Initial Commitment
"I will commit to a goal of raising the percentage of Nashvillians who live within a 10-minute walk of a park from 37 to 50 percent.” (Policy Platform pages 45-46)
Status
In Progress
Most Recent Update (Summer 2022)
In February 2022, Mayor Cooper joined the Trust for Public Land's 10 Minute Walk Campaign, which aims to make parks accessible via a 10-minute walk to the entire city. The Trust for Public Land is currently developing a plan that will support the Parks department in reaching this goal which includes a map of optimized park locations to achieve 50% 10-minute walk access for the city.
Previous Update (Fall 2021)
Mayor Cooper's 48-member Sustainability Advisory Committee (SAC) has submitted a substantial number of policy and investment recommendations related to increasing Nashville's Park Score by making incremental progress toward the Plan To Play goal of adding 4,000 additional acres to our park system by 2027 -- including consideration of a formalized Joint Use Agreement (JUA) between Metro Nashville Public Schools and Metro Parks.