ParkXChange Resource Library

Resources for Urban Park Professionals

This searchable library hosts helpful park resource documents, including cross-sector MOUs, equity action plans, agreements for park maintenance and operations, dog park and concession management, green infrastructure development and maintenance, community benefits, arts and cultural programming and events, as well as other resource guides and technical tools to support park partnerships.

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10 Steps to Becoming Partners in Neighborhood Parks
Providence Parks and Recreation
This manual serves as a framework for creating a friends group that can partner with your city or town to create the park of your dreams.
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Technical Tool
Friends of the Park Handbook
Ellen Bruenderman
A guide to forming a "Friends of the Park" group and helpful tips and resources for how to reach your group's goals.
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Technical Tool
Park People Sparking Change
Park People
Explores impacts in under-served neighborhoods to spark change in local parks; identifies strategies by community members and partner organizations.
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Plan
Ten-Year Urban Forestry Action Plan: 2016 -2026
By Kathy McGlauflin- American Forests Foundation, Tanya Denckla Cobb- University of Virginia Institute for Environmental Negotiation
Developed to expand awareness of the benefits of urban forests as green infrastructure and increase investments in urban forest resources.
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Agreement
Wood River Valley MOU
City of Ketchum Parks and Recreation Department
Memorandum of understanding regarding the conservation and protection of the Wood River Valley, as well as the collaborative dissemination of educational mater…
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Agreement
Mt. Tamalpais Preservation MOU
Marin Municipal Water District
Memorandum of understanding between the listed organizations for the creation of the Tamalpais Lands Collaborative to serve the preservation and restoration of…
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Agreement
Muddy River Restoration MOU
Commonwealth of Massachusetts - Executive Office of Energy and Environmental Affairs
Memorandum of understanding outlining the collaborative agreement between the listed organizations pertaining to responsibilities for the maintenance and manag…
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Report
Building Bridges: A Community-Based Stewardship Study for an Equitable East River Park
The Trust for Public Land, James Lima Planning + Development
Identifies park stewardship structures that depart from typical “conservancy” mode and makes recommendations on park equity and funding mechanisms.