITY
We have a single focus: helping under-resourced communities realize their visions for neighborhood parks that are beautiful, safe, and well-maintained.
COMMUNITY
We only go where grassroots groups want us, and we listen. We work directly with neighborhood residents and community stakeholders, translate their ideas into buildable designs, and get projects in the ground.
ENVIRONMENTAL RESILIENCY
Urban green spaces promote stormwater capture, reduce air pollution, create habitat, and provide much-needed shade in neighborhoods dominated by asphalt and cement.
HEALTH
Safe and appealing parks within an easy walk provide exercise, play, and communion with nature. All are essential in combatting heart disease, diabetes, asthma, and obesity, as well as depression and anxiety.
SYSTEMIC CHANGE
We leave behind parks that are models of what can and should be done to better serve our citizens — but that’s not all. We also leave cities with improved systems, new priorities, and strengthened ties to their communities, so they are poised to do more.
Our Funders
We are grateful for major support of the following organizations and individuals:
The Achelis and Bodman Foundation, Cornelia T. Bailey Foundation, Bloomberg Philanthropies, Dyson Foundation, John and Olivia Farr, Fidelis Care, The Freedom Together Foundation, Green Mountain Energy Sun Club, Highmark Blue Cross Blue Shield of Western New York, Hollomon Price Foundation, J.M. Kaplan Fund, The Monarch Foundation, M&T Charitable Foundation, Pinkerton Foundation, Laurance S. Rockefeller Fund, James Rubin, Scenic Hudson, Secunda Family Foundation, Jennifer Speers, The Henry and Marilyn Taub Foundation, Walentas Foundation, Lucy R. Waletzky, M.D., Ralph C. Wilson, Jr. Foundation, The Ralph C. Wilson, Jr. Legacy Funds administered by the Community Foundation for Greater Buffalo
We are also grateful for the legal assistance and support of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP, Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP, and Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP.