Center for Community Progress

JANUARY 6, 2025

A land conservancy can maintain and permanently protect vacant land that has natural, recreational, scenic, historical, or agricultural value. A land conservancy can maintain and permanently protect vacant land that has natural, recreational, scenic, historical, or agricultural value. What do urban land conservancies do?

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Stewardship Parks And Recreation Community Development Fundraising 97

DH Leonard Consulting & Grant Writing Services

MAY 12, 2023

We are fundraisers, so nonprofits often place us in the development department. Some metropolitan cities have grant professionals embedded in multiple departments – police, fire, parks and recreation, and transportation. Where do you belong in your organization? Who do you report to? We are involved in strategic planning.

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Fundraising Parks And Recreation Grant Writer Strategic Planning 102

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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Parks And Recreation Fundraising Nonprofit Engagement 52

Open Space Radio: Parks and Recreation Trends

JANUARY 12, 2021

They realized that access to public recreational spaces was critical, and decided to take matters into their own hands to create a safe, legal place to skateboard through the Lunenburg Skatepark Project. What kinds of fundraising activities were the most successful. What their initial planning process looked like.

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Parks And Recreation Fundraising Grassroots Community Engagement 40

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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Parks And Recreation Fundraising Nonprofit Engagement 52

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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Parks And Recreation Public Administration Housing Sanitation 52

Open Space Radio: Parks and Recreation Trends

MARCH 21, 2023

Tune in to our full conversation below to learn more about Cal’s story, how you can follow their run, and how park and recreation professionals can support this important mission. Attacks targeting LGBTQ+ rights, and especially the rights of transgender youth, are currently taking place in state legislatures across the country.

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Parks And Recreation Advocacy Fundraising Legislation 40