Parks & Recreation - Finance

Funding sources for the acquisition of parks and open space, MRSC Featured Inquiry, 8-25-10
It All Starts with Citizens - Citizen Involvement in Public Parks Crucial for Their Existence, Parks & Recreation, July, 1998, by Ted Flickinger (addresses "friends" groups and foundations).
King County Parks and Recreation Business Plan
Money on the Table, by John L. Crompton, Parks and Recreation, March 2010 - Parkland Dedication
More Ways to Play: A Review of Funding Alternatives for Local Park and Recreation Districts (), by Richard P. Burke, Cascade Policy Institute (Portland, Oregon), 1998.
No Walk in the Park, American City and County, April 2003
Seattle Parks and Recreation Strategic Action Plan
Sink or Swim, by Rachel Roberts, Parks and Recreation, February 2011 - Cost cutting for pools and aquatic facilities
Vancouver Clark County Parks and Recreation
- Vancouver-Clark County Blue Ribbon Commission - A community process to look at greater efficiencies and more stable funding for parks and recreation services, 2011
- Vancouver-Clark County Recreation Program and Cost Recovery Plan (), 2000

Auburn Municipal Code Sec. 3.04.270 - 3.04.280 - Landscaping and Community Beautification and Gift Cumulative Reserve Fund
Bellevue Ordinance No. 4177 - Special Purpose Fund for Donations
Kirkland - Donations - Sharing in Parks and Community Services
Olympia Municipal Code Chapter 3.56 - Donations
Port Townsend Municipal Code Chapter 3.42 - Acceptance of Donations to the City
Puyallup Municipal Code Chapter 3.64 - Donations to Puyallup Fund
- Puyallup Policy and Procedure No. 4.3.5 () - Acceptance of Donations, 10-02
Sequim Municipal Code Chapter 3.74 () - Donations, Devises or Bequests
SeaTac Municipal Code Chapter 2.85 - Acceptance of Donations Made to the City

Bellingham Park Donations and Memorials within the Park System () City of Bellingham Policy PAR 03.00.02, 5-05
King County Parks Pet Garden at Marymoore
Kitsap County Parks & Recreation Gift Catalog - "Help Make a Dream a Reality!"
Mercer Island - Solicitation for Donations on Park Home Page and Video
- Mercer Island - Park Improvement, Gift Acceptance and Donor Recognition Policy, 2004 ()
Newcastle Resolution No. 308 () - Parks Donation and Memorial Policy, 7-05
Oak Harbor Park Gifts and Memorials Catalog
Pierce County Park & Recreation Donations
Port Angeles Gift Catalog and Memorials (Scroll down page for description)
- Port Angeles Memorial & Donation Policy () and Memorial & Donation Application Form ()
Seattle Parks and Recreation Acceptance of Gifts and Donor Recognition () - Department Policy and Procedure Number 060-P 2.13.1, May 2002
Sequim Donations and Gifting
Vancouver-Clark Parks and Recreation Giving
- Vancouver, Washington Municipal Code, Section 3.12.220 and Section 3.23.330 - Memorial Fund and Use
Out of State Examples
- Boulder, Colorado - Memorial Donation Policy
- Fort Collins, Colorado - A living tribute – tree program
- San Luis Obispo (CA) - Donation Gift Catalog - Lists goals and mission, list of needs, and applications
- Vancouver, B.C. Board of Parks and Recreation - Donations.

Fort Collins, Colorado - Adopt-A-Park Program
Lee County, Florida - Administrative Code AC-14-6, Adopt-A-Park Program (), 8-01, includes waiver, worker’s compensation and parental permission forms.

Auburn Municipal Code Ch. 3.68 - City Parks and Recreation Fees - Includes Scholarships and fees for low income persons
Issaquah Parks & Recreation Department Scholarship Application ()
Newcastle Municipal Code Ch. 12.60 - Recreation Fee and Rental Policy (Includes scholarships and fees for low income)
Olympia - "Fun Fund" Financial Assistance Program Brochure ()
Renton Community Services Scholarship Program
Vancouver-Clark Parks and Recreation Scholarship Application ()
Woodinville Resolution No. 353 () - Recreation scholarship fund amendment, passed 01/08.

Bond Users Clearinghouse - Department of Commerce - provides information on local government bond issuances and outstanding general obligation debt
Conservation Campaign - Trust for Public Land - Provides leadership, expertise, and resources to mobilize public support to win ballot measures and legislation that create more public funds to protect land and water resources (includes parks and open space)
Land Vote - Trust for Public Land - Databases on conservation finance measures placed on ballot (includes parks and open space)
Levy Lid Lift - MRSC

Related MRSC Resources

MRSC Index - Financing of park and recreation operations

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