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D.C. is lucky to have ample parkland—7,464 acres, all told—but somewhat unlucky that a good chunk of it is controlled by the National Park Service. In many cases, NPS does a wonderful job maintaining the parks under its control, while in others—think of your local circles or triangle park—it just doesn’t seem to have the capacity to do the job. Even worse, NPS is a federal bureaucracy, so it can be less attentive to local needs than some D.C. agencies would be.

To that end, D.C. Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton is holding an All-Parks Town Hall tomorrow, according to a release from her office:

The meeting will begin with a panel examining how residents can work with the National Park Service (NPS), which owns most of the city’s parks, to enliven D.C.’s green spaces and adapt them to the needs of the individual neighborhoods where they are located. The panel members are Steve Whitesell, NPS; David Alpert, Greater Greater Washington Blog; Richard Bradley, Downtown DC Business Improvement District; Catherine Nagel, City Parks Alliance; and Danielle Pierce, Downtown DC Kids. All of the NPS D.C. superintendents will also be on hand.

The town hall runs from 6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. in Room 412 of the John A. Wilson Building, and anyone is invited to attend.