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Article Excerpt
Balboa Park is "a goose with a constant stream of golden eggs," but one that could "fail if it is not replenished and revived."
That was the conclusion of a study on the 1,200-acre park issued last year and commissioned by the Legler Benbough Foundation in San Diego.
The Trust for Public Land in Washington, D.C., conducted the study on how four cities--New York, St. Louis, Houston and Atlanta--are using conservancies, which are basically private/public partnerships, to run their parks.
This year, with the cash-strapped city scrambling to streamline operations and deal with deferred maintenance, the question persists: What is the best way to manage what the city calls the nation's largest urban cultural park?
The study suggested the city launch a private partnership for capital projects, maintenance and to find volunteers. It suggested that City Hall consider changes in financial reporting, so that "there is...
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