There are few experiences that awaken the soul like visiting the western mountain states.  Everything there is on such a grand and wondrous scale.  I have by no means seen every National Park in America, but I'm glad I can say I was able to cross two off my list this year with my summer excursion to Moab, UT.

We are all engaged in problem solving solutions to support a more gentle harmonious approach to living with nature. It is grassroots without the water guzzling grass, it is down home dirt without the dust of old ways of doing things and it is plain folk doing extraordinary things.

Welcome to The Park Blog. We're here as a community of people interested in bettering public spaces and the people who occupy them. Sometimes, that means installing a trash receptacle to encourage park visitors to help keep the field green. Sometimes it means planting a seed. And sometimes, bettering a public space means helping the people that occupy it to work  together better.

We're always learning, growing, and working together. In this blog, we hope to bring to light some of the ways our neighborhoods, parks, institutions and friends come together to better the world around us.