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Lacey Rock tells Seaside commission dense neighborhoods lack nearby parks, outlines planning-grant approach
Summary
Resident and presenter Lacey Rock told the Seaside Environmental Commission that Terrace West/East and Olympia neighborhoods are more than a half-mile from a park and urged planning and grant work to create small, feasible park sites; she recommended community surveys and partnership-based planning.
At a meeting of the Seaside Environmental Commission, presenter Lacey Rock described gaps in park access across Seaside and urged the commission to pursue planning studies and targeted grant funding to create accessible green spaces in dense neighborhoods.
Rock said neighborhoods she calls Terrace West, Terrace East and Olympia are “more than a half mile away from a park,” and noted those areas have higher population density, larger numbers of children and greater nonwhite populations. “For a lot of people, especially in denser areas of a city, a tree in their backyard might be their first and only interaction with nature,”…
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