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Friends of the Parks

Chicago, IL
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www.fotp.org

    • About Us

    Our Mission

    Friends of the Parks is a 46-year old non-profit organization whose mission is to inspire, equip, and mobilize a diverse Chicago to ensure an equitable park system for a healthy Chicago.

    Friends of the Parks envisions a well-balanced Chicago park system, protected by Chicagoans for Chicagoans, to advance the individual, community, public, ecological, and economic health and well-being of our city.

    Friends of the Parks believes that a healthy park system:

    • is equitably distributed and resourced
    • contributes to inclusivity and democracy
    • offers a balance of recreational and natural resources
    • contributes to neighborhood safety
    • ensures gathering spaces that help to build community
    • supports the rejuvenation of the body, mind, and spirit
    • promotes the health of our environment
    • forms part of a healthy economic base for our neighborhoods and the city

    Friends of the Parks’ Key Programs

    Neighborhood Parks

    Policy and Advocacy

    Environmental Education

    Our Mission

    Friends of the Parks is a 46-year old non-profit organization whose mission is to inspire, equip, and mobilize a diverse Chicago to ensure an equitable park system for a healthy Chicago.

    Friends of the Parks envisions a well-balanced Chicago park system, protected by Chicagoans for Chicagoans, to advance the individual, community, public, ecological, and economic health and well-being of our city.

    Friends of the Parks believes that a healthy park system:

    • is equitably distributed and resourced
    • contributes to inclusivity and democracy
    • offers a balance of recreational and natural resources
    • contributes to neighborhood safety
    • ensures gathering spaces that help to build community
    • supports the rejuvenation of the body, mind, and spirit
    • promotes the health of our environment
    • forms part of a healthy economic base for our neighborhoods and the city

    Friends of the Parks’ Key Programs

    Neighborhood Parks

    Policy and Advocacy

    Environmental…

    Issue Areas Include

    • Civic Engagement
    • Environment & Sustainability
    • Policy

    Location

    • 17 N. State St., Chicago, IL 60602-2174, United States
      Suite 1450
    Illustration

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