57: Number of parks/conservation land acquisition-related measures on local and statewide ballots.
47: Number of these that passed (82.4 percent pass rate).
5,493,813: Total number of voters who voted on parks/conservation land acquisition-related measures.
3,677,408: Number of voters who voted to approve these measures (66.9 percent voter approval rate).
$2,198,694,543: Total requested parks/conservation land acquisition-related funds at stake.
$2,129,001,013: Total of these funds approved (96.8 percent funding approval rate).
21: States that included parks/conservation land acquisition-related measures on state and/or local ballots.
21: States that passed parks/conservation land acquisition-related measures on state and/or local ballots.
75: Percentage of voter approval in Alabama for a 20-year renewal of the state’s successful Forever Wild land conservation program, which will mean $300 million for conservation.
75: Percentage of voter approval in El Paso, Texas, for a $245 million quality-of-life bond, which includes money to buy land and improve parks and recreation in the city.
72: Percentage of voter approval in San Francisco, California, for a $195 million city park bond to provide new money for park improvements and development.
68: Percentage of voter approval in Houston, Texas, for a $166 million park bond to complete the city’s bayou greenways network.
59: Percentage of voter approval in Mesa, Arizona, for a $70 million parks and recreation bond to renovate some existing parks, build others, add recreational trails, and begin work on three signature municipal projects.
24 of 35: Number of municipal levies and ballot initiatives approved in Ohio for land acquisition, capital construction, continuing current operating expenses, or support for other recreational purposes related to parks and recreation.
7 of 9: Number of local measures approved in New Jersey to renew or establish open space trust funds, just one week after the state was hit hard by Hurricane Sandy.
Source: The Trust for Public Land’s LandVote Database and NRPA’s Urban Directors’ Network.