National Walk to a Park Day

Salem Mayor Chris Hoy renewed the City of Salem's pledge to a 10-minute-walk-to-park goal at Monday night's Salem City Council meeting. Today, the Mayor, Council President Virginia Stapleton, Councilors Micki Varney and Trevor Phillips, and Salem Parks and Recreation Advisory Board Chair Dylan McDowell walked with fifth-grade students from Liberty Elementary to Wendy Kroger Park.
Parks and green spaces give us places to gather, they boost our health and give us protected places with trees that help buffer the impacts of climate change.
Salem joins the Trust for Public Lands and its 10-Minute Walk initiative to build quality parks close to home and eliminate the park equity gap.
We know that despite the wide-ranging benefits of community green spaces, more than 100 million Americans, including 28 million children, still lack access to a park within 10 minutes from their homes.
While we’re doing better in Salem, we know that 51% of Salem residents don’t have easy park access.
As a City, we’re making more City investments to undo what has been inequity of investment in our parks. Through the 2022 Salem bond, you’ll see the sidewalks and bike paths connecting people to our parks.
#WalkToAParkDay

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Maybe keep the parks clean and people would go more often.