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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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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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. Nichole Bohner, Aquatics Division Manager, City of Round Rock, Texas “Talk to everyone! So, we decided to turn them into today’s episode of Open Space Radio!

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Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

APRIL 27, 2023

The comment thread on the NPS post (" National Park Service as operator of local parks in DC ") a couple back reminded me I meant to write about "Loch Raven Reservoir" because it was written about in a recent Baltimore Sun column, " At Baltimore's Loch Raven Reservoir, a good walk spoiled." million customers.” million customers.”

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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

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

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

APRIL 27, 2023

The May issue of Parks & Recreation magazine is out now, and on today’s bonus episode of Open Space Radio, we’re diving deeper into the feature article, “Building a Culture of Safety for Aquatic Facilities,” by Stephanie Shook, CPRP, the senior product manager of aquatics and instructors for the American Red Cross.

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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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Open Space Radio: Parks and Recreation Trends

MAY 30, 2023

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. Tune in to our full conversation below to learn how Colton and Rachel are helping amplify the voices and experiences of young park and recreation professionals.

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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

SEPTEMBER 12, 2023

I can’t wait to continue sharing these stories of the impact that parks and recreation is having across the country for the remainder of this year and into the future. Tune in to the full episode to hear clips from: Vicky Stott (she/her), senior program officer for racial equity and community engagement at the W.K. history.”

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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 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 26, 2023

Cara Myers is NRPA’s marketing and engagement manager, and she joined the NRPA team recently, coming to us from the marketing team at City of Aurora Parks and Recreation in Colorado. DiDi’s professional career began in 2011, and she has since played professionally in the U.S.,

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Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

MAY 10, 2023

Amateur pickleball players play mixed double matches during the Professional Pickleball Association (PPA) Baird Wealth Management Open at the Lindner Family Tennis Center, September 11, 2022, Mason, Ohio. The article discussed how a pickleball enthusiastic lawyer submitted a 37 page legal appeal for the parks department decision.

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Center for Community Progress

SEPTEMBER 1, 2022

A Zimmerman discuss how effectively managed vacant lot greening can deliver diverse public health benefits to communities. In contrast, when the management of vacant lots is effectively addressed at scale through greening programs, these lots can deliver diverse public health benefits to communities. In this chapter, Laney A.

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Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

APRIL 8, 2024

While park master plans tend to not reference built environment and landscape architectural history, the reality is that architectural historians do this kind of evaluation all the time, publish books and reports, etc. about parks and designers like Olmsted. about parks and designers like Olmsted. Park architecture and design.

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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

MAY 4, 2021

where we discussed the importance of park and recreation professionals being prepared for disasters due to a changing climate. Park and Recreation District in Oregon?and?John?DiSpaldo, How park and recreation professionals play a role in disaster recovery efforts. We were joined by?Kenny Kenny Weigandt?from?Willamalane?Park

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Open Space Radio: Parks and Recreation Trends

MAY 5, 2020

We often get to have conversations with park and recreation professionals who are doing incredible work in their communities. It’s not every day, though, that we get to chat with college students who are studying the field of parks and recreation and who will soon embark on the exciting journey of entering a new career in the field.

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Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

AUGUST 23, 2022

There is a big tension in public space management over maintenance--its cost, vandalism, restrooms (an issue that I'm dealing with now in Salt Lake)--and the quality of urban design, street furniture, and the aesthetic environment of the place. Sugarhouse wayfinding kiosk/pylon. Photograph: Eric Risberg/AP.

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Open Space Radio: Parks and Recreation Trends

JUNE 16, 2020

Many park and recreation agencies have started implementing educational and awareness programs around substance use disorder, and one of them is the City of Port St. Many park and recreation agencies have started implementing educational and awareness programs around substance use disorder, and one of them is the City of Port St.

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Open Space Radio: Parks and Recreation Trends

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

I’m really excited for today’s episode because I am joined by my colleagues and new co-hosts, Christina High, NRPA’s marketing specialist, and Cara Myers, NRPA’s marketing and engagement manager. I’m really looking forward to this new era of Open Space Radio, and as many of you know, it’s been a while since I’ve had co-hosts.

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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

AUGUST 11, 2020

A BioBlitz is an event where your community can visit your park and identify the different wildlife species in that area. It provides an opportunity for people to understand and learn about the various species in that area, and also provides critical data and information to the staff who manage those lands.

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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. Skowera not only sees engagement benefits from offering virtual options, but also environmental and budgetary advantages. Digital platforms need to work with the public’s lives to be inclusive.

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American City & Country

SEPTEMBER 13, 2024

What’s missing from current methods of managing flood risk? To understand how local governments can better manage flood risk, it is important to understand how this work is done at present. annual chance (500-year) flood events based on historic data. The 1% and 0.2% Current extreme rainfall events are often beyond the 1% or 0.2%

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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. Skowera not only sees engagement benefits from offering virtual options, but also environmental and budgetary advantages. Rethink to Boost Participation. Virtual Tools Expand Outreach. “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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Open Space Radio: Parks and Recreation Trends

NOVEMBER 27, 2017

The Alliance works with NRPA on Commit to Health — our program to increase healthy eating and physical activity during out-of-school time programs managed by park and recreation departments. Wildlife Explorers Parks and Recreation Implementation Guide (and more resources!)

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PBB Center for Priority Based Budgeting

JUNE 2, 2016

"Priority-based budgeting will allow city officials to regain control of the budget." - City Manager Sam Anselm The City of Joplin, Missouri is in their first year of the priority based budgeting process. This will help better manage the broad number of services we provide, while recognizing our budget constraints.”

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Open Space Radio: Parks and Recreation Trends

FEBRUARY 25, 2020

Parks everywhere serve as a gateway to nature and the great outdoors. To assist park agencies with this important work, NRPA recently collaborated with renowned expert and author, Angelou Ezeilo, to host an interactive diversity workshop at our headquarters in Ashburn, Virginia, and we’re thrilled to have her join us on the show.

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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. can help you engage with audiences that are typically harder to reach. You’re wondering how the all-knowing internet knows you need this thing — but it does.

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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. Publishing Tool Imagine this: You’ve been alerted by Zencity 360 to a peak in negative sentiment around waste management.

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Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

OCTOBER 12, 2022

Casey Anderson, chair of the Montgomery County Planning Board, in Forest Grove Park in Silver Spring in 2018. has 421 parks. Because I always talked up parks planner David Barth (" David Barth: Rest in Peace "), he even brought him in to do some training and consulting for the County Parks Department.

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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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