The Seattle Story: Shifting from Capital Improvements to Maintenance and Asset Renewal
In 2014, Seattle voters approved the creation of a Metropolitan Park District to provide a sustained and dedicated source of funding for park and recreation op…
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February , 2024
Practitioners of Color Share Challenges and Strategies
The recognition of racism's impact on social, mental, and physical well-being is validating for BIPOC communities, but also difficult when many continue to exp…
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February , 2024
Funders Learning Network for Grant-Making Foundations
Join your peers in philanthropy for a panel session featuring leaders in urban parks and public space grant-making, followed by a roundtable discussion. Watch …
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February , 2024
Supporting Parks Employees Through Traumatic Times
The experience of the pandemic and its aftermath, including greater numbers of unhoused people in parks, has significantly impacted the work and mental health …
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February , 2024
There’s Power in Your Story
Personal stories can be powerful tools for advocacy for parks and recreation. In this Peer Conversation, Recreation and Park Commission for the Parish of East …
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February , 2024
Finding Alignment Between Donors and Community
Since 2020, those who raise funding for parks have been increasingly thinking about how issues of equity, access, and belonging in public spaces may surface in…
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February , 2024
Park Master Plans: Lenses and Lessons from Toronto’s Island Park
Master plans are critical tools for policymakers and park practitioners, as well as essential documents for park partners for fund-raising, awareness, and advo…
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February , 2024
Wildlife (and Pest) Management for Climate Change
The pandemic and climate change are changing the way park practitioners need to manage conflicts with wildlife.In this Peer Conversation, you'll hear how one l…
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February , 2024
Using Trails & Greenways to Make Access More Equitable
This Peer Conversation will explore how community engagement, design solutions, and art can be used to make access to trails and greenway systems more equitabl…
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February , 2024
Equity in Practice: A Certificate Program to Advance Equity in Park and Recreation
Equity in Practice (EiP) is a three-certificate program offered by the National Recreation and Park Association (NRPA) that aims to expand and deepen the work …
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February , 2024
Transit Solutions to Close the Park Equity Gap
Public transportation can be a solution to address the gap in community access to parks, trails, and green spaces both close and far from home. However, it req…
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February , 2024
Design in Kinship
Join design professionals for this Peer Conversation about the value of pre-design relationship building. There is momentum in the field toward prioritizing pr…
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February , 2024
Parks and Greenspace Coalitions: Building More Equitable Communities
This Peer Conversation will share the story of Cleveland's Parks and Greenspace Coalition (PGC): its origins in the 2021 Cleveland Mayoral Election, how it has…
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February , 2024
Equitable Access to Recreation Programs and Facilities
Learn how Seattle Parks and Recreation (SPR) staff use technology and data for more equitable use of recreation facilities and programs. Participants will hear…
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February , 2024
The Alphabet of Park Financing Tools: BIDs, CIDs, TIFs, TADs, SSDs, etc.
BIDs, CIDs, TIFs, TADs, SSDs. How do they work? What are some exemplary examples? How effective are they? Join this Peer Conversation to learn more about these…
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February , 2024
Journey to a Sustainability Program
In the face of climate change, green spaces are valuable resources for environmental protection, education, and resilience building. Join this Peer Conversatio…
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February , 2024
Running While Black
Join endurance athlete, activist, and mental health advocate Alison Mariella Désir and City Parks Alliance Co-Chair Mitchell Silver (formerly planning director…
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February , 2024
Power Sharing with Community-based Organizations: Lessons from the P3 Cohort
People, Parks, and Power (P3) is the first national funding initiative in the U.S. to support power building by community-based organizations to reverse deep-s…
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February , 2024
Growing the Future Parks and Recreation Workforce
This Peer Conversation will focus on developing the diverse workforce needs and the next generation of leaders in parks and recreation. Discussion leaders will…
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February , 2024
Keys to Successful Partnerships for Parks Departments
Hear from two park agency leaders about how they are more strategically approaching and managing relationships with various external partners, including develo…
