|
Overview: Liberty’s Parks and Recreation Charitable Fund was established in 2006 as recommended by the Parks and Open Space Master plan completed in 2002. The Charitable Fund was established to create a parks expansion fund for neighborhood access to parks and green space, and to provide financial assistance to aid low-income youth and families to access programs through scholarship assistance.
Our Parks and Recreation Department serves thousands of participants annually. But more than the numbers are the opportunities. Fathers and sons finding common ground in a sporting activity; at-risk kids finding a passion instead of choosing the wrong path in life; little girls learning not just to swim, but believing in themselves; or all of us reclaiming sanity from a walk along a peaceful trail.
Our parks work; we use them and cherish them. They teach us and bring us together. They are a source to draw business and national recognition. In 2007 when Money Magazine rated Liberty as one of the top 100 cities in which to live. This was largely due to the vitality of our Parks system and the enrichment and quality of life it provides.
Our park system depends on visionaries; citizens who desire to set aside green space and build facilities. Today, we face both short term and long-term threats. Maintenance on facilities is being neglected due to lack of funds. New development in outlying areas of the city is creating the need for parks to be built in those areas.
Where will we rank 20 years from now if we let the parks decline? We owe our parks to the generations before us, now it’s our turn to care.
|
