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Welcome to the Greater Metro Parks Foundation

Supporting our families and communities with spaces to play, learn, and grow. Visit your local park today!

We are a private, nonprofit (501c3) citizens' organization that works in tandem with the Metropolitan Park District to enhance parks and recreation program and capital projects for Tacoma neighborhoods.

We invite you to build a healthier, more vibrant community by investing in people and parks.

Because Parks Matter... in assuring that everyone in our community has the oppurtunity to play, learn, and grow in a healthy environment.

From the Ground Up

What began with a renovation at McCarver Park and a new play and spray ground at Wright Park became so much more through the power of partnership.

Click to learn more about this inspiring community effort.

GMPF has cultivated rich and lasting educational partnerships using the model of our “From the Ground Up” program – a true reflection of the basic tenet of the “double bottom line” – doing well while doing good.
Click to learn more.

The STAR Center serves as a hub for Metro Parks’ adaptive and specialized recreation programs as well as a shared resource with the neighboring Gray Middle School and the Boys & Girls Club Topping HOPE Center.
Click to discover the STAR Center.
The value of all our parks and facilities is not only measured by what is contained in them or what you can do there, but by the impact it has on the well-being of our community, economy and environment.
Click to read about the impact of parks.