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.

Agreement
Partnership Configuration
Austin Parks and Recreation Department
Combined partnership agreements between public agencies and private nonprofits that build, renovate, maintain, the ecosystem of Austin's parks.
Technical Tool
Community PARKnerships guidelines
Austin Parks and Recreation Department
Austin Parks and Recreation Department Community PARKnerships guide to naming, on-site dedication, and donor recognition of Austin parks.
Plan
Community PARKnerships Program FY21 Year in Review
Austin Parks and Recreation Department
PARD, in collaboration with over 48 nonprofit partners and community groups, leveraged funds towards improvements and maintenance of parkland
Policy
Partnership Policy Operating Procedures
Austin Parks and Recreation Department
Seeks to strengthen partnerships between the City of Austin, private organizations, volunteers, and community groups to provide recreational opportunities effi…
Member Exclusive
Policy
Austin Parks and Recreation Department Partnership Levels
City of Austin Parks and Recreation Department
This document categorizes and describes the various partnership levels the parks department has with different organizations and community groups.
Member Exclusive
Agreement
San Francisco Parks Alliance Fiscal Sponsorship Agreement
San Francisco Parks Alliance
This fiscal sponsorship agreement outlines the relationship between SF Parks Alliance and any group for whom it provides fiscal sponsorship services.
Member Exclusive
Agreement
MOU between San Francisco Parks Alliance and San Francisco Recreation & Park Department
San Francisco Parks Alliance
This MOU outlines the relationship between San Francisco's citywide park nonprofit and its recreation and park department.
Technical Tool
Groundwork Hudson Valley – Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) application narrative
In this proposal, Groundwork Hudson Valley seeks support from CDBG to restore public green space on the Saw Mill River and in a park adjacent to the proposed Y…
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.
Technical Tool
East Bay Regional Park District Hazard Mitigation Grant Program Project Subapplication
East Bay Regional Park District