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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.
Aquatics Coordinator, Poway, California — Click here for details.
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Los Altos Online
The city of Mountain View recently appointed John Marchant its new community services director.
Marchant, a 20-year city employee, replaces for the retiring J.P. de la Montaigne in overseeing the city’s parks and recreation services. He will supervise a department of 89 employees with an annual budget of approximately $24 million. Under Marchant’s purview are the Center for the Performing Arts, Rengstorff House, Shoreline Golf Links, the Shoreline Amphitheatre, forestry and roadway landscaping and volunteer management.
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Westsiderag
Carol Tannenhauser writes, "As I was walking my dog in Central Park the other morning, wondering what I was doing in the city in the summer (or, maybe, ever), I bumped into my friend, Renee Baruch, who has lived on the Upper West Side for 42 years."
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Cool Terra® Organic, the perfect solution for improving planting outcomes and reducing mortality rates sustainably across city parks & recreational fields. Cool Terra® Organic improves soil health creating greater plant resiliency and reducing water use. Healthy soil means healthy parks & fields.
Click here for your Cool Terra® solution.
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Adventure Journal
We’ve covered the idea of hikers and backpackers kicking in a little more money for trail maintenance and wilderness conservation before, but usually the ideas floated have been something like an excise tax on hiking gear or mandatory fees at the trailhead.
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Toronto Sun
Mark Wessel is lives in Collingwood, Ont. and is a passionate advocate for living more sustainably in the greater community and at home. To give you an idea of just how car-centric our cities have become, in several major urban centres around the world, including Toronto, between 30-35% of the municipal footprint is specifically devoted to roads for cars.
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City Watch
Why is this important? In his role as guardian of our forests — “only you can prevent forest fires” is the slogan he made famous — he reminds us that we are a nation that has big forests, and that includes “urban forests” like we have in LA.
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The Reporter
Vacaville is bringing a new meaning to the term “family feud” on Sept. 7.
The Parks and Recreation Department will host its first-ever Tournament of Families, an event bringing friends and family members together to compete in a series of games that bring to mind an old-fashioned family picnic or school field day run wild.
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Whyy
Dread fills Edwin Desamour every time he hears about violence breaking out at a city park or playground.
This summer, the sensation has overcome the North Philadelphia father a handful of times. The graduation party that ended in a hail of deadly bullets. The community cookout broken up with shots. And last week, a pickup basketball game interrupted by gunfire.
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SF Examiner
A new, community-chosen name for Julius Kahn Park will finally be unveiled recently.
That’s according to the San Francisco Recreation and Park Department, which announced the unveiling — but not the new name — on social media.
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Smart Cities Dive
A systematic literature review shows building multifunctional parks is key to support short- and long-term recovery after earthquakes. Researchers from the University of Guelph in Canada concluded there is not enough open green space for communities to gather after disasters, and city planners need to proactively plan to increase seismic resilience.
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Calgary Herald
Public parks have always been an important part of the civic landscape. From the venerable Bowness and Riley Parks to the green spaces found in every community, Calgarians crave places to meet friends and simply hang out.
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The Modesto Bee
The city of Turlock had the “best worst luck” when it came to an act of vandalism at a community pool, meaning things could have been much worse, a parks and recreation official said.
An open 5-quart jug of motor oil was tossed over a wrought-iron fence around the community pool in Columbia Park, said Parks, Recreation and Public Facilities Manager Erik Schulze.
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Playing Field Maintenance Guidebook
CPRS offers a Playing Field Maintenance Guidebook that is informative and easy to use, with solutions to everyday field management. For those in the Field Maintenance profession, you face a challenging prospect: maintaining the durability, playability, safety and aesthetics of your field, all with limited time and resources. This guidebook helps to make these tasks easier with quick answers to common questions, as well as strategies you can use year-round. You receive a Guidebook as part of your registration into the CPRS Playing Field Maintenance Academy, and you can also purchase additional Playing Field Maintenance Guidebooks from CPRS.
Click here for the Playing Field Maintenance Guidebooks order form.
Recreational Trails and Greenways Grant Program
The California Natural Resources Agency will be accepting project proposals for the Recreational Trails and Greenways Grant Program from August 20, 2019 through October 11, 2019. Approximately $27.7 million in awards will be funded by the program. Applicants submitting the most competitive proposals will be invited to participate in the next level of the competitive process, anticipated mid-late December 2019. Eligibility and program requirements, including online submittal information, can be found at
http://resources.ca.gov/grants/trails/.
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Playing Field Maintenance Academy
October 10, 2019
Los Angeles, CA
Endorsed by the CPRS District 14 Board and the Development & Operations section!
A Half-Day Gathering on techniques used to address playing field maintenance concerns for grass or turf fields.Join us for this over-four-hour workshop, which dives deep into topics like Natural versus Synthetic fields, Standard of Care, Playability, Durability, and many more. This program also includes a playing field or turf visit, where possible. Wear comfortable shoes and join us as we bring the learning outside! Register today online at https://www.cprsmembers.org/cprsonline/ or visit the event page at: https://www.cprs.org/p/cm/ld/fid=747.
Playground Safety Inspector Certification Course & Exam
Two days of intermediate level learning plus a 100-question exam for certification with NRPA:
September 17-19, 2019 in West Hollywood
March 10-12, 2020 in Long Beach, (Part of the CPRS Conference & Expo)
Register for Certified Playground Safety Inspector here.
Environmental Leadership Program Pacific Regional Fellowship
Immersive Leadership Development Experience
September 23-26, 2019
January 27-30, 2020
March 2-5, 2020
Click here for details.
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