The Pittsburgh Parks Conservancy was founded in December 1996 by a group of citizens concerned with the deteriorating conditions of Pittsburgh's parks. In 1998, the Parks Conservancy signed an official public-private partnership agreement with the City of Pittsburgh to work together for the restoration of the city's four regional parks - Frick, Highland, Riverview, and Schenley. Since then, the Parks Conservancy has raised over $43 million toward park improvements. Our mission is to improve quality of life for the people of Pittsburgh by restoring the park system to excellence in partnership with the City.

www.pittsburghparks.org and www.parksarefree.com