Where the money goes: how recent UPARR grant recipients have improved urban recreation opportunities - History: UPARR at 25 - Urban Park and Recreation Recovery Program

Parks & Recreation, May, 2003

This year marks the 25th anniversary of the creation of the Urban Park and Recreation Recovery Program (UPARR). Throughout the year, Parks & Recreation will highlight the history and accomplishments, and look at the future, of this crucial program. As we go to press, the continued legislative and executive branch support for UPARR is unclear. We hope that learning more about UPARR's history will motivate you to work with your federal legislators to ensure its future.

We invite NRPA members who have utilized UPARR grants to share your stories. Contact Scott Douglas at sdouglas@nrpa.org.

As its name indicates, the Urban Park and Recreation Recovery Program (UPARR) exists to help repair and revive urban recreation sites. But just what does that entail?

Below are the UPARR grant recipients from Fiscal Year 2002, telling in their own words how the small amounts of resources allotted to them will make large differences in the life of their communities.