City of Parks

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On February 22, 2005, Mayor Jerry Abramson and Metro Parks announced a multi-million dollar, multi-year initiative to add thousands of acres of park land and protected green space to Louisville Metro's "greenprint."

This effort builds upon the groundwork laid by famed landscape architect Frederick Law Olmsted over a century ago, and will complete Louisville's transformation into a City of Parks.

The City of Parks initiative includes:


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This is the most comprehensive effort to grow and improve Louisville’s park system since the creation of the Olmsted parks in the 1890s. The addition of land in the Floyds Fork corridor is the single largest addition to the park system since the expansion of Jefferson Memorial Forest in the 1970s.

  
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Planning is under way for updates to Charlie Vettiner and Tyler parks, as well as the Mahoney Property and Hogan's Fountain Section of Cherokee Park. Click here for more information.

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Learn more about the Floyds Fork and Olmsted Parkway sections of the Loop.

Documents relating to the planning process for the Northeast Corridor of the Louisville Loop, between Shelbyville Road and River Road, are now online. We are looking for your input!

 

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Economic Benefits of Parks

Six reasons why land conservation makes good economic sense:

1. Parks often increase the value of nearby properties, along with tax revenue.

2. Parks attract businesses and employees in search of a high quality of life.

3. Parks attract tourists and boost recreation spending.

4. Parks reduce health care costs and obesity by supporting exercise and recreation.

5. Working lands (forests and farms) contribute more money to a community than the cost of the services they require.

6. Conserved open space helps safeguard drinking water, clean the air, and prevent flooding -- services provided much more expensively by other means.

Source: Benefits of Parks, Trust for Public Land

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