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CPRS Job Highlight
The CPRS Job Center currently has over 40 job announcements; here is a current job announcement that may interest you.
Deputy Director — Parks, Santa Rosa, California — click here for details.
CPRS District Highlight
D3 Money Makers, A Facility and Park Rentals Roundtable, July 15
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I am wondering if anyone has experience developing a Project Based Learning Program for teens in an after-school setting. We currently have a drop-in format but are seeing that the teens do not seem engaged in our program and are getting into trouble elsewhere. I see a lot of nonprofit organizations that use project based learning in their programs but I am wondering if anyone has implemented them in a public agency like a city or special district. Thanks!
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New Hampshire city announces summer recreation bus route
Nashua Patch
The city of Nashua, New Hampshire, will launch a summer recreation route bus service that will run from July 7 to Aug. 22. The pilot program will stop at at popular sites in the city in a continuous loop from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m., Monday through Friday. The service is free for all school-aged children (6 to 18 years old) that register and the city will provide a bus monitor to ensure rider safety.
Buffalo, Minnesota, music trail nearly complete
KSTP-TV via Freenotes Harmony Park
It winds along the lake in Buffalo, taking people from one musical instrument to another. It's a place to stop and take in the sights and sounds along a brand new music trail. Meant to be easy to play, and easy on the ears, the idea for the music trail came about when Minnesota's Buffalo Rotary Club wanted to do something to better the community.
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Playgrounds are designed to meet age appropriate challenges. Playground safety is paramount and ReadyPlay can be part of your safety program. Installation services available.
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Transforming lives by transforming public space
Pogo Park
In one of the Bay Area’s toughest inner-city neighborhoods, Richmond's Iron Triangle, Pogo Park is building great parks and playgrounds. By turning broken city parks into safe and magical play spaces, we are improving the health and well-being of thousands of at-risk children. This effort is led and staffed by local residents, with help from friends and supporters all over the Bay Area and beyond.
Playing with emotions — Play avoidance syndrome
Play and Playground News Center
One of the key characteristics of play is its spontaneity. Play arises from our innermost core and is expressed without filters. Our emotions, generally joy, are right out front, visible for all the world to see. We are, in these intense moments, very vulnerable; it's easy to "look the fool." Each of us has a threshold for this sort of exposure.
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Transform a playground into a video game
Hybrid Play via YouTube
How about playing video games in the playground? Put the sensor, download the app and play!
John F. Murphy Homes to move forward on Maine fitness center
Lewiston-Auburn Sun Journal
John F. Murphy Homes plans to move forward on a $25 million plan to create a fitness center in Lewiston, Maine, for people with physical and intellectual disabilities, despite an analysis by Central Maine Healthcare that could lead to the creation of a similar center in the city's downtown. Each project could cost millions of dollars to create fitness centers that serve therapeutic needs.
High levels of methane gas found in Ontario park's drainage system
CTV News
With two weeks to go before the biggest event Kitchener's McLennan Park has ever hosted, a new problem has been found at the site — methane gas.
That may not seem like much of a surprise, given that the park was built overtop a former landfill, but the problem is where it was found. Specifically, high methane levels were detected in a drainage pipe at the site — meaning the gas was in turn being released into the atmosphere
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'Positive discipline'
"Positive discipline" might sound like an oxymoron, but it's actually a very effective evidence-based program model that teaches kids social and life skills in a way that is encouraging and respectful. "Evidence-based" models or programs are those that have been researched extensively and proven to accomplish the desired end results. Click here for details.
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Celebrate "July is Parks Make Life Better! Month" at a local amusement park
Amusements Parks across California are offering discounted tickets to CPRS members, park and recreation agencies and your communities to help celebrate July as "Parks Make Life Better! Month." Additionally, a portion of all ticket proceeds will be donated to CPRS by both parks!
California's Great America: To download the coupon with the CPRS code click here or for instructions for ordering California's Great America tickets click here.
Six Flags Magic Mountain: Tickets for Six Flags Magic Mountain are available at www.sixflags.com/magicmountain. Use the special promo code of CPRS14 for your lowest price! The promo code link is located in the upper right hand area of the website.
Six Flags Discovery Kingdom: Click here to download special flier. Click here to download the coupon.
Call Susan Wipf at CPRS at 916-665-2777 if you have questions.
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The 10 best Los Angeles hikes for the summer
LAist
They're close to L.A., they're free or inexpensive, dogs are usually welcome and they won't get kids begging for all the latest swag on the ride home. What are they? The hiking trails of Southern California.
Rock out and look out around Visalia
City of Visalia Parks & Recreation Department via Visalia Times-Delta
Out is In for the month of July, as we celebrate Parks Make Life Better! Month in the city of Visalia. Everyone is invited as we celebrate our 75th anniversary and offer free activities throughout the month of July.
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Arthur Carhart National Wilderness Training Center online courses
These online courses are offered in partnership with the Eppley Institute for Parks and Public Lands at Indiana University. Click on a title to learn more and register online or view registration information for all online courses. Free webinars are also available. For more information on current classroom courses, click here.
CPRS training opportunities
Look at the CPRS training calendar — we've got Playground Safety Certification (CPSI), Maintenance Management School, Desktop Education Webinars, Recreation Therapy Institute, plus others!
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