CHI partners at Redstone Center publish Parks Report

Sumner M. Redstone Global Center for Prevention and Wellness

May 8, 2023

parks report

The Sumner M. Redstone Global Center for Prevention and Wellness published the Neighborhood Park Service Report, which evaluates the great inequities in amenities, maintenance, and access in parks/greenspace across the District of Columbia. Centering parks as a public health and climate change mitigation resource, the report identifies several policy recommendations for the local government, National Park Service, and Congress to improve management of the park system. Read the full report here

The report has garnered lots of local media attention, including WUSA9, WAMU's Morning Edition (or previous coverage here), DCist (here, here, or here), The Washingtonian, and WTOP