Let's Talk Parks

MAY 6, 2021

As summer approaches, agencies are preparing to open their pools, recreation centers, and facilities to the public in 2021. Prioritizing the safety of your employees and guests while also creating a memorable experience continues to be a challenge for recreation professionals. The reason for the shortages?

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American City & Country

SEPTEMBER 13, 2024

Three main challenges local communities face are obtaining information based on: Current conditions: Most available flood risk information is based on historical hydrologic data and does not account for extreme rainfall events. annual chance (500-year) flood events based on historic data. The 1% and 0.2% annual chance events.

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Open Space Radio: Parks and Recreation Trends

AUGUST 29, 2023

On today’s episode of Open Space Radio, we are diving into the dynamic world where recreation and technology intersect. My guests today from Las Vegas Parks, Recreation and Cultural Affairs are Priscilla Scott, a recreation coordinator; Phillip Payne, a recreation leader; and Jasmine Barrett, a recreation leader.

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Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

MAY 10, 2023

Barnes/For The Washington Post) While pickleball is often played on tennis and basketball courts that have been modified, there are dedicated courts and a rise in the demand for the addition of courts to existing parks for outdoor play, and indoors, in recreation centers. So I started developing such a tool.

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Park Leaders

MARCH 19, 2024

” As a park leader it is necessary to be willing to take risks and make difficult decisions. ” As a park leader it is necessary to be willing to take risks and make difficult decisions. One person that is no stranger to that is Walt Dabney, retired director of Texas State Parks. What am I good at?

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Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

APRIL 22, 2024

Public facing civic assets--libraries, parks, schools, sustainable mobility programs like walking, biking, and transit, Safe Routes to School, public markets, farmers markets, etc. It's an interesting book.

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Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

MARCH 26, 2024

For example the Salt Lake City park master plan, ReImagine Nature , does discuss programming and activation. Still, a majority of parks master plans don't address these items in a systematic enough way. The park allows all community members to enjoy the space simultaneously. Not so much public art. Seasonality.

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Open Space Radio: Parks and Recreation Trends

JULY 13, 2021

This episode contains an emotional account of her traumatic experience, so please listen with care when you feel you are able to, as the content may be triggering for some listeners. If you are unable to listen but want to learn more, please visit the links below for more information on The Genesis Project.

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Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

OCTOBER 2, 2024

Today we had a ribbon cutting for the new Fabian Lakeside Pavilion at Sugar House Park in Salt Lake, where I am on the board. The Park is about 70 years old, a regional park, and unusually, owned by the City and County jointly but overseen by an independent board. One of seven pavilions, they are about 60 years old.

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zencity

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

If a new park has been built and no one knows about it, does the park exist? We don’t mean to get too philosophical here; the answer is obviously yes, the park exists. No need to switch tabs to your Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram accounts. Connect as many accounts as you want; include as many users as you need.

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Center for Community Progress

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

To account for these limitations, we’re seeing land banks step in as the property developer. Addressing vacant, abandoned, and deteriorated (VAD) properties—what some call “ blighted ” properties—is not just a “city” problem. We spoke with Taylor Bennett , Executive Director of the West Virginia Land Stewardship Corporation (WVLSC).

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Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

FEBRUARY 18, 2025

This entry became very long, so I broke it up. This entry became very long, so I broke it up. There are plenty of posts I don't remember writing!) I got tired of reading over and over of the displacement of arts groups and the like.

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Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

JANUARY 19, 2024

TransMilenio bus routes. Photo by Julio Plaza for the New York Times. Transformative projects like TransMilenio require long-term “cathedral thinking.” They don’t conform to election cycles. They’re not the work of any single person. They’re like cities themselves: endless, incremental, evolving and collective.

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Barrett & Greene

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

Hatry, the renowned, respected and remarkable leader in the world of #performancemanagement had died, at age 92, from complications that followed a case of pneumonia. That call came from his life partner, Carol Lee Rubin, who went on to tell us that Harry had asked that we write an obituary for him, when the time came.

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