Open Space Radio: Parks and Recreation Trends

NOVEMBER 29, 2022

NRPA’s Resilient Park Access grant program supports the advancement of community-driven, systems-level strategies for equitable park access that improve the environmental resilience and health of communities. Learn more about DaySmart Recreation at daysmartrecreation.com/nrpa.

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Open Space Radio: Parks and Recreation Trends

SEPTEMBER 6, 2022

It’s hard to believe September is already here and in just a couple weeks, park and recreation professionals from across the country will gather in Phoenix, Arizona, at the 2022 NRPA Annual Conference. 10 parks are nominated. Vote daily for your favorite park through September 12 at NiagaraPerkYourPark.com. Niagara Water.

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Social Pinpoint

JANUARY 24, 2024

Before we look forward and reveal our predictions for the top 2024 trends in online community engagement, let’s look back. We saw hybrid engagement come of age, we saw really clear stages in engagement, and we even saw the rise of AI. 2023 was the year that saw some very clear trends, especially in the digital community space.

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Open Space Radio: Parks and Recreation Trends

JANUARY 17, 2023

As we at NRPA continue to center equity in all that we do, I’m looking forward to this conversation today as we learn how racial healing can advance racial equity, as well as how park and recreation professionals can support racial healing in their communities. Tune in to the full episode below to hear the conversation.

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American City & Country

SEPTEMBER 13, 2024

Also, due to the large investment of funding and labor required for traditional modeling and mapping methods, analysis may not account for current infrastructure and impervious development. To understand how local governments can better manage flood risk, it is important to understand how this work is done at present. The 1% and 0.2%

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Open Space Radio: Parks and Recreation Trends

DECEMBER 13, 2022

As you may have learned on our last episode, NRPA’s Resilient Park Access program supports the advancement of community-driven, systems-level strategies for equitable park access that improve the environmental resilience and health of communities. Toledo is in a moment of transition and opportunity.

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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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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

JUNE 15, 2023

In DC, this matters because the National Park Service provides 80% of the parks facilities in the city, complemented by some other government agencies (e.g., It's complicated by the fact that the city parks department doesn't want to take on new responsibilities, so it outsources new facilities to nonprofits. But also schools.

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GovPilot

FEBRUARY 16, 2023

Local parks, sports facilities, and public event spaces play an integral role in your citizens’ quality of life.

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Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

MARCH 21, 2024

A problem on Market East and in Philadelphia, they said, is the city government only contemplates the future in response to developers’ wishes. They don't want an arena, they want green roofs. The goal was to identify the most compelling suggestions and generate renderings and cost estimates. No one spoke in favor of a Sixers arena.

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Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

MAY 22, 2023

I am on the board of an independent park in Salt Lake City, well not that independent, as it is jointly owned by the city and county, but the land trust format means that the park has an opportunity for citizen oversight and input that is greater than the typical park. The next level is a "Friends of the Park" organization.

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Open Space Radio: Parks and Recreation Trends

JANUARY 23, 2024

As you may know, January is National Mentoring Month, and all month long, NRPA has been sharing content around how mentoring through parks and recreation is helping youth develop positive connections with trusted and caring adults, which we know can support their long-term success.

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Center for Community Progress

SEPTEMBER 1, 2022

Greening programs support the systematic upkeep of vacant lots and may include activities such as obtaining professional mowing services or engaging residents to purchase and maintain side lots, mow community lots, plant gardens, or create pocket parks. It has been lightly edited and condensed for the web. In this chapter, Laney A.

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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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Open Space Radio: Parks and Recreation Trends

FEBRUARY 21, 2023

Parks and recreation is vital to community health and well-being. Local park and recreation agencies connect every member of the community to essential programs, services and spaces that enhance quality of life. The Active Parks! Related links: Active Parks! Implementation Guide.

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Open Space Radio: Parks and Recreation Trends

NOVEMBER 21, 2023

as she’s known in many circles — is not only one of the most stylish park and recreation professionals out there, but she also is an expert and an innovator when it comes to change management, professional development, strategic planning and diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging. Dr. Tiffany Johnson — or Dr. J.,

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Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

MAY 10, 2023

There's been lots of national coverage about the rise in pickleball participation (" Pickleball is exploding, and it’s getting messy ," Washington Post , " America's fastest-growing sport is a cross of tennis, pingpong and badminton ," NPR), the development of professional pickleball leagues, etc. So I started developing such a tool.

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Open Space Radio: Parks and Recreation Trends

MAY 30, 2023

If you are an NRPA member, you may know that NRPA provides exclusive member networks to support your professional needs and development. One of these networks, which is highly engaged and doing a lot of amazing work in the profession, is the Young Professional Network, or YPN.

