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Mayor Michelle Romero Joins Mayor for Parks Coalition

Mayor Michelle Romero has joined the Mayors for Parks Coalition, a group managed by City Parks Alliance. The national bipartisan coalition was created in 2013 and includes mayors from large and small cities across the country who advocate for increased federal funding for our nation’s urban parks.
 
The City of Henderson has 71 award-winning neighborhood and community parks, nine aquatic facilities, eight recreation centers and a more than 220-mile trail system. To date, 75 percent of Henderson residents live within a 10-minute walk to a public park. Henderson parks were ranked No. 19 in the nation by the Trust for Public Land’s ParkScore® index — a national gold-standard comparison of park systems across the 100 most populated cities in the United States.