How you begin to work the concepts through project development including a public process will demonstrate the ability to create a successful project application for LWCF State Assistance Program.

Join the Center for Outreach, Research, & Education on Monday, March 28 - Friday, April 1 for an on-demand webinar on how to plan, design, implement, and champion outdoor adult fitness initiatives that provide a well-rounded workout. The Outdoor Adult Fitness Parks: Best Practices for Promoting Community Health by Increasing Physical Activity presentation, helps communities effectively advocate the benefits of outdoor fitness spaces as solutions to providing readily available, affordable, and enjoyable ways to exercise in neighborhood parks and destinations. Supportive research, unique benefits, design considerations, and case study examples are outlined to effectively plan, implement, and champion fitness initiatives that provide meaningful outcomes to support overall health and wellness.

CPRA, PlayCore, and GameTime are aligning resources and strategically partnering to promote best practices in parks and recreation, provide quality education, and arm communities with evidence-based resources.

Bike Parking Standards and Installation: The Bike Parking Standards and Installation session provides a fundamental approach to comprehensive bike parking standards, from selecting the right equipment to adequately preparing the space, and the expertise to improve bike storage to meet the needs of both the developer and the end user.

Bike Parking Standards and Installation: The growth of bike use for transportation has increased significantly in the past decade and as a result, deliberate attention to bike parking is needed now more than ever. Bike storage facilities have become an integral part of new developments and are touted as a premium asset in commercial and residential properties. This session provides a fundamental approach to comprehensive bike parking standards, from selecting the right equipment to adequately preparing the space. The Bike Parking Standards and Installation session provides the expertise to improve bike storage to meet the needs of both the developer and the end-user. Join architects, landscape architects, engineers and recreation and park professionals for a complimentary professional development webinar.

The Unleashed®: Off-leash dog park design trends and planning tips guidebook, helps communities effectively advocate for the many benefits of off-leash dog parks as solutions to providing enjoyable ways to recreate and exercise to dog owners and their dogs as well as creating community destinations. Research shows positive effects on individuals that own a dog(s); health and social benefits of owning a dog, caring for it, and recreating outdoors with them. In addition, design considerations and case study examples are outlined to effectively design a dog park and champion initiatives that provide meaningful outcomes supporting overall health and social benefits for the community.

CPRS, PlayCore, and GameTime are strategically partnering to support and promote "Parks Make Life Better!" through education and funding opportunities.

NCRPA, PlayCore, and GameTime are strategically partnering to support and promote "Parks Make Life Better!" through education and funding opportunities.

Join the Center for Outreach, Research, & Education on Wednesday, June 29 for a webinar on playground inspection and maintenance. For a playground to thrive, good maintenance is essential. Learn how to maximize your agency or school’s playground maintenance efforts by properly identifying and correcting potentially hazardous conditions on the playground. This interactive session will help you define your maintenance plan as a key to protecting your investment, managing risk, improving children’s play experiences, promoting community values, and controlling expenses. Group activities allow participants to identify procedures for correcting hazardous conditions and to develop inspection protocols and procedures for a sustainable playground maintenance program.

Please join us for a dynamic webinar focused on how communities address disparities in active play and recreation in rural America. Dr. Christiaan Abildso will begin our time with an overview of the reasons why we need to focus on rural communities, highlighting original research from rural Texas and the importance of coalitions and community groups. Dr. Renée Umstattd Meyer will then share a few stories of what is happening and working in rural communities across the country, highlighting some work from a recent study Activating Rural America and providing an update on how Play Streets are being used in rural Louisiana to address disparities by providing opportunities for youth to engage in active play and as a launch pad for communities to come together for larger discussions about active play, recreation, and physical activity needs. The pinnacle of this webinar will feature the excellent efforts and successes occurring in Madison Parish, Louisiana under the leadership of Frank “Trey” Newsome, III and his colleagues in the LSU AgCenter. This will include a description of MADHYPE (Madison Parish Healthy Youth Positive Energy) – a youth-led advocacy group that enables local teens to model positive behaviors, educate their community, and address barriers to engaging in healthy play and recreation. The webinar will conclude with a discussion of what’s on the horizon in active play and recreation in rural communities and a discussion about how participants can turn the webinar content into action in their own rural communities.