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

JANUARY 23, 2020

The February issue of Parks & Recreation magazine is out now, and we recently had the opportunity to chat with Jamie Sabbach about her article, “ Leading With Courage ,” for this month’s bonus episode. We also chat about why good leadership is essential to the smart growth and sustainability of a park and recreation agency.

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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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Open Space Radio: Parks and Recreation Trends

APRIL 20, 2021

The program, Climate for Health, was founded by ecoAmerica and NRPA has partnered with them to bring the initiative to park and recreation professionals. How NRPA is committed to ensuring that park and recreation professionals are contributing to the overall resilience of their communities.

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Open Space Radio: Parks and Recreation Trends

MAY 30, 2023

These networks, ranging from Aquatics, Diversity, Equity and Inclusion, Armed Forces, Leadership Development, and more, are an opportunity to collaborate and connect with like-minded professionals from across the county. The YPN serves NRPA members who are students and young professionals under the age of 35.

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Open Space Radio: Parks and Recreation Trends

JANUARY 9, 2018

In today’s episode, we’re taking a look at a city and mayor who have done some incredible work when it comes to park access. Mayor Lee was an extremely passionate advocate for San Francisco’s parks, and under his leadership, the city made park and recreation programs more accessible than ever to its citizens.

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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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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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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

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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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. Sports also have the power to build confidence, foster leadership skills and create lifelong connections.

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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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