Parks are Essential to Quality of Life.
Explore Top Strategies for Creating Healthy, Vibrant Communities with High-Quality Parks
“I have a priority to create policies and standards that are long lasting, that any mayor who comes next will want to adopt and keep the torch going further, because that’s how you protect our open space and our parkland and then speed up investment.”
— Mayor Mattie Parker, Fort Worth, TX
The 10-Minute Walk® program is developing and sharing effective and innovative strategies from across the nation, available to anyone able to enact change in their city, county, town, village and community.
Sharing Our Resources
Check out top strategies and practices that are bring used in cities across the U.S.
Key Park Equity Policies Report
This report introduces and summarizes the categories, provides working definitions and illustrates real-world examples in each category.
Fundamentals of Funding Report
We have compiled this report to share 21 common funding mechanisms available for city parks, along with a high-level summary of what they can fund.
Park Equity Accelerator
Check out our Park Equity Accelerator page to learn more about our first cohort of Park Equity Accelerator cities.
10-Minute Walk Park Bench Chats
Experience the joy of Park Bench Chats on our YouTube channel. From discussions with mayors to park experts and everyone in-between, learn more about what cities are doing to tackle the park equity divide head-on.
Park Resources Database
Find and download park resources by category with a searchable database of materials ranging from webinars to policy papers and toolkits to case studies.
Communities of Practice Videos
This capacity building and peer learning network brings together cities to focus on improving park equity. Watch videos of these insightful and thought-provoking presentations.
“Parks add value to cities. There are economic, environmental, community and public health benefits that parks provide, but they also increase the liveability and vibrancy of our cities.”
– Mayor Matt Pacifico, Altoona, PA