Let's Talk Parks

MARCH 2, 2022

Thanks for your understanding Becky: Hello, everybody, and welcome back to Let’s Talk Parks. This is Becky Dunlap and Marissa Moravec joining you for a conversation around the state of jobs in parks and recreation. The Show [Transcript]. Note: The transcript below is an abbreviated version of the podcast.

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Parks And Recreation Budgeting Nonprofit Operations 130

NLC (National League of Cities)

JUNE 13, 2023

What kind of transformative impact would it have on communities if every resident could easily access daily amenities—such as libraries, schools, parks, recreation centers or grocery stores—in less than 20 minutes?

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Parks And Recreation Urban Planning Housing 78

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

APRIL 18, 2024

And they had "parking innovation districts" for awhile, but they were idiosyncratic, not systematic, and had many restrictions. A TMD is the way to go, focusing on everything, not just parking, which is more typical. At the time, my focus was trying to create a shared parking scenario, and to invest in sustainable mobility.

Transportation 96

Transportation Management Parks And Recreation Housing 96

Let's Talk Parks

AUGUST 22, 2021

Employees were scattered across town – pools, camps, parks, and recreation centers many miles away- and I didn’t want to send them another email that gets buried in their inbox. While I’m a certified park nerd (trademark pending), I wouldn’t recommend learning code for developing your intranet. We’ll get to that in a minute.

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Parks And Recreation Local Government Development Advocacy 130

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

JUNE 27, 2024

It's in NYC, so of course it's larger than the project in other cities (" Inwood development with public library and 100% affordable housing opens ," 6sqft). In " Opposition to affordable housing in Chevy Chase, DC ," last year I wrote about a proposal to rebuild the Chevy Chase Community Center to include affordable housing.

Housing 52

Housing Parks And Recreation Development Management 52

DH Leonard Consulting & Grant Writing Services

MAY 12, 2023

Some metropolitan cities have grant professionals embedded in multiple departments – police, fire, parks and recreation, and transportation. Some metropolitan cities have grant professionals embedded in multiple departments – police, fire, parks and recreation, and transportation. Where do you belong in your organization?

Fundraising 102

Fundraising Parks And Recreation Grant Writer Strategic Planning 102

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

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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Parks And Recreation Housing Development Management 52

Center for Community Progress

MARCH 16, 2023

For example, land banks in New York are: Expanding the Production of Affordable Housing. By Tarik Abdelazim , Director, National Technical Assistance, Center for Community Progress Before I came to Community Progress, I spent eight years in public service in my hometown, Binghamton, New York. What the heck is a land bank ?” I wondered.

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Parks And Recreation Housing Legislation Stewardship 98

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

AUGUST 11, 2022

One of my points about master planning is that for functional areas: transportation; parks and recreation; culture; etc., One of my points about master planning is that for functional areas: transportation; parks and recreation; culture; etc., WRT solid waste and recycling it's pretty much the same.

Parks And Recreation 52

Parks And Recreation Operations Transportation Sanitation 52

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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Parks And Recreation Sustainability Housing Management 52

Open Space Radio: Parks and Recreation Trends

OCTOBER 6, 2020

We talk a lot about how important physical activity is, and we know this has been especially true throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, when people have taken to their local parks to not only maintain their physical well-being, but their mental well-being, as well.

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Parks And Recreation Housing Implementation Management 40

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

Creating state-wide and regional history networks for African-American cultural interpretation. One of the problems with creating African-American history museums is that while it is supported politically, once a museum is created they tend to not be well patronized. Many have had serious budget problems. In fact, DC should participate too.)

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Parks And Recreation Coordinator Budgeting Housing 97

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.

Parks And Recreation 52

Parks And Recreation Press Release Strategic Planning Engagement 52

Open Space Radio: Parks and Recreation Trends

AUGUST 15, 2017

According to economists, there are several reason rural residents aren’t moving such as cost of housing, fear of losing sense of community and support, state-level job licensing and cultural differences. and, specifically, for parks and recreation.

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Parks And Recreation Housing Communications Government 40

American City & Country

SEPTEMBER 13, 2024

Floods are one of the most devastating events to strike a community—costly in terms of lives lost, damaged or destroyed homes, economic disruption, and damage to critical infrastructure. 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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Parks And Recreation Local Government Disaster Response Management 110

Open Space Radio: Parks and Recreation Trends

APRIL 9, 2018

The hands-on festivities of the weekend included playing games with robots, flight simulators, going on virtual reality space missions and our personal favorite here at NRPA, designing your own dream park. The highlight of my time at the STEM fest was asking kids if they enjoyed going to their local parks, and seeing their eyes light up.

