Baltimore City Parks

Articles about Baltimore City parks and the park system
  • Articles
    • Is Baltimore’s Park System Equitable?
    • Capital Projects in Baltimore City Parks
    • Parks and Greenspace Lower Mortality Rates
    • Parks and Crime
    • Funding the Recreation and Parks Department
    • Access to Baltimore City parks
    • Program Open Space provides substantial support to Baltimore City’s park system
    • More trees = less crime?
  • Park Profiles
    • Cylburn Arboretum
    • Carroll Park
    • Chinquapin Park
    • Clifton Park
    • Dewees Park
    • Druid Hill Park
    • Evesham Park
    • Federal Hill Park
    • Leone-Riverside Park
    • Middle Branch Park
    • Mount Pleasant Park
    • Patterson Park
    • Roosevelt Park
    • Sherwood Gardens
    • Stony Run Trail
  • Special Series on Financing Patterson Park
    • Executive Summary
    • No. 1 – The Problem with Patterson Park’s Master Plan is money
    • No. 2 – Baltimore’s Recreation and Parks Department is (way) underfunded
    • No. 3 – Maintenance and operations spending at Patterson Park is well below the norm
    • No. 4 – Donations from individuals are an inefficient way to pay for operations at Patterson Park
    • No. 5 – Corporate charitable giving is not likely to affect operations budgets at Patterson Park
    • No. 6 – Charitable foundations are an unreliable source of income
    • No. 7 – Permit fees will not supply needed operations funds to Patterson Park
    • No. 8 – What about creating a “special benefits district” to help fund operations at Patterson Park?
    • No. 9 – Who would benefit from the creation of a special benefits district at Patterson Park?
    • No. 10 – Increased value of property near parks in Baltimore
    • No. 11 – Advantages of creating a special benefits district for Patterson Park
    • No. 12 – Special benefits districts are not just for businesses
    • No. 13 – Proposed boundaries of a special benefits district for Patterson Park
    • No. 14 – Data indicates that creation of a special benefits district at Patterson Park would be supported
    • No. 15- Proving the concept before creating a special benefits district at Patterson Park
    • No. 16 – Expanding the concept of special benefits districts for parks city-wide
    • No. 17 – What would a special benefits district at Patterson Park look like?
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Hot Topics
  • October 21, 2021 | Chinquapin Park
  • January 12, 2021 | Clifton Park
  • December 16, 2020 | Sherwood Gardens
  • August 17, 2020 | Mount Pleasant Park
  • August 16, 2020 | Roosevelt Park
  • July 30, 2020 | Stony Run Trail
  • May 14, 2021 | Leone-Riverside Park
  • January 30, 2021 | Middle Branch Park
  • January 11, 2021 | Is Baltimore’s Park System Equitable?
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