.| Great Parks/ Great Cities Celebrating 150 years of Central Park The 8th International Urban Parks Conference June 21-25, 2003, New York City Visit http://pps.org//GPGC/ for details Hosted by The Central Park Conservancy and Project for Public Spaces with City of New York/Parks & Recreation Great parks are the key to great cities - today, the success of both lies in the ability to work with local and national partners around common goals: healthy citizens, strong economies, and vibrant, livable neighborhoods. In June 2003, New York City will host Great Parks/Great Cities: Celebrating 150 Years of Central Park, an international conference for anyone who cares about parks and their role in making cities more livable. Central Park's immense achievements and influential history will serve as a starting point for exchanging vital lessons throughout the conference. This eighth parks conference will convene people from around the world to explore the past, present and future of great parks. Most important, participants will bring home tools, techniques and the collective know-how from 100 cities to boost their efforts at home. Hear from parks departments around the world, conservancies and friends groups who are tackling the same challenges you face at home. Join leaders and innovators to discuss how to work together on critical issues parks and cities face today. Spend a day with the Central Park Conservancy and learn about the management philosophy and cutting edge practices that have made it the most sophisticated park conservancy in the United States. Central Park's dramatic turn-around, which emerged from New York's last major fiscal crisis, offers lessons for parks around the world. A team approach - This conference is a forum to meet with a variety of parks partners and prospective partners. The conference hosts strongly encourage you to organize a team of three or more people who are key to parks and park projects in your city, including the public sector, non-profit sector, design professionals, and the community. Great Parks/ Great Cities Celebrating 150 years of Central Park Hosted by: the Central Park Conservancy and Project for Public Spaces with City of New York/Parks & Recreation, and City Parks Alliance, City Parks Foundation, Cityscape Institute, New Yorkers for Parks, and the Prospect Park Alliance. Conference supporters: American Society of Landscape Architects, Czech Environmental Partnership, General Services Administration, International Downtown Association, International Network for Traditional Building, Library of American Landscape History, Metropolis Magazine, National Association of Olmstead Parks, National Trust for Historic Preservation, National Park Service, New Urbanism.org, New York State Council on the Arts, Planetizen, Planum, The Prince's Foundation, Trust for Public Land, U.S Conference of Mayors, U.S General Services Administration, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's Smart Growth Program, Urban Parks Forum, Walkable Communities. . . 
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