{"id":179481,"date":"2026-04-29T18:53:21","date_gmt":"2026-04-29T18:53:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/179481\/"},"modified":"2026-04-29T18:53:21","modified_gmt":"2026-04-29T18:53:21","slug":"city-of-erie-updates-parks-trees-and-open-space-management-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/179481\/","title":{"rendered":"City of Erie Updates Parks, Trees and Open Space Management | News"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Pennsylvania<\/p>\n

Photo: Pennsylvania Parks and Forests Foundation<\/p>\n

In response to continuous feedback from the community, the City of Erie has provided updates on how parks, trees, and open spaces are coordinated and managed. The updates were all created to simplify the interaction between the city and its residents. This all builds on the continuous work of the Comprehensive Parks Plan.<\/p>\n

Matthew Falcone, Cultural Resource Manager, will now be the primary point of contact for anything regarding parks, trees, and open spaces in Erie. Falcone will continue his role as the Cultural Resource Manager by leading coordination throughout City teams, support community engagement, and continue to oversee the City\u2019s Historic Preservation Program.<\/p>\n

Gary Graham will be continuing as Chief of Parks. In this role he will lead maintenance and the operations of the City\u2019s park system.<\/p>\n

Former Sustainability Coordinator and City Arborist, Sarah Peelman, will now focus on advancing the City\u2019s sustainability initiatives.<\/p>\n

Any tree related topics will be coordinated through the partnership of the Bureau of Planning & Zoning and the Bureau of Parks.<\/p>\n

Questions or concerns about parks, trees, or open spaces, residents can contact Matthew Falcone through email at mfalcone@erie.pa.us<\/a>\u00a0or by calling (814) 870-1370.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Photo: Pennsylvania Parks and Forests Foundation In response to continuous feedback from the community, the City of Erie…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":179482,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[2363,136,138,137,80109,1958,5533],"class_list":["post-179481","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-erie","tag-community-engagement","tag-erie","tag-erie-headlines","tag-erie-news","tag-open-spaces","tag-parks","tag-trees"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/179481","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=179481"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/179481\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/179482"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=179481"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=179481"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=179481"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}