Parks And Recreation 40

Parks And Recreation Housing Implementation Education 40

Open Space Radio: Parks and Recreation Trends

DECEMBER 29, 2020

From setting up temporary housing for those experiencing homelessness to helping those struggling with mental health and substance use issues. Park and recreation professionals have truly done it all this year, and our communities are so much better because of their essential work. It’s hard to believe 2020 is almost over.

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Parks And Recreation Housing 40

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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Parks And Recreation Engagement Transportation Accountability 40

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

APRIL 19, 2023

I think that parks, libraries, sustainable mobility programs, and other civic assets are potential touchpoints for civic engagement and participation. But parks agencies and libraries aren't set up to do this purposively. And they don't acknowledge civic engagement as an important element of parks practice in their master plans.

Parks And Recreation 52

Parks And Recreation Elected Officials Engagement Advocacy 52

Center for Community Progress

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

Across the country, small and rural communities grapple with economic challenges and an aging housing stock that leads to similar outcomes: a flood of VAD properties that threaten the health, safety, and resilience of these residents. We spoke with Taylor Bennett , Executive Director of the West Virginia Land Stewardship Corporation (WVLSC).

Stewardship 98

Stewardship Legislation Advocacy Parks And Recreation 98

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

JULY 17, 2024

An example might be living in Capitol Hill, DC and riding around on various errands, trips to work, for recreation etc., An example might be living in Capitol Hill, DC and riding around on various errands, trips to work, for recreation etc., Building infrastructure isn't enough. Even great infrastructure can be empty much of the time.

Parks And Recreation 52

Parks And Recreation Sustainability Transportation Security 52

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. 2023 was the year that saw some very clear trends, especially in the digital community space. We saw hybrid engagement come of age, we saw really clear stages in engagement, and we even saw the rise of AI.

Community Engagement 52

Community Engagement Engagement Parks And Recreation Budgeting 52

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

AUGUST 2, 2022

Housing Market Needs 5.5 Most economists predict prices will fall some (" Moody's: Home prices to fall in these 210 housing markets—while these 204 markets will go higher ," Fortune ). Amenities as a factor in housing choice. We still have the supply deficit and private equity participation.

Housing 52

Housing Parks And Recreation Public Safety Transportation 52

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.

Engagement 52

Engagement Parks And Recreation Elected Officials Transportation 52

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.

Parks And Recreation 52

Parks And Recreation Public Health Development Education 52

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

DECEMBER 12, 2023

After the acquisition of MCI by Verizon, the latter picked up the naming rights for the arena. The arena and revitalization of the East End. Because downtown D.C. has come back to life. Because Chinatown has a Metro stop and virtually all of the neighborhoods around Metro stops are thriving with or without a Verizon Center.”

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Parks And Recreation Development Economic Development Voting 52

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.

Economic Development 52

Economic Development Development Parks And Recreation Housing 52

VDEM (Virgina Department of Emergency Management)

NOVEMBER 15, 2022

In addition to EAS and WEA, residential and business phones will be called and plans are in place to notify recreational areas such as parks and waterways. In addition to EAS and WEA, residential and business phones will be called and plans are in place to notify recreational areas such as parks and waterways.

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Parks And Recreation Implementation Housing Management 50

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

AUGUST 21, 2023

Fitts Park. Main playground at Sugar House Park. (A Interestingly, this is an issue that I want Sugar House Park in Salt Lake City to deal with. There is at least one park in Salt Lake County that has a shade screen for its playground, Fitts Park in the City of South Salt Lake.

Housing 52

Housing Parks And Recreation 52

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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Parks And Recreation Transportation Engagement Fundraising 52

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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Parks And Recreation Elected Officials Implementation Development 52

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.

Management 52

Management Nonprofit Parks And Recreation Development 52

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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Parks And Recreation Education Development Economic Development 52

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.

Transportation 52

Transportation Parks And Recreation Economic Development Urban Planning 52

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

APRIL 22, 2024

Public facing civic assets--libraries, parks, schools, sustainable mobility programs like walking, biking, and transit, Safe Routes to School, public markets, farmers markets, etc. It's an interesting book.

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Parks And Recreation Engagement Urban Planning Campaign 52

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

OCTOBER 7, 2022

To riff off this, there are five other elements at a minimum that matter a lot, that cities aren't budgeting or planning for, if their central business districts become meccas for housing: public safety. Parks, recreation centers, libraries. Usually cities have parks and libraries in the core. schools (and daycare).

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Public Safety Parks And Recreation Housing Campaign 52