With National Kids to Parks Day, May 18th, looming right around the corner it would be great for our members to organize activities that bring even more children into the parks we design and love. This article gives you some great options for high profile partners to make your “Kids to Parks Day” a success.
National Park Trust Announces ‘National Kids to Parks Day’ to Take Place Saturday May 18, 2013
by Kathleen Benedict, Co-chair of the Parks and Recreation PPN
Do you have a goose issue in your park, too much poo, too much noise, scaring the kiddos? Take a look at how the City of Cupertino is going to try and handle their overabundance of geese in City Parks.
“Cupertino lets dogs loose to fix goose problem at parks” by Matt Wilson
by Kathleen Benedict, Chair of Parks and Recreation PPN
Over the years our municipality has taken out outdoor fitness courses or seen them severely underutilized. Could it be because of our weather here in Colorado? Perhaps, but maybe this new effort to design attractive and unique fitness solutions specific to outdoor parks will reopen opportunities to provide this sort of service in our parks. I am particularly intrigued by the City Art Gym information posted in this article.
‘Fitness parks’ catch on in cities
by Haya El Nasser, USA TODAY, December 14, 2012
HORIZONS: On the move with Fitness Zones
Trust for Public Lands, February 12, 2012