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BEST OF PAR R A P BEST OF PARKS F O T B EST OF P Recreation ovation
Give a hand for Plano City Parks Story Alyssa High | Illustrations Jynnette Neal
Plano City Parks won Plano Magazine’s Best Outing on a Budget, a testament to how much residents love and support our city’s parks. And we aren’t the only ones who think so. Plano’s city parks ranked No. 1 in Texas and No. 15 in the United States this year by the Trust for Public Land’s ParkScore. The score ranks the nation’s 100 largest cities according to access, investment, acreage, amenities and equity. Plano scored highly for investment, with 100 out of 100 points, followed by acreage with 74 points, access with 65 points, equity with 57 and amenities with 45. Plano invests $218 per person into the parks department, which soars above the national average of $98 per
137 PLANO PARKS B Y T H E NUMBERS according to Trust for Public Land’s ParkScore
#1 #15 100
out of 100 points for access
in U.S.
out of 100 points for equity
out of 100 points for amenities
out of 100 points for investment
18
75 65 45
in Texas
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