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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    Agreement

    Grant Park General MOU

    Grant Park Conservancy

    Memorandum of understanding outlining the collaborative agreement between organizations for the purpose of restoring, maintaining and operating the park.

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    Agreement

    Green Infrastructure Partnership Agreement

    City of Philadelphia

    Partnership agreement to foster collaboration in order to advance green infrastructure research, investment, and education.

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    Agreement

    Parks Revitalization Initiative Donated Services Agreement

    City of Philadelphia

    Donated services agreement between the Pennsylvania Horticultural Society and the City of Philadelphia, outlining the services provided and the responsibilitie…

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    Policy

    Greenburgh Park Naming Policy Guide 2004

    Greenburgh Department of Parks and Recreation

    This document outlines a policy for naming parks for the Town of Greenburgh.

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    Bylaws

    Group Exercise Ordinance Santa Monica

    City of Santa Monica

    Ordinance for commercial fitness groups utilizing public parks.

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    Agreement

    Hackmatack National Wildlife Refuge MOU

    Land Conservancy of McHenry County

    Memorandum of understanding outlining the collaborative agreement between the listed organizations for the protection and restoration of the Hackmatack Nationa…

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    Agreement

    Hamilton & Windsor Hills School Yard Regreening Agreement

    Maryland Port Administration

    Right of entry agreement that enables contractors to access school grounds to regreen paved surfaces for the MPA "Schoolyard Regreening" project.

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    Policy

    Equity Criteria for Allocating Recreation Center Funding

    Minneapolis Park and Recreation Board

    In building a more equitable park system, it is important for the MPRB to target investment of public funds into parks in racially diverse and low-income neigh…

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    Policy

    Equity Criteria for Capital and Rehabilitation — Neighborhood and Regional Park Project

    Minneapolis Park and Recreation Board

    The City of Minneapolis and the Park and Recreation Board enacted 20 Year Neighborhood and Regional Park Plan ordinances to achieve a shared goal of closing a …

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    Technical Tool

    Dog Play Area Proposal Form San Francisco

    San Francisco Recreation and Park Department

    This document provides a comprehensive framework for neighborhoods and communities to propose the addition of an off leash dog play area (DPA) within a park.

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