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Pursuing Equity Goals with Citywide Park Nonprofits
Learn from your peers about citywide park nonprofits, including how they got started, their relationship with the city and other groups, funding, and keys to s…
Building Your Network of Park Advocates for Stronger Budgets
Learn how park and rec professionals are harnessing the current enthusiasm about parks and directing it toward action.
Funding Opportunity Available: Outdoor Recreation Legacy Partnership Grants
Learn how to apply for the ORLP grant program, which provides funds to create and improve state and local parks particularly in underserved communities.
Board Member Feature: Jayne Miller Discusses Recent Parks Win in Pittsburgh, PA
By: Jayne MillerJayne Miller discusses the recent passing of a vital parks funding referendum and how her organization uses public opinion to shape her city's parks.
Shelby Farms Park and Greenline
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…
Creating a Just Public Realm
Exclusively for grantmaking foundations, we'll discuss equitable impacts in communities through strategic, systems-based investments in the public realm.
Beyond Location Maps
This case study from LA Parks & Recreation outlines how park agencies can use GIS mapping to achieve their equity goals.
Pullman Peace Playground Project
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.
Restoring Pittsburgh Parks
Pittsburgh Parks Conservancy and the City of Pittsburgh plan for equity in every park in every neighborhood in Pittsburgh.
Confluence Park
Once an industrial dumping ground, Confluence Park is now the premier outdoor recreation destination and educational resource for the city of Denver.
Active Parks, Healthy Cities: Increasing Physical Activity Among Teen Girls and Seniors
This webinar explores creative models and programs that engage teen girls and seniors in physical activity in their parks and community spaces.
Greening without Gentrification: Learning from Parks-Related Anti-Displacement Strategies Nationwide
Results shared of an ongoing study to identify and classify parks-related anti-displacement strategies in marginalized neighborhoods in 19 cities.
How Cities Like Birmingham, Alabama, Are Unlocking New Funding for Parks and Green Space
By: Matthew EldridgeArticle from Urban Institute on how connecting parks to social benefits can generate new support and funding.
Mitigating the Effects of Fees on Low-Income Residents
Explore the equity implications of park fees and explore creative models that ensure all park users, regardless of income, can access park resources.
Active Parks, Healthy Cities Toolkit
Share Active Parks, Healthy Cities with your colleagues, elected officials, local agencies, and partners.
Greater & Greener 2022
Greater & Greener 2022: An International Urban Parks Conference comes to Philadelphia, PA from June 18-21, 2022.
Racial Equity Action Plan
The Minneapolis Park and Recreation Board (MPRB) has been working on equity, inclusion and diversity since 2011. Currently, three areas of work – Racial Equity…
Recreation Center Funding Equity Matrix – Dollars
This is an equity matrix used by MPRB to make decisions on funding allocation for recreation centers.
Healthy Development Without Displacement
In this new paper, we explore: What can people working on “healthy community” issues—like active transportation, parks, healthy food, planning, public health, …
