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San Jose scores poor ranking over lack of park investment
San Jose has slipped eight spots in a national ranking of city parks, with one of its weakest scores highlighting a challenge local leaders have struggled to solve for years: finding enough money to maintain and improve neighborhood parks. The Trust for Public Land’s 2026 ParkScore report ranks San Jose No. 49 among the nation’s 100 largest... The post San Jose scores poor ranking over lack of park investment appeared first on San José Spotlight .
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According to San Jose Spotlight’s source item, San Jose scores poor ranking over lack of park investment, San Jose has slipped eight spots in a national ranking of city parks, with one of its weakest scores highlighting a challenge local leaders have struggled to solve for years: finding enough money to maintain and improve neighborhood parks. The Trust for Public Land’s 2026 ParkScore report ranks San Jose No. 49 among the nation’s 100 largest… The post San Jose scores poor ranking over lack of park investment appeared first on San José Spotlight .
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