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Building Belonging: Neurodivergent Perspectives in Parks and Recreation (Part 2) — Episode 154

Open Space Radio: Parks and Recreation Trends

As you may recall, our final episode of 2023 was part one of our conversation around neurodiversity and parks and recreation. The inspiration for these episodes came from a 2023 NRPA Annual Conference session, “Neurodiversity and Inclusive Workplaces: Insights from Park and Recreation Professionals.” Share it with us !

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(Contact-Free) Human Touch Helps Transform a Riverscape

GovLoop

The underused Harbor Park area along the Connecticut River has great potential for residential, commercial and recreational use. Virtual Tools Expand Outreach “We were able to get so much more information,” Skowera said. “We That created a problem: How could the city design a community space without the input of the community?

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(Contact-Free) Human Touch Helps Transform a Riverscape

GovLoop

The underused Harbor Park area along the Connecticut River has great potential for residential, commercial and recreational use. Virtual Tools Expand Outreach. “We That allowed the city to use multiple types of outreach to share updates with people as the project developed. Rethink to Boost Participation.

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How to build awareness of flood risk and gain buy-in for flood control measures

American City & Country

What’s missing from current methods of managing flood risk? To understand how local governments can better manage flood risk, it is important to understand how this work is done at present. annual chance (500-year) flood events based on historic data. The 1% and 0.2% Current extreme rainfall events are often beyond the 1% or 0.2%

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Summit County (Utah) Community Planning Lab as an example of civic engagement and best practice technical assistance

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

Photo: David Jackson, Park Record. An article, " Community Planning Lab projects offer solutions to Summit County’s problems ," in the Park Record discusses Summit County's relatively new Community Planning Lab initiative. The course requires at least three and a half hours of work each week. Citizen engaged planning practice.

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The Biggest Problem Library’s Face? Reaching New Cardholders! Here’s a 6-step Plan for Growing Your Library User Base

Super Library Marketing

Photo courtesy the Cincinnati and Hamilton County Public Library There is nothing like the thrill of someone discovering your library for the first time. New users are often dazzled by the notion that they can check out items from your collection and use your services, without having to pay anything (except taxes, in most cases).

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Hospitals as urban anchors/revitalization levers, not usually, but with great potential to serve communities in important ways: Examples are two forthcoming projects by Intermountain Health and University of Utah Health

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

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.