<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" standalone="yes"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"><channel><title>Parks on PUNCHING KITTY</title><link>https://punchingkitty.com/tags/parks/</link><description>Recent content in Parks on PUNCHING KITTY</description><generator>Hugo</generator><language>en</language><lastBuildDate>Fri, 18 Mar 2011 19:00:54 +0000</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://punchingkitty.com/tags/parks/index.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title>Governor Nixon Gives St. Louis More Jogging Trails, Designated Areas for Muggers</title><link>https://punchingkitty.com/2011/03/18/governor-nixon-gives-st-louis-more-jogging-trails-designated-areas-for-muggers/</link><pubDate>Fri, 18 Mar 2011 19:00:54 +0000</pubDate><guid>https://punchingkitty.com/2011/03/18/governor-nixon-gives-st-louis-more-jogging-trails-designated-areas-for-muggers/</guid><description>&lt;p>&lt;a href="http://media.punchingkitty.com/wordpress/2011/02/jay_nixon.jpeg">&lt;img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-8805" title="jay_nixon" src="http://media.punchingkitty.com/wordpress/2011/02/jay_nixon.jpeg" alt="" width="600" height="242" />&lt;/a>&lt;/p>
&lt;p>St. Louis just hit the $1.5 million dollar jackpot with money to make jogging trails…or possibly more adequately named: muggable surface area. Any new paths for people to walk, unguarded, in to shady areas with iPod strapped to their arms sure makes things easy, which can only help St. Louis’ single largest export: People that don’t want to live here anymore. Cha-ching!&lt;/p>
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&lt;p>Nixon said he had no problems allocating funds for trails in tough economic times for the state. The money is from competitive federal grants, he said.&lt;/p></description></item><item><title>Us: Forest Park Sucks to Drive Through, City: Here’s more signs.</title><link>https://punchingkitty.com/2010/03/29/us-forest-park-sucks-to-drive-through-city-heres-more-signs/</link><pubDate>Mon, 29 Mar 2010 16:00:02 +0000</pubDate><guid>https://punchingkitty.com/2010/03/29/us-forest-park-sucks-to-drive-through-city-heres-more-signs/</guid><description>&lt;p>&lt;a href="http://punchingkitty.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/forest_park.jpg">&lt;img class="alignright size-full wp-image-3727" title="forest_park" src="http://punchingkitty.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/forest_park.jpg?filter=resize&amp;w=200" alt="" srcset="http://media.punchingkitty.com/wordpress/2010/03/forest_park.jpg 419w, http://media.punchingkitty.com/wordpress/2010/03/forest_park-189x300.jpg 189w" sizes="(max-width: 419px) 100vw, 419px" />&lt;/a>Signs!  That’s the ticket…the fix to all our troubles! More signs!&lt;/p>
&lt;p>That’s pretty much the reaction of the city when finally pushed to do something about the amazing traffic jams that surround Forest Park every time its nice and above 60 degrees.&lt;/p>
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&lt;p>After last week’s park congestion, Forest Park, the Missouri Department of Transportation, St. Louis City Streets Department, St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department and the park institutions met to work out a plan to improve traffic flow in Forest Park.&lt;/p></description></item></channel></rss>