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
Agreement
Fiscal Sponsorship Program Template
Partnership for Providence Parks
Fiscal sponsorship documents that the Partnership for Providence Parks offers members to support and increase the involvement of neighborhood parks groups.
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.
Policy
Infrastructure Principles: Parks are Infrastructure
City Parks Alliance
Parks are essential infrastructure and require investment to meet 21st-century challenges and function as green infrastructure.
Member Exclusive
Report
New York Zoning Law and Practice Report
By Thomson Reuters
Article considers five alternative revenue strategies that show promise for leveraging private dollars for public parks and protected open space.
Member Exclusive
Report
From Brown to Blooming: Groundwork USA’s Field-Tested Guide for Getting from Brownfield to Neighborhood Asset
Groundwork USA
Addresses transforming contaminated urban property into open space. Primarily written for nonprofits how to transform a site into a community asset.
Member Exclusive
Report
Reimagining the Civic Commons: A New Way of Working for Cities
Civic Commons Learning Network
An initiative fostering engagement, equity, sustainability, and economic development by revitalizing places like parks, plazas, trails, and libraries.
Case Study
Detroit: Parks & Rec Improvement Plan
City of Detroit Parks and Recreation
Learn about Detroit's equity-focused park planning team, which used equity data to create an improvement plan for 40 neighborhood parks.
Case Study
Fairmount Park
City Parks Alliance
Fairmount Park uses park infrastructure to serve multiple functions; offering green space, delivering clean water, improving the city’s air, providing transpor…
Case Study
Shelby Farms Park and Greenline
City Parks Alliance
Shelby Farms Park is one of the largest urban parks in the U.S. and features open pastures, forested areas, an international award-winning playground, equestri…
Case Study
Cumberland and Riverfront Parks
City Parks Alliance
These parks fulfill a vital role in managing stormwater and making Nashville safer and more resilient.