Open Space Radio: Parks and Recreation Trends

JANUARY 12, 2021

What kinds of fundraising activities were the most successful. How they have engaged the community with the project. What advice they would give park and recreation professionals who are thinking about a project like this for a community space. What their initial planning process looked like.

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Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

NOVEMBER 2, 2022

Arts Festival and fundraiser, Uintah Elementary School, Salt Lake City. Although many of the schools do art festivals in the Spring, doing great projects as fundraisers. Most figure that PTAs suffice, but again, PTAs are mostly comprised of parents of schoolchildren, not interested parties without children. It dates to the 1980s.

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Grant Central USA

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

They freelance writers create narratives that engage readers emotionally, making a stronger connection with the audience. Consistency They ensure consistency in messaging across different grant applications, fundraising materials, and public communications.

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Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

The committees would concern design and maintenance, business development and recruitment, organizational development including fundraising and organizational communications, and what the model calls "promotion," which includes generally marketing of the building/district, special events and programming, and cross promotion between businesses.

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Park Leaders

JANUARY 21, 2025

Her team works closely with the National Park Service and the National Park Friends Alliance to advance innovation, inclusion, and community engagement. Sarah Unz, who oversees strategic partnerships at the National Park Foundation, offered a broader perspective on how collaboration fuels progress across the National Park System.

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Super Library Marketing

JANUARY 21, 2025

Photo courtesy Cincinnati and Hamilton County Public Library At the Library Marketing and Communications Conference this past November, I watched as Jody Lazar , Director of Community Engagement at Winter Park Library in Florida made half a dozen mouths drop to the floor.

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Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

JANUARY 15, 2024

It was initially under the umbrella of The Boston Foundation, and organizers said Friday that the institutions will continue to be close partners after Embrace Boston takes over fundraising and other responsibilities and moves to its own offices. They were kind enough to send the draft to me, although it's in my slush pile to read still.

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