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Parks and Recreation


Michigan Ballot Initiative Analysis: Proposal 1 (2020)

Michigan Ballot Initiative Analysis: Proposal 1 (2020)

By Spence Purnell

Proposal 1 would revise the formula for how state and local park funds from trusts can be spent. 

How Cities Often Overstate the Economic Impact of Events and Facilities
How Cities Often Overstate the Economic Impact of Events and Facilities

By Adrian Moore and Spence Purnell

How Using Public-Private Partnerships and Ending Sugar Subsidies Could Help Restore Florida’s Everglades
How Using Public-Private Partnerships and Ending Sugar Subsidies Could Help Restore Florida’s Everglades

By Vittorio Nastasi

National Park System Has a Maintenance Backlog of Over $11 Billion and Needs a New Approach
National Park System Has a Maintenance Backlog of Over $11 Billion and Needs a New Approach

By Krisztina Pusok

Adding Fuel to Forest Fires
Adding Fuel to Forest Fires

By Julian Morris

  • Combatting the Recreational River “User Fees” Bogeyman
    Combatting the Recreational River “User Fees” Bogeyman

    Commentary by William Newman

  • Harness Public-Private Partnerships for National Park Infrastructure Needs
    Harness Public-Private Partnerships for National Park Infrastructure Needs

    Commentary by Leonard Gilroy

  • Harness Public-Private Partnerships for National Park Infrastructure Needs
    Harness Public-Private Partnerships for National Park Infrastructure Needs

    Commentary by Leonard Gilroy

  • Massive Maintenance Backlog Threatens California’s National Parks
    Massive Maintenance Backlog Threatens California’s National Parks

    Commentary by Leonard Gilroy

  • Endangered Black Bear Baloney in Louisiana and the Reality of Candidate Conservation Agreements
    Endangered Black Bear Baloney in Louisiana and the Reality of Candidate Conservation Agreements

    Commentary by Brian Seasholes

  • Annual Privatization Report 2014
    Annual Privatization Report 2014

    Annual Privatization Report by Leonard Gilroy

  • Privatization & Government Reform Newsletter #3
    Privatization & Government Reform Newsletter #3

    Privatization and Government Reform Newsletter by Leonard Gilroy

  • Parks 2.0: Operating State Parks Through Public-Private Partnerships
    Parks 2.0: Operating State Parks Through Public-Private Partnerships

    Policy Study by Leonard Gilroy, Harris Kenny and Julian Morris

  • Public-Private Partnerships Could Save State Parks
    Public-Private Partnerships Could Save State Parks

    Commentary by Leonard Gilroy

Parks and Recreation Policy Studies

  • Parks 2.0: Operating State Parks Through Public-Private Partnerships
    Parks 2.0: Operating State Parks Through Public-Private Partnerships

    Policy Study by Leonard Gilroy, Harris Kenny and Julian Morris

  • Developments in State Government Privatization
    Developments in State Government Privatization

    Policy Study by Leonard Gilroy and Lisa Snell

  • Privatization and Public-Private Partnership Trends in Local Government
    Privatization and Public-Private Partnership Trends in Local Government

    Policy Brief by Leonard Gilroy, Harris Kenny, Samuel Staley and Adam Summers

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