Setting the Stage for Healthy Communities
By Jennifer Fulcher-Nguyen | Posted on October 31, 2019
Over the summer, NRPA visited three agencies to see how they are using transportation, farmers markets and intergenerational programming to improve access to healthy food.
Building Resilient Communities Through Volunteerism
By Michele White, CAE, IOM | Posted on October 30, 2019
Last year, NRPA partnered with Houston Parks and Recreation Department and Corpus Christi Parks and Recreation Department to host four volunteer events in each city to improve their local parks.
NRPA Hosts Parks, Green Infrastructure and Health Workshop
By Jenny Cox | Posted on October 29, 2019
NRPA and Williamette Partnership recently hosted a gathering in Washington, D.C., that brought green infrastructure, health, and equity professionals together to help advance green infrastructure in parks.
5 Secrets for Submitting a Successful Session Proposal
By Josh Yavelberg | Posted on October 28, 2019
NRPA is now accepting proposals for the 2020 NRPA Annual Conference in Orlando, Florida, October 27-29, 2020. Here are five secrets for submitting a successful education session proposal.
Meet Me at the Park Reaches More Than 1 Million Children and Families
By Jennifer Stromberg | Posted on October 23, 2019
In 2017, NRPA and Disney set a goal through the Meet Me at the Park Play Spaces grant program to improve access to inclusive play spaces for one million children and families. We are excited to announce that we reached this goal.
Providing Outdoor Recreation in the Big City — Episode 051
By Cort Jones and Roxanne Sutton | Posted on October 22, 2019
We sat down with Molly Gallant and Bob Wall of Baltimore City Recreation and Parks at the 2019 NRPA Annual Conference to talk about the importance of outdoor recreation opportunities in urban environments.
Tackling Plastic Pollution and Improving a Community in Atlanta
By Michele White, CAE, IOM | Posted on October 16, 2019
Communities across the country are trying to keep their public places and waterways clean from litter and create healthy ecosystems — and the solutions can start right at home in our parks.
Know Where You Are to Determine Where You Should Go
By Melissa May | Posted on October 15, 2019
The benchmarking data found within NRPA Park Metrics helps assist your agency in determining how its budget, personnel, activities, facilities, policies and more currently compare to agencies across the nation.
NRPA’s Community Engagement Training: Delving Into Equity and Inclusion
By Jennifer Fulcher-Nguyen | Posted on October 10, 2019
On September 23, before the 2019 NRPA Annual Conference officially began, 36 professionals took part in a lively, engaging discussion on community engagement, inclusion and equity.
Ultra-Runners Join Monarch Butterflies on Their 2600 Mile Migration South to Mexico
By Richard J. Dolesh | Posted on October 10, 2019
Running the southern migration route of monarchs from Canada to southern Mexico is an attempt to bring international attention to the plight of the monarch butterfly, a species whose Eastern population has crashed more than 90 percent in the past 20 years.
Five Ways to Create an Inclusive, Equitable Safe Routes to Parks Initiative
By Margaux Mennesson | Posted on October 9, 2019
Improving safe park access requires thoughtful assessment and inclusion of strategies aimed at overcoming injustices in each stage of a community’s Safe Routes to Parks efforts.
What Advice Would You Give Your Younger Self? — Episode 050
By Roxanne Sutton and Cort Jones | Posted on October 8, 2019
Since it’s our 50th episode of Open Space Radio and we’ve been reflecting on when we first started, we're using this episode to explore one of the questions we asked while we were in Baltimore at the 2019 NRPA Annual Conference: What piece of advice would you give to your younger self?