Is Park Privatization Dead?
"The park system is rich in recreational, natural, and historic resources and has the potential to be one of the finest county park systems in
"The park system is rich in recreational, natural, and historic resources and has the potential to be one of the finest county park systems in
In 2008 and a few weeks ago in this blog we explored the idea and the progress in Allegheny County’s plan to look for private
With much fanfare this coming weekend, North Park Lake will reopen after a massive engineering effort to remove some 300k cubic yards of accumulated silt
Four years ago the previous County Executive made a public pronouncement that the County park system-comprised of 20,000 acres-would undergo a shift in thinking that
Back in 2007, Allegheny County commissioned a consultant to give ideas about what to do with the parks system. Among other things, including creating a
As part of the drive to find efficiencies in County government and determine the proper functions of County government the Parks Department and Council’s Parks
Of the $23 million in total revenues for the Allegheny County Parks Department in 2013, $18.4 million (80%) came from the Regional Asset District additional
Whenever the topic of merging or consolidating City and County services comes up, there is a regular recitation of what has been done (think 911