Open Space Radio: Parks and Recreation Trends

APRIL 4, 2023

April is Earth Month, and all month long, NRPA is celebrating the ways that parks and recreation is a climate hero. I encourage you to check out some of the top ways that park and recreation professionals are creating healthier, more sustainable communities and tackling the world’s toughest climate issues.

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Open Space Radio: Parks and Recreation Trends

JUNE 25, 2020

The July issue of Parks & Recreation magazine is out now, and on today’s bonus episode of Open Space Radio we’re diving deeper into the cover story, “ Celebrating YOU This July.” Park and Recreation Month is a favorite for both of us, as Cort and I have both had the pleasure of managing the campaign in previous years.

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Open Space Radio: Parks and Recreation Trends

SEPTEMBER 10, 2019

Digital marketing can be a useful tool for park and recreation agencies that want to promote their programs, special events and other offerings to a broader audience. You’re wondering how the all-knowing internet knows you need this thing — but it does. And you do. That’s digital marketing.

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GovLoop

MAY 12, 2023

The underused Harbor Park area along the Connecticut River has great potential for residential, commercial and recreational use. That created a problem: How could the city design a community space without the input of the community? Digital platforms need to work with the public’s lives to be inclusive.

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GovLoop

DECEMBER 6, 2022

The underused Harbor Park area along the Connecticut River has great potential for residential, commercial and recreational use. That created a problem: How could the city design a community space without the input of the community? Rethink to Boost Participation. Virtual Tools Expand Outreach. “We

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Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

DECEMBER 5, 2023

The second cohort of the county's Community Planning Lab wrapped up last month after the class spent weeks learning about urban development and design, planning and zoning, public engagement, affordable housing, transportation, land use and more. Photo: David Jackson, Park Record. Citizen engaged planning practice.

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Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

APRIL 19, 2023

I think that parks, libraries, sustainable mobility programs, and other civic assets are potential touchpoints for civic engagement and participation. But parks agencies and libraries aren't set up to do this purposively. And they don't acknowledge civic engagement as an important element of parks practice in their master plans.

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