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

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

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. You never know who you’ll meet who is struggling with the same issues or has ideas that would help your operation.” And, if you haven’t already registered, there’s still time.

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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 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. On today’s episode, we’re joined by Stephen Gendreau, Director of Advertising and Media Operations for ACTIVE Network. And you do. That’s digital marketing.

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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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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

AUGUST 23, 2022

The primary reason that business improvement districts and parks conservancies (" Creating a Parks Conservancy That Fits ," Parks & Recreation ) were created was to provide for a higher level of maintenance and care than can normally be provided by a city or county agency, because they don't focus on just one place, but many.

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Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

OCTOBER 12, 2022

The Council has lost confidence in the Montgomery County Planning Board and accepted these resignations to reset operations,” said Montgomery council president Gabe Albornoz (D-At Large). “We Casey Anderson, chair of the Montgomery County Planning Board, in Forest Grove Park in Silver Spring in 2018. has 421 parks.

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Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

MARCH 21, 2024

The article " Philadelphia’s Market Street East searches for growth and renewal — with or without a new Sixers arena ," has an interesting section on a community meeting where people who weren't into the arena concept suggested alternatives. They don't want an arena, they want green roofs. No one spoke in favor of a Sixers arena.

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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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Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

AUGUST 9, 2022

The answer is doubling down on the value of place in terms of the special amenities that tend to distinguish center cities from the suburbs--walkability, transit, neighborhoods, commercial districts, nightlife, museums and other cultural assets, great public spaces and parks, etc. historic architecture 2. Photo: Green Minneapolis.

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Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

MARCH 1, 2024

But even before that I went back and forth on it. Was it merely DC trying to copy other unusual creative infrastructure endeavors (at the same time there was an attempt to create a similar bridge in London, under then Mayor Boris Johnson, " An absurd vanity project for our age – Boris Johnson’s garden bridge ," Guardian ). I'd say yes.

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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

MARCH 30, 2023

Elizabeths campus ," 2018 -- " Part three: the potential for donations around an expanded program ," 2018 -- " Update on DC's plans to build a new United Medical Center ," 2018 I argue that "a building" isn't enough, you have to have a plan to address health inequities in innovative and novel ways. Plan + program + building.

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Open Space Radio: Parks and Recreation Trends

FEBRUARY 25, 2025

On this episode of Open Space Radio, we explore the critical role that parks and recreation plays in advancing sports opportunities for all youth especially girls. However, girls often face barriers that prevent them from participating and staying engaged.

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Center for Community Progress

FEBRUARY 6, 2025

As Chief Operating Officer at Lafayette Habitat for Humanity, we are committed to supporting our local neighborhood organizations by serving as fiscal agents, project managers and community conveners.On Keep reading to meet our 2024-25 cohort of fellows from Lafayette, Louisiana ; Memphis, Tennessee ; and Rochester, New York.

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Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

FEBRUARY 17, 2025

The URL is long because at the time I didn't appreciate the need for brevity. I have over 12,000 entries. While many are photos, and some are reprints, the fact is that the ouevre is a few million words in all likelihood. While many are photos, and some are reprints, the fact is that the ouevre is a few million words in all likelihood. And images.

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