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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    Beyond Location Maps

    Los Angeles County Department of Parks and Recreation

    This case study from LA Parks & Recreation outlines how park agencies can use GIS mapping to achieve their equity goals.

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    Pullman Peace Playground Project

    KaBOOM!

    The story of a neighborhood struggling with poverty and gun violence that rallied to construct a playground. This and other case studies sponsored by REI.

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    Buffalo Bayou Park

    City Parks Alliance

    Buffalo Bayou Park links a network of trails, open space, public art, and other amenities while helping the city manage stormwater runoff.

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    Confluence Park

    City Parks Alliance

    Once an industrial dumping ground, Confluence Park is now the premier outdoor recreation destination and educational resource for the city of Denver.

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    The 606

    City Parks Alliance

    Chicago’s 606 is the world’s first raised, multi-use trail and is a prime example of multi-use infrastructure.

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    Brooklyn Bridge Park

    City Parks Alliance

    Where commercial piers once occupied Brooklyn’s East River shoreline, residents and tourists now enjoy a world-class waterfront park.

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    Rose Kennedy Greenway

    City Parks Alliance

    As a destination for tourists, a gathering space for residents, and an economic driver, the greenway has reconnected the city with its waterfront.

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    Atlanta BeltLine

    City Parks Alliance

    The BeltLine has become a critical piece of infrastructure, connecting Atlantans with each other and the surrounding greenspace and managing stormwater.

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    Brooklyn Academy of Science and the Environment for Student Learning

    This program develops critical thinking in students by using field studies to teach the scientific method of inquiry and respect for the environment.

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