Date: Monday, July 18, 2022
Contact: Interior_Press@ios.doi.gov

SAN FRANCISCO — Assistant Secretary for Fish and Wildlife and Parks Shannon Estenoz visited California final week to spotlight how investments from the Out of doors Recreation Legacy Partnership Program (ORLP) are serving to San Francisco – and cities throughout America – create new city parks and trails and improve present park infrastructure. This go to underscores the Division of the Inside’s dedication to making sure that everybody, irrespective of their background or zip code, can take pleasure in the advantages of the outside.

On Friday, Assistant Secretary Estenoz joined metropolis, state and group leaders to spotlight a $61.1 million funding by way of the ORLP program in 2022 for communities throughout the nation. These efforts advance the America the Stunning initiative’s targets to advance fairness, biodiversity and local weather change by way of collaborative and regionally led conservation. The leaders toured Buchanan Avenue Mall, which stands to obtain a virtually $four million grant so as to add new community-requested facilities and actions, together with a group backyard and open garden, play and picnic areas. The 5-blocks that make up Buchanan Avenue Mall will even now be linked by a strolling/exercising path that runs repeatedly all through the park.

The group additionally visited Bay View Park, a current recipient of ORLP funds that earlier this yr celebrated the completion of the undertaking. Funding for Bay View helped renovate the park, including new train gear stations, picnic tables and play buildings, and improved pedestrian entry factors for the group.

The ORLP program, established in 2014, allows city communities to create new outside recreation areas, reinvigorate present parks, and kind connections between individuals and the outside in economically underserved communities.

On Saturday, Assistant Secretary Estenoz joined Speaker Nancy Pelosi and San Francisco group leaders to have a good time the opening of the Presidio Tunnel Tops, which provides 14 acres to the Golden Gate Nationwide Recreation Space over the tops of the Presidio Parkway tunnels, bringing extra nationwide park experiences to those that dwell within the city Bay Space, and guests from around the globe. She delivered remarks that highlighted the Biden-Harris administration’s dedication to making sure that every one communities have entry to nature.

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