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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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  • Case Study

    Cities Connecting Children to Nature

    City of Austin Parks and Recreation

    Cities Connecting Children to Nature (CCCN) is a national initiative that seeks to create more equitable and abundant access to nature in cities.

  • Case Study

    Fit2Play

    Miami-Dade County Department of Parks, Recreation and Open Spaces

    Fit2Play is an MDPROS park-based afterschool health and wellness program promoting healthy weight and cardiovascular health.

  • Case Study

    Community Youth Services Partnership Success

    City of Olympia, WA

    Olympia, WA allocated $20K to Parks Dept for employment program targeting low-income youth at-risk or under sheltered and who may lack basic skills.

  • Case Study

    Pullman Peace Playground Project

    KaBOOM!

    The story of a neighborhood struggling with poverty and gun violence that rallied to construct a playground. This and other case studies sponsored by REI.

  • Technical Tool

    Active Parks, Healthy Cities Toolkit

    City Parks Alliance

    Share Active Parks, Healthy Cities with your colleagues, elected officials, local agencies, and partners.

  • Case Study

    Brooklyn Academy of Science and the Environment for Student Learning

    This program develops critical thinking in students by using field studies to teach the scientific method of inquiry and respect for the environment.

  • Case Study

    Los Angeles Summer Night Lights Crime Prevention Program

    Parks that are peak gang activity areas can be transformed into vibrant community spaces after dark with organized activities for at-risk youth and families.

  • Case Study

    Neighborhood Environmental Education Project, Milwaukee

    This program of outdoor classroom experiences allows students to explore their surrounding environment and how science concepts encompass real-life scenarios.

  • Case Study

    McKinley Park: Barrier-Free and Accessible

    Learn how this accessible park was built and how it goes beyond ADA Standards for Accessible Design, informed by community input to address a wide variety of s…

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