Murray unveils Parks' budget

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Ashli Blow Jan 12, 2018

Jan 12, 2018

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                <h1>Murray unveils Parks' budget</h1>
                <h2><p>Mayor Ed Murray rolled out his budget proposal for new initiatives at Seattle Parks and Recreation on Friday: $47 million to be spent on deferred maintenance, new equipment and renovations. $4 million of that will go toward developing "new culturally relevant programming to serve an additional 6,000 Seattle</p></h2>
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               <p>By <a href="/author/ashli-blow/">Ashli Blow</a></p> 
              <p><time datetime="2025-02-04T05:00:00-08:00">Jan 12, 2018</time></p>
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            <p>Mayor Ed Murray rolled out his budget proposal for new initiatives at Seattle Parks and Recreation on Friday: $47 million to be spent on deferred maintenance, new equipment and renovations. $4 million of that will go toward developing "new culturally relevant programming to serve an additional 6,000 Seattle residents across the system," according to a statement from the Mayor's Office. Some $9 million will go toward acquiring new property to expand parks.</p><p>This budget represents the first full year of spending since voters approved the parks district a year ago — a new system that creates an alternative tax pipeline for parks separate from the city's general fund. And 2016 will be the first full year for new superintendent Jesus Aguirre who recently took the reins from interim superintendent Christopher Williams.</p>
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Mayor Ed Murray rolled out his budget proposal for new initiatives at Seattle Parks and Recreation on Friday: $47 million to be spent on deferred maintenance, new equipment and renovations. $4 million of that will go toward developing "new culturally relevant programming to serve an additional 6,000 Seattle residents across the system," according to a statement from the Mayor's Office. Some $9 million will go toward acquiring new property to expand parks.

This budget represents the first full year of spending since voters approved the parks district a year ago — a new system that creates an alternative tax pipeline for parks separate from the city's general fund. And 2016 will be the first full year for new superintendent Jesus Aguirre who recently took the reins from interim superintendent Christopher Williams.

By Ashli Blow

Ashli Blow is a Seattle-based freelance writer who talks with people — in places from urban watersheds to remote wildernesses — about the environment around them. She’s been working in journal