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Candidates say new parks master plan aims to fix 20-year shortfalls; emphasize equity and maintenance
Summary
Forum candidates highlighted a recently completed parks plan, disputed whether the city has invested in parks over the past two decades, and discussed prioritizing neighborhood parks, maintenance and accessibility.
Candidates at the Oct. 29 Missoula forum addressed why some neighborhoods have seen little park investment compared with others and said a newly completed parks plan will guide future spending and prioritization.
Jennifer Savage, chair of the council's Parks, Trails and Conservation committee, said the city undertook an 18-month update to the parks master plan (referred to in the forum as the "Prost" plan) to identify park deserts and prioritize park improvements. "I hope that that plan actually is quite equitable. I think it is," she said,…
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