Greenspace Alliance, Inc.
Background:
The GreenSpace Alliance was created as a PEC project in 1992 in the Philadelphia region. As the project grew in importance, it was spun off an an independent but affiliated organization of PEC.
Project Goals:
The current goal is to promote the establishment of a regional network of ecologically and environmentally functional green space that promotes the health and economic well-being of the region's four million residents. To that end, the Alliance, with partners, has created a report, including GIS mapping, establishing regional goals for land protection. (For a copy of the Regional Open Space Priorities Report, click here.) GSA is also working to bridge the gap between outdoor recreation and conservation through its on-line interactive database of recreational green spaces in Southeast Pennsylvania.
Major milestones/successes to date:
Since its creation, more than 166,000 acres of land has been conserved within the region.