Resources

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.

Member Exclusive
Agreement
City of Austin Park Operations and Maintenance Agreement
City of Austin, TX
This park operations and maintenance agreement outlines the roles and responsibilities of The Trail Foundation and the City in maintaining a trail.
Member Exclusive
Agreement
State of Washington Contract for Encampment Cleanup Services
State of Washington Department of Enterprise Services
State of Washington Department of Enterprise Services contract for encampment cleanup services with a third-party vendor.
Technical Tool
Inclusive Healthy Places Companion Guide for Park and Recreation Professionals
Gehl (gehlpeople.com);The National Recreation and Park Association (NRPA)
Offers a comprehensive approach to leverage inclusion and health equity that inform the planning, design, development and evaluation of public spaces.
Agreement
Partnership Agreement of Portland Parks & Recreation and The Forest Park Conservancy
Forest Park Conservancy
Key assumptions outlined for how Forest Park Conservancy works cooperatively with city agency to care for a 5,000+ acre park with 70+ miles of trails.
Member Exclusive
Agreement
Fiscal Sponsorship Program Template
Partnership for Providence Parks
Fiscal sponsorship documents that the Partnership for Providence Parks offers members to support and increase the involvement of neighborhood parks groups.
Technical Tool
Park Friends Survey
Partnership for Providence Parks (P3)
Survey in Providence to create a definition of Park Friends Groups, identify services they provide and uncover needs to sustain them into the future.
Report
2020 Menino Survey of Mayors
Boston University Initiative on Cities
Mayors have had to deal with COVID-19’s consequences and its impact on their cities' future. Between June and August 2020 this Survey asked 130 mayors about th…
Member Exclusive
Policy
Assignment of Easements to the City of Birmingham
Freshwater Land Trust
This is an example of a simple document that successfully transfers several parcels to a municipality at the same time. It only requires the City to record it …
Member Exclusive
Agreement
Partnership Agreement for the Five Mile Creek Greenway
Freshwater Land Trust
This group is working on a 35-mile trail in an industrial area, working to restart local investment after major industry closures. They have implemented succes…
Technical Tool
NRPA Park and Recreation Professionals’ Guide to Fundraising
NRPA
This guide outlines the fundraising process for park and recreation agencies to work with business entities, conduct special events and help raise money.