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Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

MARCH 9, 2024

I am on the board of Sugar House Park, which is owned by both the city and county, so it has some interesting intergovernmental issues. My background in planning, including parks planning, provides a knowledge base they didn't have access to before. Still, there is tension between being more active or more passive.

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Open Space Radio: Parks and Recreation Trends

SEPTEMBER 28, 2021

One of the core elements of parks and recreation is not something super profound or complicated, but it is absolutely essential. When we get down to it, parks and recreation is about play. s thoughtful approach to community engagement. Being that KABOOM! Tune in below to learn more about Lysa and KABOOM!,

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Open Space Radio: Parks and Recreation Trends

APRIL 21, 2022

The May issue of Parks & Recreation magazine is out now, and on today’s bonus episode of the podcast, we’re diving deeper into one of this month’s feature stories, “ Recognizing Water Safety Month.”

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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

NOVEMBER 19, 2020

The December issue of Parks & Recreation magazine is out now, and on today’s bonus episode of the podcast, we’re going to be diving deeper into one of this month’s feature stories, titled, “ Biodiversity Lays the Pathway to Good Health.” How location and regional climate can pose challenges to planning for biodiversity.

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Open Space Radio: Parks and Recreation Trends

JULY 31, 2018

Kageyama is an author, whose book For the Love of Cities: The Love Affair Between People and Their Places was recognized in 2012 as a Top 10 Book in urban planning, design and development. He also explains his “garden hose solution” and how we sometimes overthink the solutions to our cities’ problems.

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Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

APRIL 19, 2023

My intended thesis was around urban planning and civic participation and engagement, because local land use issues are the issue most likely to get people involved in local civic affairs, other than having children and being involved in education issues. But parks agencies and libraries aren't set up to do this purposively.

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Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

MARCH 27, 2024

Gary Webb’s artwork Squeaky Clean takes the form of an interactive public sculpture and is a permanent commission situated in Charlton Park, Greenwich. Gary Webb’s artwork Squeaky Clean takes the form of an interactive public sculpture and is a permanent commission situated in Charlton Park, Greenwich. Photo: Donald Yip. “We

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Open Space Radio: Parks and Recreation Trends

SEPTEMBER 3, 2024

In less than 40 days, thousands of park and recreation professionals from across the country will gather in Atlanta for the 2024 NRPA Annual Conference. Sarah Olson, CPRP, Public Works Deputy Director of Engineering, Planning, and Development Servies, City of Kirkland, Washington “Go to a pre-conference event.

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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 allowed the city to use multiple types of outreach to share updates with people as the project developed. Rethink to Boost Participation. Virtual Tools Expand Outreach. “We

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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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Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

MARCH 13, 2024

Parks with extraordinary environmental features face big losses in the face of sustained heat. national parks are trying to go carbon-free. national parks are trying to go carbon-free. What does that mean for visitors? ," National Geographic -- " What to Save?

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Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

MARCH 31, 2024

Gary Webb’s artwork Squeaky Clean takes the form of an interactive public sculpture and is a permanent commission situated in Charlton Park, Greenwich. Gary Webb’s artwork Squeaky Clean takes the form of an interactive public sculpture and is a permanent commission situated in Charlton Park, Greenwich. Photo: Donald Yip. “We

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Open Space Radio: Parks and Recreation Trends

MARCH 1, 2022

Regular listeners of the show know that I have a love for skateboarding, and, as many NRPA members and park and recreation professionals have been inquiring about the benefits of bringing skateparks to their communities, I’m excited for today’s episode.

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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 allowed the city to use multiple types of outreach to share updates with people as the project developed. Digital platforms need to work with the public’s lives to be inclusive.

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Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

OCTOBER 12, 2022

The upheaval in the planning agency’s governance has shocked even longtime political observers in a county accustomed to intense development spats. Casey Anderson, chair of the Montgomery County Planning Board, in Forest Grove Park in Silver Spring in 2018. has 421 parks. John Kelly/The Washington Post) I'm saddened by this.

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Open Space Radio: Parks and Recreation Trends

FEBRUARY 27, 2020

The March issue of Parks & Recreation magazine is out now, and on this bonus episode of Open Space Radio we’re diving deeper into one of the feature articles, “ St. Louis — a $250 million greenway development. Louis: A Path Toward Equitable Design.” The article showcases the framework plan for the Chouteau Greenway in St.

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Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

NOVEMBER 2, 2022

Students, parents, and teachers participating in a clean up of the school grounds, Wasatch Elementary School, Salt Lake. Schools as fundamental neighborhood anchors. Schools with high income demographics tend to do much better than those with low income demographics. Special Funding. Melina Mara/The Washington Post) 3.

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