Remove Leadership Remove Public Health Remove Strategic Planning
article thumbnail

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

Center for Community Progress

A Zimmerman discuss how effectively managed vacant lot greening can deliver diverse public health benefits to communities. Lots with overgrowth, dumping, and other signs of deterioration discourage positive social interaction and have adverse effects on the physical and mental health of residents. . In this chapter, Laney A.

article thumbnail

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.