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
Technical Tool
Water Rising: Equitable Approaches to Urban Flooding
US Water Alliance
Report highlights cities that experienced flooding, summarizes context of climate change, describes priority actions for equitable resilience.
Technical Tool
Greener Parks: Green Infrastructure as a Strategy for Improving Equity and Community Well-Being Advocacy Toolkit
NRPA
Toolkit gives Park & Rec professionals resources for climate impacts, community health, and advance fair and just access to quality green spaces.
Member Exclusive
Agreement
Memorandum of Understanding Between Mayor’s Office of Community Empowerment & Philadelphia Department of Human Services
Philadelphia Water Department & Mayor's Office of Community Empowerment
Agreement between Philly Water Dept. and PowerCorpsPHL, an AmeriCorps initiative engages “Opportunity Youth”, advancing their lives through service.
Member Exclusive
Agreement
Memorandum of Understanding Between Mayor’s Office of Community Empowerment & Philadelphia Department of Human Services
Philadelphia Water Department & Mayor's Office of Community Empowerment
MOU builds opportunities for disconnected young people and returning citizens, creating promising futures by tackling environmental challenges.
Policy
Using the State Revolving Funds to Build Climate Resilient Communities
NRDC Water & Climate Team
Recommendations for water efficiency, green infrastructure, and flood risk policies for State Revolving Funds for climate-resilient communities.
Member Exclusive
Technical Tool
Local Parks: A Critical Part of a More Just and Equitable Society
Park Pride, Atlanta
Describes Park Pride's equity re-grant program waiving match requirements for Friends of Park groups in low-income Atlanta neighborhoods.
Member Exclusive
Policy
LA County Draft Displacement Avoidance Strategy
Los Angeles County
Memo outlining strategies to address and lessen displacement and gentrification outcomes as a result of park enhancement projects.
Member Exclusive
Technical Tool
Grant Application – Western Reserve Land Conservancy to the Clean Ohio Fund
Western Reserve Land Conservancy
This is a winning grant application to the Clean Ohio Fund for land acquisition for the Lower Big Creek Project.
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…