local-parks

December 13, 2024

The Department of Interior announced that over the next five years the Outdoor Recreation Legacy Partnership program will provide $450 million in grants to communities to create or improve local parks.

September 25, 2024

The Department of the Interior announced today $254.68 million in grants to communities through the National Park Service’s Outdoor Recreation Legacy Partnership (ORLP) program.

August 7, 2024

The Department of the Interior announced today $46.7 million in grants to communities through the National Park Service’s Outdoor Recreation Legacy Partnership program.

March 28, 2024

The Department of the Interior announced yesterday $58.3 million in grants to communities through the National Park Service’s Outdoor Recreation Legacy Partnership program.

February 15, 2023

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Sens. Alex Padilla and Susan Collins reintroduced the Outdoors for All Act in Congress. The act, if passed, would codify the Outdoor Recreation Legacy Partnership (ORLP) program, a National Park Service grant program aimed at helping economically disadvantaged communities with little to no access to public outdoor recreation spaces.

August 26, 2022

On Tuesday, the City of Philadelphia began clear-cutting trees at FDR Park’s South Philly Meadows despite residents using the area at the time and strong community resistance to the project.

August 1, 2022

On Friday, the Department of the Interior announced a new $192 million available in grants to communities through the National Park Service’s Outdoor Recreation Legacy Partnership program.