projects - active
- Neighborhood Parks
- Report Cards
- 2010 YEP Summer Project List
- 2010 Challenge Grant Campaign
- Parks for All
- Youth Employment in Parks
- 2011 YEP Projects & Activities
- Veterans' Memorial
- Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial Project
- Anchorage Summer Flowers
- Volunteer Naturalists
- Get Outdoors Anchorage
- Science in the Parks
- 2008 Challenge Grant Projects
- Honoring & Memorial Funds
- Citizen Weeds Warriors
- Trails Map
projects - past
Current Projects
- Help us by Filling out a Park Report Card!
We need volunteers to evalute our parks this Septembers using our Park Report Cards. Your input will helps us create "Fix-It" Lists for each park and get funding for more park improvements! Click here for more info or email Shannon(at) AnchorageParkFoundation(.)org for more info on how to get involved!
2010 Challenge Grants are in action!
Check out our 2010 Challenge Grantees hard at work in 2011 implementing their projects! From skateboard ramps to disc golf baskets, the Anchorage Park Foundation is proud to be supporting some of our city's most outstanding stewards of our public parks.
- Youth Employment in Parks a Success!
The award-winning Youth Employment in Parks program finished up its 5th year! Click here to read about their accomplishments this summer, ranging from stream bank restoration at University Lake to building single track mountain bike trails at Kincaid Park. The 25 YEP teens represented 13 Anchorage High Schools and spoke more than 10 languages!
- Martin Luther King, Jr. Living Memorial
The Anchorage Park Foundation is partnering with the Martin Luther King, Jr. Living Memorial Committee to raise funds to rehabilitate and revitalize the Memorial on the Park Strip. To contribute, please visit our donate page.
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Get Involved: Neighborhood Park Improvements a Success!
In summer 2011, the Anchorage Park Foundation and the Parks & Recreation Department partnered to accomplish the Fix-Its you identified in 7 Anchorage neighborhood Parks.
A giant thank you to all of our wonderful volunteers that worked hard to rehabilitate 7 of Anchorage's beloved Neighborhood Parks.
Harvard Park - COMPLETE. Click here to watch the cool time-lapse video!
Cope Street Park - COMPLETE
Carlson Park - COMPLETE
Ira Walker Park - COMPLETE
Little Dipper Park - COMPLETE
William B. Lyons Park- COMPLETE
Sand Lake Park - COMPLETE
- Cuddy Park Playground for All
A group of very dedicated families are working together to raise funds to build the first fully-accessible playground in Anchorage. See how you can help here.
Public Notice: Rovers Run Trail Reroute
Posting Date: October 11, 2011
Department of Natural Resources Trail Grant Application for Rover's Run (Mellen's Way) Trail Reroute. Click here to download the application.