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a Message from nrPa's Leaders

What I Learned on the Katy Trail

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y the tiMe you read this, a month will have passed and my sore muscles will

have healed. On June 29th I rode a bike 40 miles-on the Katy trail in Missouri,
to be exact. I thought it would be a good idea for me and Parks & Recreation
editor Phil Hayward to get out in the field to experience what we talk and write about. I
learned many things: (1) bike seats are not designed for comfort, (2) the Missouri park
and trail system rocks, thanks to dedicated funding, and (3) the professionals I met
are generous with their time, interested in NRPA happenings, and are leaders in their
communities. It was so valuable to see this leadership at the local level.

From the urban trails threading through St. Louis to the 237-mile Katy Trail at Jefferson City to the
lush greenways of Kansas City, I learned fi rsthand
the remarkable interplay between these park professionals and the volunteer leaders who make their
missions more easily achievable. We toured dozens
of parks and trails built with great effort from visionary and creative methods led by professionals and

backed by their volunteer park boards. As I learned,
a basic greenway costs on average $450,000 a mile,
factoring in land acquisition and development. That's
an accomplishment no park director could do alone.
I know this well from the national level.
Our volunteer board of directors and network
members hail from all parts of the country and consist of professionals and non-professionals, all with
specialties that help us pursue the NRPA mission-finance, advocacy, research, community building, and
more. We also require large quantities of energy and
selflessness from our volunteers. They serve NRPA
in addition to their regular jobs and give many valuable hours on behalf of our initiatives. This they do
for free. Board and network membership is an unpaid proposition-as it should be. It's how we all give
back to the field that has been so good to us. As one
Board member who rode and learned with us in Missouri in June, Bob Johnson, Jr., of Overland Park, Kansas, quipped, " I should get paid for enduring such a
hard bicycle seat. "
So, it was a pleasure and an honor to visit with
professionals and their volunteer supporters on their
home turf and experience on the local and regional
levels what I know so well at the national level. I look
forward to seeing you at the NRPA Congress in Atlanta in November and learning how you volunteer
your time.

Barbara tulipane, Cae
Chief executive officer
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