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Public /Private Partnerships <br />With many types of revenue declining, and demand for park and open space facilities continuing to <br />remain high, public /private partnerships, are becoming a more important tool for park development. <br />Two current examples of such partnerships are the City Center SkatePark and the Washington Park <br />Spray Play. <br />The City Center SkatePark is a collaboration with the private community group Skaters for Eugene Skate <br />Parks. This group has pledged to raise $200,000 towards the design and construction of a major new <br />skate park in Washington- Jefferson Park, which the City will match with nearly $300,000 in Park SDC <br />funds allocated in the CIP. Both the City and Skaters for Eugene Skate Parks will seek grant funds, and <br />the latter will also fundraise in the local community. <br />The Washington Park Spray Play is a joint project with the Eugene Parks Foundation, which is working <br />to raise funds to replace the wading pool in Washington Park with a spray play facility. The City will <br />provide $75,000 and the Foundation will match that amount. <br />Public /private collaborations, such as these two, leverage city funding and enable greater <br />accomplishments in times of limited revenue and funding. <br />Parks and Open Space - <br />Related Service Profiles <br />Infrastructure Project and Information Management (next update: fall 2010) <br />Parks and Open Space (next update: fall 2012) <br />Urban Forestry (next update: fall 2010) <br />