KCET Guest Blogger Robert Garcia on SoCal Parks
Posted: September 16th, 2009Parks for the People
September 16, 2009 5:48 PM
Robert Garcia is Founder and Executive Director of The City Project, a Southern California based non-profit that “focuses on parks and recreation, playgrounds, schools, health, and transit” in order to “enhance human health and the environment, and promote economic vitality for all communities.” Over the next few weeks, he’ll be sharing his thoughts about the regions national, state and local parks..
Wallace Stegner, the Stanford writer and historian, famously wrote national parks were “the best idea we ever had.” “Absolutely American, absolutely democratic, they reflect us at our best rather than our worst.” National parks continue to diversify what it means to be American and democratic.
This month, the documentary “National Parks: Americas Best Idea,” by Ken Burns premiers on PBS and KCET. Hopefully the series will diversify access to and support for parks as more people watch and visit parks.
