ProParks Levy Fact Sheet

The funding from the ProParks Levy ($198.2 million dollars, which have been used to leverage an additional 70.7 million dollars in parks funding) will end in 2008.

The City of Seattle neighborhoods and its citizens have benefited by the numerous improvement projects and acquisitions the Seattle ProParks Levy has generated. Including Fremont Peak Park, Bradner Gardens, and properties abutting Thorton Creek.
Public and private initiatives—including the Neighborhood Plans, Open Space Seattle 2100 Charrette, the Bicycle Master Plan, Restore Our Waters, the upcoming Pedestrian Master Plan, Seattle Urban Forest Stakeholders Manifesto, Bands of Green etc., have all identified significant unfunded needs within our green infrastructure network.
With renewed national and regional investments in cities as a whole, and low-impact, non-polluting and community-focused programs in particular, we recognize that having dedicated municipal funding mechanisms in place will allow the City of Seattle to capitalize on those opportunities to leverage even more funding opportunities in future without drawing too heavily on the city’s general funds budget.

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