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.

  • Case Study

    Parks That Protect: Leveraging Waterfronts for Resilient Communities

    Urban Land Institute

    Explores seven leading-edge waterfront park projects from around the world built to protect adjacent neighborhoods from climate threats.

  • Member Exclusive
    Technical Tool

    FireSmart BC Landscaping Guide

    FireSmart BC/City of Vancouver

    This guide from British Columbia includes an extensive list of fire-resistant plants, and tips on making your landscaping more wildfire resilient.

  • Report

    2020 Menino Survey of Mayors

    Boston University Initiative on Cities

    Mayors have had to deal with COVID-19’s consequences and its impact on their cities' future. Between June and August 2020 this Survey asked 130 mayors about th…

  • Technical Tool

    East Bay Regional Park District FEMA Application

    East Bay Regional Park District

    A model application for FEMA funds following 2005 rain storms at the Great House Portal, when the Black Diamond Mines started caving in.

  • Report

    Extreme Weather Mitigation in the Las Cruces Infill District Through Green Stormwater Infrastructure

    Las Cruces Infill District

    A report describing how a $1.8 million investment in trees supported by green infrastructure will double the Infill District's shade canopy while also conservi…

  • Technical Tool

    East Bay Regional Park District Hazard Mitigation Grant Program Project Subapplication

    East Bay Regional Park District

  • Technical Tool

    East Bay Regional Park District Pre-Disaster and Flood Mitigation Assist

    East Bay Regional Park District

  • 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

    San Francisco Emergency Child & Youth Care Program

    San Francisco Recreation and Parks

    A playbook for providing care for children with parents and caretakers on the front-lines of the COVID-19 outbreak.

  • Member Exclusive
    Technical Tool

    Open Letter to City Council Supporting Funding for Parks & Rec to Provide Essential COVID Recovery Services

    Philadelphia Parks Alliance

    Coalition letter to fund Philly Parks & Rec services to African American and low income communities disproportionately impacted by COVID-19.

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