Resources for Park and Recreation Professionals
With help from our members and research partners, we make the following resources and tools available to equip parks and recreation departments, municipalities, urban design and landscape architecture firms, and advocacy organizations to enhance capacity and build equitable, healthy, and engaged communities.
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The Active Communities Tool (ACT): An Action Planning Guide
National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, CDCA guide to improve built environments and promote physical activity, and create a cross-sector action plan consistent with community context.
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Todays Older Adults Initial Report of Results
Stephanie T. West, Ph.D. Recreation Management Appalachian State UniversitySurvey sent to adults 50+ to gain a better understanding of the current activity behaviors and attitudes of older adults along with their greatest challenges.
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Ten-Year Urban Forestry Action Plan: 2016 -2026
By Kathy McGlauflin- American Forests Foundation, Tanya Denckla Cobb- University of Virginia Institute for Environmental NegotiationDeveloped to expand awareness of the benefits of urban forests as green infrastructure and increase investments in urban forest resources.
