Mayor Dean Receives National Award for Greenways and Open Space Conservation

Mayor Karl Dean received national recognition in Washington D.C for outstanding achievement in greenways and open space preservation. The conservation honor is courtesy of the 22nd annual Kodak American Greenways Awards. Other recipients of the award are U.S. Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison (R-Texas), Philadelphia Mayor Michael Nutter, and the Potomac Conservancy.

The Conservation Fund’s president and CEO Larry Selzer said in a statement:

From the smallest pocket park to intact forests, the creation and utilization of new riverside greenways and trails will bring outdoor recreation closer to home for residents of Davidson County.

The award recognizes Dean’s work in forming the Green Ribbon Panel and recently released Nashville Open Space Plan.

“Our investments in open space and greenways are all about making Nashville a healthy and vital city,” Dean said in an article to the Nashville City Paper,October, 6, 2011.

Read more about the Open Space Plan Announcement in this MPFPR Article

*Photo courtesy of Metropolitan Government of Nashville, Photographic Services.

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