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Managing in Uncertainty
Please join us for a peer-to-peer conversation for nonprofit park operators hosted by Eric Landau with Brooklyn Bridge Park. This is a unique opportunity for n…
Pandemic Response and Recovery
This session will be curated later this Spring to highlight the innovative ways that leaders are placing parks at the center of recovery efforts. Speakers will…
Creating Culturally Relevant Youth Programming
Join us for Creating Culturally Relevant Youth Programming. We’ll share more topic details and speaker information leading up to the webinar.
Effective Cross-Agency Collaboration on Green Infrastructure
Climate change presents unique challenges to cities, and these challenges increasingly demand innovative solutions and partnerships. Join us to hear how parks …
Resilient Waterfronts
As extreme weather events become more frequent and sea level rise accelerates, coastal and Great Lakes communities, in particular, are under increasing threat …
Monuments: Sharing Your Stories on Reinterpreting Park Narratives
CPA is exploring a partnership with Monuments Lab to engage conference participants in sharing stories on how they are reinterpreting historic narratives in th…
Youth: How to Capture the Voice of Your Communities
In late 2018, our friend Khobi was an innocent victim of gang violence. We were already working on community outreach and park design for St. Charles Park, but…
The Movement for Black Lives & Building Belonging in Parks
As uprisings against police brutality and structural racism swept the country, Fort Greene Park emerged as a central location for protest gatherings in Brookly…
Hot, Wet, and Racist: Democratizing Data for Climate Justice
Join us for Hot, Wet, and Racist: Democratizing Data for Systems Change and more than a dozen other sessions during the Summer Series.
Being Black and Brown Outside: Connecting Our Youth with Nature
Between the pandemic and civil unrest, now more than ever, members of black, indigenous and communities of color need to utilize nature and outdoor spaces to h…
Reclaiming Contested Park Space: Partnering with First Nations
Most of the parks in North America sit on lands formerly occupied by Native American Tribes, also known as First Nations. But few cities acknowledge that histo…
Parks Driving Large-Scale Equitable Development
There is broad consensus in the urban parks field that every resident deserves access to quality parks and recreation resources close to home. But there is le…
Building Community Ownership through Engagement
Ensuring public spaces reflect and support local residents and diverse cultures requires building deep community connections. In historically marginalized nei…
Building a Diverse Workforce for 21st Century Parks
For decades, environmental and parks organizations have struggled to diversify their staff and leadership. Where they have diversified, people of color often c…
Measuring Park Use to Better Understand Your Park System
Despite the historically high use of parks during the pandemic, many park organizations may lack a data-driven picture of how park use is changing and how this…
Parks as Catalysts for Inclusive Economic and Community Development
Parks and greenways provide numerous benefits to communities, from health to climate resilience, community building to nature connection. In order for those be…
Designing Parks to Meet Climate Resilience Challenges
As the effects of climate change continue to be felt at all levels of society from the neighborhood to the global community, it will become more important to c…
Designing Parks to Meet Climate Resilience Challenges
Intro to Hub – Webinar Slides
Groundwork Hudson Valley – Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) application narrative
In this proposal, Groundwork Hudson Valley seeks support from CDBG to restore public green space on the Saw Mill River and in a park adjacent to the proposed Y…