Bridgeport获逾100万美元联邦拨款建滨水公园：3.65英亩新公园设皮划艇下水点，市府等额配套
位于康涅狄格州费尔菲尔德县的 Bridgeport 市市政府11月3日宣布，该市获得国家公园管理局（National Park Service）「户外休闲遗产伙伴计划」（Outdoor Recreation Legacy Partnership Program，ORLP）拨款逾100万美元，用于「河畔绿地」（Sliver by the River）开发项目第一期，市府将按一比一等额配套投入。
新公园位于 5 Stratford Avenue、Bridgeport 交通中心后方，占地3.65英亩，规划设有皮划艇下水点、浮动码头、自然游乐场、遮阳亭、多功能开放草坪、带座位的梯级草坪、长椅与树木，并以原生植物降温、缓解城市热岛效应。该计划旨在支持地方主导的城市土地与水域修复项目，改善户外空间的公平可达性。
市长 Ganim 表示，感谢公益土地信托（Trust for Public Land）与 Groundwork Bridgeport 协助争取拨款，也感谢国家公园管理局拨款启动项目第一期；他期待这片河畔绿地建成，称自己致力于为城市增加更多绿地、重新夺回滨水空间，让居民有更多机会到户外活动、亲近这座城市的特色。
市府表示，本轮共有十二个州获得该计划拨款，Bridgeport 是康涅狄格州唯一获选的城市。
Bridgeport Wins Over $1 Million Federal Grant for Waterfront Park: 3.65-Acre Park to Add Kayak Launch, City Matches Dollar for Dollar
The City of Bridgeport, in Fairfield County, Connecticut, announced on Nov. 3 that it has been awarded over $1 million through the National Park Service's Outdoor Recreation Legacy Partnership Program (ORLP) for Phase I of the Sliver by the River development project, with the city matching the grant funds dollar for dollar.
Sliver by the River, located at 5 Stratford Avenue behind the Bridgeport Transit Center, will be a brand new 3.65-acre park featuring a kayak launch, a floating dock, a nature playground, a shade pavilion, a multi-use open lawn, a terraced lawn with seating, benches and trees, along with native plantings that help cool the air while reducing the urban heat island effect. The ORLP program supports locally led urban restoration and recreation projects and improves equitable access to the outdoors.
Mayor Ganim thanked the Trust for Public Land and Groundwork Bridgeport for helping secure the grant and the National Park Service for awarding the funding to begin Phase I, saying he is excited to see what will come of Sliver by the River and remains committed to creating more green spaces in the city and recapturing the waterfront, so residents have increased accessibility to spend more time outdoors.
Of the twelve states that have been awarded the grant, Bridgeport is the only city in Connecticut to receive it, the city said.
来源：Bridgeport市政府
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图片来源：Bridgeport 市区与滨水区航拍（Wikimedia Commons，Quintin Soloviev，CC BY 4.0）
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