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
How to Leverage Visitor Count Data
How can organizations use visitor count data to make informed decisions about their parks and improve their infrastructure?In this Peer Conversation, we will d…
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February , 2024
Collaborating with Private Landowners for Parks and Public Spaces
Acquiring new land for parks is one of the more vexing challenges facing agencies and their partners today. As a result, many are finding new ways to collabora…
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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
The Success and Evolution of Park Funding Partnerships
This panel dialogue will showcase successful park funding partnerships between government agencies, non-profit organizations, and the private sector.Speakers w…
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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
Partnerships for Large-Scale Urban Ecosystem Management
How can multi-party partnerships be used to manage large-scale urban ecosystems, and how are they funded? Discussion leaders will share examples of partnership…
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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
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…
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February , 2024
Federal Funding Opportunities for Parks: Green Space, Recreation, Trails, and Resiliency
Learn about federal funding sources (DOI/NPS, DOT, HUD, EPA, FEMA) that support urban parks, greenspace, recreation facilities, and playgrounds. Officials from…
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February , 2024
The Roles of Citywide Park Non-Profits
Join other leaders from individual park nonprofits or conservancies for a private, collegial peer-to-peer conversation on pertinent topics for those leading an…
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February , 2024
Data-Informed Decision Making for Equitable Park Funding
Join this Peer Conversation about how agencies and partners are leveraging data for more equitable funding decisions. Discussion leaders will share exampl…
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February , 2024
The Role of Elected Officials in Building and Expanding Parks
What are the roles of elected officials such as mayors and councilmembers in park funding decisions, and how can parks practitioners better work with them?&nbs…
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February , 2024
Funding Community-Initiated Projects
In this Innovation Round, participants will learn about unique approaches to funding community-led initiatives and discuss strategies for finding additional su…
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February , 2024
The Grand Connection: Funding Bellevue’s Vision for a ‘City in a Park’
Explore Bellevue's visionary initiative, "The Grand Connection," designed to seamlessly link the thriving urban downtown core with its picturesque waterfront a…
