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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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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.