Northern Virginia parks getting money, attention

Published April 20, 2011 4:00am ET



Parks and trails in Northern Virginia are starting to see signs of life after several years of financial difficulty brought on by the economic recession. In Prince William County, the proposed budget would add about $600,000 to the parks authority’s budget, much of it designated for trail development. An earlier attempt to fund the project using bonds failed because of economic problems, said Zoe Vitter, president of the Prince William Trails and Streams Coalition.

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