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Re "In Era of Big Gifts, Overlooked Parks Groups Ask: What About Us?" (news article, Feb. 18):
The Central Park Conservancy is grateful to its donors, both large and small, who support parkwide improvements and help sustain Central Park's role well into the future.
But the conservancy was not the recipient of such generous gifts when it was founded in 1980. In the first decade of our stewardship, acquiring private donations was a challenge. Our earliest successes were due largely to low-cost changes in park maintenance.
By 1985, we had established a horticulture intern program, the successful and long-term maintenance of New York City-financed restoration projects like the Maine Monument and Bethesda Terrace, a turf crew dedicated to Sheep Meadow and a graffiti removal team. These developments cost us little more than ingenuity, planning and dedication.
Today, philanthropists support not just Central Park but the conservancy's 32-year track record. Their investment in the conservancy also supports the economic engine of the city, one of the most popular tourist destinations in the world, and New Yorkers' quality of life.
The conservancy shares the value of its expertise by helping maintain more than a dozen parks and public spaces in Manhattan beyond Central Park and consulting with other nonprofits and governments that seek our advice.
Central Park's role — economic, cultural and recreational — is special. But for every park that affects the public's quality of life, there can be a proportionately sized friends' group responsible for leveraging the public's dedication — whether through volunteerism or donations — and introducing small management changes that have a big effect. And just as we have been since 1980, the conservancy is here to help.
DOUGLAS BLONSKY
President and Chief Executive
Central Park Conservancy
New York, Feb. 21, 2013
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