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26-29. This year's theme is " Connecting
Communities. " New content will be added
to the website as it is available! For more
information, go to www.nrpa.org/congress.

NRPA Professional Networking Site
NRPA made a full launch of the professional networking site in late May. Features include a discussion board, search
member function, connectability as colleague, and the ability for members to
customize their profile page with their
picture, weather, twitter feeds, sports
and news feeds, calendars, and more.
Look for more detailed information soon.

COMMUNICATIONS AND
PUBLIC OUTREACH
July is Park and Recreation Month!
NRPA launched the 2010 Park and Recreation Month web site, which contains
detailed information about all our initiatives for this year, including Visit a Park
with Your Legislator Day, our Social Media Project, and our 2010 July Tool Kit
(with customizable calendars, graphics,
posters, " how to " guides, samples invitations, press templates, and much more).
This year's theme is Celebrate, Advocate, Recreate! NRPA encourages you to
plan events and initiatives that remind local decision makers and the community
of the exciting and vital role that parks
and recreation play in the lives of Americans. For more information, go to www.
nrpa.org/july.

generate stories about NRPA, or provide
industry expertise and information about
parks and recreation. Highlight publications include the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette,
National Parks Traveler, Southwest Airlines
Magazine, CNBC.com, LA Times, USA Today, Washington Post, American City and
County Magazine, Reuters, and more. To
read a small sampling of press coverage online, go to the NRPA Press Room
at www.nrpa.org/media.

BUSINESS AND
PARTNERSHIPS
Hunger and Nutrition
NRPA is partnering with the Food Research and Action Center (FR AC) to
support park and recreation department
summer feeding programs!

CDC Grant/Fighting Obesity
NRPA is in the second year of its fiveyear grant from the Centers for Disease
Control, and the F Y11 grant was increased from $875,000 to $900,000.

Recreational Boating & Fishing
Foundation (RBFF)
NRPA was recently notified that it is
once again the recipient of the National Youth Fishing and Boating Initiative
grant. NRPA and RBFF have partnered
for five years to connect youth and families to the outdoors through boating,
fishing, and environmental conservation initiatives.

Press Coverage

Golf Coalition

We are becoming the " go to source "
for information and expertise about
parks and recreation. In the past several months, NRPA has generated or
received hundreds of press hits, as an
association, and as a sponsor of programs and events that benefit agencies
across the United States.
NRPA worked with dozens of major
dailies and national publications to help

NRPA and its golfing partners have come
together to create a golf coalition in order to share best practices, research,
educational programming, advocacy
efforts, and cross-communications objectives. The coalition members include:

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■■ American

Society of Golf
Course Architects (ASGCA)
■■ Audubon International (AI)
■■ Golf Course Builders Association

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of America (GCBAA)
Course Superintendents
Association of America (GCSAA)
■■ National Alliance for
Accessible Golf (NAAG)
■■ National Golf Foundation (NGF)
■■ National Recreation and Park
Association (NRPA)
■■ The PGA of America (PGA)
■■ World Golf Foundation (WGF)
■■ Golf

KNOWLEDGE AND
LEARNING
White Paper on the Impacts of the
Economy
In March, NRPA released a white paper
authored by Dr. Michael Mulvaney on the
impacts of the economy. The data used
for the paper was gathered through two
open forum sessions at the 2009 Congress & Exposition.

GIS Model Launch
NRPA achieved common nomenclature
for its new GIS model. This is a critical first
step in creating a park locator for the general public. The final GIS model has been
adopted and launched, and NRPA is collaborating with universities and GIS specialists to develop additional educational
materials about GIS and its value.

Accreditation
The Commission for Accreditation of
Park and Recreation Agencies recently granted accreditation to three new
agencies and re-accreditation to two
agencies, bringing the total number of
accredited agencies to 90. The Council
on Accreditation of Parks, Recreation,
Tourism, and related Professions recently granted re-accreditation to seven
universities, bringing the total number of
accredited universities to 87.
For more information on any of the information outlined in this brief, contact
NRPA's Communications Department at
akapp@nrpa.org or 703.858.2151. 

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