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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Technical Tool
Cities Connecting Children to Nature: City-Corps Partnerships (July 2019)
CITY-CORPS + Cities Connecting Children to Nature (CCCN)
Shows how to establish service and conservation corps partnerships that engage young people in hands-on city projects, developing diverse green jobs.
Technical Tool
Cities Conecting Children to Nature Municipal Action Guide
National League of Cities Children & Nature Network
Guidance for establishing new connections between children and nature through training, access to national experts, and peer learning opportunities.
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Technical Tool
Open Letter to City Council Supporting Parks Funding for COVID Recovery
Philadelphia Parks Alliance
Philly Parks Alliance seek co-signers supporting funding for essential services for communities disproportionately impacted by COVID-19.
Case Study
Healthy Aging at the Older Americans Center
Older Americans Center, Jasper, IN
A single fitness class started over 30 years ago has led to a thriving, full-time exercise program focused solely on residents age 55 and up.
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Plan
Pittsburgh Parks Plan
Pittsburgh Parks Conservancy
Part of a suite of tools developed by PIttsburgh Parks Conservancy for Pittsburgh Parks in maintenance, rehabilitation, capital, programming.
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Technical Tool
Benefits of Pittsburgh Parks System
Pittsburgh Parks Conservancy
Part of a suite of tools developed by PIttsburgh Parks Conservancy (PPC). PPC analyzed the plan and developed the benefits case for the investments.
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Report
Todays Older Adults Initial Report of Results
Stephanie T. West, Ph.D. Recreation Management Appalachian State University
Survey sent to adults 50+ to gain a better understanding of the current activity behaviors and attitudes of older adults along with their greatest challenges.
Case Study
Girls Play, LA
City Parks Alliance
The City of Los Angeles's Department of Parks & Recreation's "Girls Play, LA" focuses on fitness for girls in under-served communities.
Case Study
FY17 LWCF ORLP Selected Projects
National Park Service
A description of 16 Selected Projects and associated award amounts for FY17-18 LWCF-ORLP
Case Study
FY15.FY16 ORLP Selected Projects
National Park Service
A description of Selected Projects totalling $13.3 Million for Improvements to Local Parks and Recreation in 22 Cities for Fiscal year 15/16