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Assigning Value to Nature in Urban Greenspaces

Cities throughout the country experience competing interests for available parkland and the need to support economic development; so, the benefits of park natural areas often are overlooked. Houston, Texas, specifically, has a rapidly increasing population with various user groups demanding an increase in recreational amenities in parks. In addition, the area’s flooding challenges have led other city departments to target existing parkland for the construction of large flood-detention areas. The Houston Parks and Recreation Department’s Natural Resources Management Program worked with McMac Cx and Autocase to analyze the triple bottom-line, cost benefit analysis of restoring or developing a degraded 50-acre natural-area park through a pilot project meant to inform future development within city parks. Results showed that the restoration case would net more than $2 million in combined financial, social and environmental benefits compared to the base case and nearly $30 million compared to the recreation case over a 50-year period.

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Big Data in Customer Service and Why it Matters

In this talk we’ll discuss the impact of “Big Data” in customer service for Parks and Recreation. Including: œ What is Big Data and why it’s valuable for customer service. œ How to implement and track Key Performance Indicators (KPI) that measure customer service success. œ How to visualize data to help decision makers using tools such as Excel or Microsoft Power BI. œ Recommended practices such as data inventory, surveying and reporting distribution.

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Building Resilient Youth

Local park and recreation agencies are one of the largest providers of out-of-school time (OST) programming across the country. With new public health threats and concerns emerging each day, including youth exposed to adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) and trauma, rising rates of depression and substance misuse, what is the role of the OST field in responding to these challenges? How can park and recreation agencies build additional protective factors into their programs that foster positive physical, social and mental health outcomes? Join NRPA, the Afterschool Alliance and the Alliance for a Healthier Generation in a workshop to explore how OST providers can better identify risk factors, apply a trauma-informed care lens to their work, and build social and emotional supports into their existing programs that improves health outcomes.

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Communicating with a Social Media Audience During a Crisis

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Conservation in the Parks: A Community-Based Approach

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COVID-19 and the ADA: Guidance for P&R Agencies

The coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic has changed the way recreation programs are delivered and park assets are used by the public. Terms like PPE, positivity rate and asymptomatic have barged into the language used to plan programs, staff facilities and maintain parks and facilities. Complicating how to approach this issue is the hands-off approach by the federal government, leaving it to the states to interpret guidance from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and develop an approach that works. As a result, Oregon does it differently than New Jersey, and Texas does it differently than Illinois. There has been one constant: The requirements of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) are not overruled by any coronavirus restrictions adopted by a state, county or city. This session reviews CDC guidance, known ADA requirements for recreation programs, and applies these to four case studies. Attendees will leave with a toolkit to address the ADA/COVID-19 interface.

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COVID-19: What Do We Do Now With Our Concessions?

Everything about the world is currently evolving, and those who put in the work to stay ahead of these changes will see both short-term and long-term success. Park district food and beverage operations have long been a staple of our communities and with proper planning and execution can generate recession-proof resilience for many years to come. In this session, we dive directly into the action steps you should be implementing right now to take full advantage of this time. Utilizing recent case studies of operations during the pandemic in 2020, this dynamic session will provide real-life examples and solutions to bring back to your district!

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Creative/Artist Partnerships in Parks and Recreation

Learn from three Parks and Recreation professionals in how including artists in the process of creating programs or facility planning can lead to new and unexpected successes. Case studies will include collaborations between artists and recreational agencies, artist inclusion in capital improvement projects, and leveraging a creative process to encourage community engagement. Presenters will also discuss how to recruit artists, define project expectations beneficial to both parties, and how to maximize the potential for fruitful collaborations. In addition, we will examine the following questions: what does a successful integrated art program look like in our sector? How do you define project goals when you include an artist? How can an artist's voice influence the project development process?

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Data-Driven Strategies for Equitable Urban Park Investment

Historic disinvestment has left many low-income communities and communities of color without access to quality parks and recreation opportunities. To ensure more equitable funding approaches and to address the backlog created by historic disinvestment, a number of cities are beginning to establish data-driven equity criteria to guide park investment. City Parks Alliance surveyed six cities and one urban county — Detroit, Minneapolis, New York City, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, San Francisco and Los Angeles County — that have established equity criteria and are now using that criteria to prioritize their capital, operating and programming investments. Through thoughtful data analysis and proactive community engagement, these municipalities are assessing community needs, and using that assessment to design new parks and improve existing ones. City Parks Alliance and its city representatives will present their research findings, including data-sets used, policies enacted and best practices for replication.
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Did COVID-19 Make Us Essential?

Every park and recreation professional knows how essential our agencies' services are to the health and wellness of communities across the nation of every size and composition, but decision-makers and voters don't always connect what we do with the value we bring. At no time in recent history has our agencies' value been more obvious than during this current COVID-19 pandemic. This session will explore how agencies across the country have responded to the crisis with both in-house and partner programming for those relegated to their homes and how agencies can capitalize on that work to strengthen their value as an essential service.

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