I'm a Park Person

One of the greatest challenges in contemporary city building is to get the public realm – the parks, trails, squares, and pedestrian-friendly streets that make cities liveable - back on the agenda and get it right as we return to city centres and older neighbourhoods.
Ken Greenberg

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Park Group Success Stories Featured at March 1 Park Talk at Trinity-Bellwoods Park 

Join us on Thursday March 1 at 7:00 and join the discussion the Friends of Trinity-Bellwoods' successes and challenges, as well as Park People's new Park Friends Group Handbook

 

 

New Report Offers A New Way Forward for Parks

It's time for Toronto to get more creative and find partnership solutions for better parks. Read our solutions, listen to the coverage on CBC Radio and see the positive commentary in the Globe and Mail and Toronto Sun.  

Park People In The News

Read our latest newsletter to find out what you can do to speak up for Toronto's parks. Don't let decision-makers at City Hall take our parks for granted!

Great coverage in the Globe and Mail, CBC's Metro MorningToronto Star and the Torontoist on the work of Park People, our first citywide Summit, and the inspiring work of our keynote speaker, Tupper Thomas.

Pathway to Parks - November 2011 - A New Way Forward for Toronto's Parks

Read the November 21, 2011 press release or download the full 4-page report. Timed to coincide with the with City budget deliberations and consultations on a new Parks Plan, Pathway to Parks offers Toronto Park People's budget neutral solutions to improve Toronto's parks. 

Some of the key recommendations include: our parks would be better if they were staffed with a dedicated city worker in each park, had an active local “Friends Of” group and were supported by private donations. 

The report is the result of research and consultations with park advocates across North America as well as the collective experience of park volunteers and experts in the growing Toronto parks movement.