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Originally Posted by wong21fr
If this park tax passes, I would hope the city immediately earmarks the general funds that were used for Parks & Rec to transportation instead.
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You can't do that; you're conflating issues.
Per Denverite
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The money would go toward new land purchases; improvements at parks; restoration of waterways; planting and maintenance of trees; and maintenance of open spaces.
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Seattle spends well over twice as much per resident on their parks and open space. Parks are an invaluable city resource that should serve all neighborhoods. Creating better equity or access in underserved areas is one of the goals. Parks serve many purposes including:
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Parks are important environmental infrastructure. Parks and green space cool our cities, they clean the air we breathe and they help us manage stormwater. ... Parks and green space absorb or soak up excess water in the environment, reducing the physical, social and economic impacts of storm damage due to flooding.
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Some have devoted their lives to making Denver more livable.
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Jeff Shoemaker, whose father was essential in creating the city’s greenway system, said it was a “historic, significant” evening that was a decade in the making. Denver is the only metro county that doesn’t have a dedicated parks funding source, he said.
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