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What It’s Like to Be a Parks and Recreation Director

Let's Talk Parks

– San VanRoenn, Parks & Recreation Director for the Town of Meeker, Colorado. I believe we will see more and more Millennials choose careers in parks and recreation. There is an opportunity cost for where you spend the majority of your time. My dream career (right now) is to become a parks and rec director.

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Where in the Organization Chart Does Your Grant Professional Belong?

DH Leonard Consulting & Grant Writing Services

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. We are involved in strategic planning.

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Resident Engagement in Vacant Lot Greening: Empowering Communities for Neighborhood Revitalization

Center for Community Progress

Greening programs support the systematic upkeep of vacant lots and may include activities such as obtaining professional mowing services or engaging residents to purchase and maintain side lots, mow community lots, plant gardens, or create pocket parks. It has been lightly edited and condensed for the web. In this chapter, Laney A.

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How to Center Equity in All That We Do — Episode 076

Open Space Radio: Parks and Recreation Trends

With NRPA’s 2021-2023 Strategic Plan, we made a commitment to centering equity in all that we do. Whether through the lens of public health, criminal justice, climate change or who has safe, reliable access to a park in their community, equity is essential. EDT, and more!