We must seize this opportunity. Similar to the very successful Rural Legacy Program, Community Legacy will link together the various neighborhood revitalization programs in a comprehensive way to held us preserve and restore the sene of community that makes neighborhoods special. Many of your news organizations have visited our communities and seen how effective many of our neighborhood revitalization efforts have been first hand. By filling the gaps that exist between the different programs and tying them together, we can greatly magnify their effect. Older towns and communities do not have these same options.
Green space is a key part of a good quality of life.
Urban Parks and Playgrounds will make sure ALL our families have places to play, recreate, and gather together. First, this office will ensure that each department and agency is acting in accord with the principles of Smart Growth. It will be a one-stop information center for builders, planners, local elected officials, community groups, environmentalists, farmers, and others who want to incorporate Smart Growth into their initiatives. Our final priority area deals with our on-going struggle for civil rights for ALL people. For when these ideals are threatened for any of us, they are threatened for all of us.