'Parkscan' site asks you to help improve local parks
06:40 PM PDT on Monday, May 11, 2009
By KEELEY CHALMERS, kgw.com
Parkscan site The City of Portland wants your help to keep its parks maintained. But no tools needed for this chore. All you need is your eyes, ears and the Internet.
It's called ParkScan. It's an interactive web site that allows the public to alert the city directly about problems in parks. On Monday, Portland City Commissioner Nick Fish demonstrated how the site works. Using Chapman Square as an example, he noted several potential problem areas.
He then logged onto parkscanpdx.org, entered his findings, and then submitted them directly to the parks manager.
It's a tool the city hopes, in these cash strapped times, will help save time and money.
“Having citizens help and being able marshal your resources effectively is real key to keeping up our parks to the standard people expect,” said Isabel Wade, Executive Director of the Neighborhood Parks Council.
The City of Portland has been testing ParkScan in East-side parks for several months now.
Among others things, it's helped the city locate and cleanup graffiti at Ed Benedict Community Park. You can check out the Parkscan website.
Think it would help here in Miami Springs?
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