THE ECONOMIC VALUE OF PARKS ~ GREEN TALLAHASSEE

4.24.2009

THE ECONOMIC VALUE OF PARKS

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Green Readers living in Tallahassee know the value of our wonderful parks system. The Trust for Public Land spent five years developing a protocol for measuring the actual dollars-and-cents value of urban park systems, including tourism, property, environmental, direct use, health and community cohesion factors. Economic Value of City Parks: Measuring Their Worth

Read the newly released full report here. It includes complete methodology, and some surprising results from the first five cities studied: Boston, Washington, D.C., San Diego, Sacramento and Philadelphia.

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