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.

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Draft Resolution Prepared by Anchorage Park Foundation for Assembly Consideration
Municipality of Anchorage
Draft resolution of Anchorage Municipal Assembly supporting non-motorized transportation efforts in the 2020 Federal Transportation Reauthorization
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Press Release Urging Park Users to Follow Social Distancing
Pittsburgh Parks Conservancy
Explains PPC's response to the COVID-19 global health emergency, strongly urging park users to practice safe physical distancing.
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Executive Summary: COVID-19 Emergency Childcare Operation for Health Care Workers, First Responders, and Low-Income Working Families
San Francisco Recreation and Parks
Policy that focuses on emergency childcare, including creating a curriculum for youth experiencing anxiety and stress related to the COVID-19 outbreak.
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COVID-19 Response Plan
Seattle Parks & Recreation
Lays out preparations for Seattle Parks & Rec to coordinate with city agencies to provide essential services during a pandemic.
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Los Angeles Parks Foundation – Board of Directors Fiscal Management Fee Policy
Los Angeles Parks Foundation
The policy requires 12%* of all funds deposited be dedicated to cover direct and indirect costs associated with services provided by the LAPF
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Rose F. Kennedy Greenway Legislation
Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy Greenway Conservancy, Inc.
A Commonwealth of Massachusetts Act authorizing the Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy Greenway Conservancy to operate, manage and maintain the Rose Kennedy Greenway Park…
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Public-Private Partnership Draft Resolution Austin
City of Austin
Draft resolution within the City Council of the City of Austin to explore the possibility of a public-private partnership for the creation of the Shoal Creek W…
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Portland Parks and Recreation Concessions Guidelines
Portland Parks & Recreation
This document contains detailed guidelines for concession sales and commercial activities in Portland parks from the Portland Department of Parks & Recreation.
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Philadelphia Open Lands Protection Ordinance
City of Philadelphia
This document is an ordinance from the City of Philadelphia in 2011 for the protection of open lands in Philadelphia by prohibiting the transfer of public park…
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Milwaukee Park East Redevelopment Compact
Milwaukee County
Document includes guidelines and community standards for multiple parcel for the Park East freeway corridor in Milwaukee.