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BUILDING EQUITABLE
AND RESILIENT
COMMUNITIES
Best practices and lessons
learned from the field
By Michele White, CAE, IOM
P
Sarah Olson, deputy director
of Lynnwood (Washington)
Parks, Recreation and Cultural
Arts Department, engages with
community members during
the Park Love community
engagement event.
arks and recreation is essential to communities, and
well beyond how people traditionally think. Park and
recreation places, programs and offerings help to make
sure communities are thriving, nurtured and resilient.
To do that, ensuring equity is at the center of our work so everyone
benefits is critical. Using the lens of equitable environmental
resiliency in our plans and efforts ensures our communities
can weather the challenges they face, especially from climate
change, by being prepared and adaptable while making certain
that those most impacted receive the benefits needed.
Throughout the past three years, NRPA has worked with our
membership to advance equitable environmental resilience at
the local level. We worked to explore these efforts in the Park
Access Network on NRPA Connect, as well as with a cohort
of seven cities as part of our Resilient Park Access program.
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania; Lynnwood, Washington; Detroit;
New Orleans; Farmington, New Mexico; Navajo Nation; and
Toledo, Ohio, worked together as a peer cohort to learn, assess
and advance their efforts for equitable resiliency through plans,
policies and practices with grant funds and technical assistance
from NRPA.
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