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find out that the town is basically bankrupt. That comes from this article I read
that the entire state of Idaho was about
to get rid of its parks and recreation department. Idaho is basically just a giant
park, so it struck me that if a state like
Idaho-essentially a giant park state-
is going to get rid of its parks and rec
department, then there must be a pretty serious budget crisis going on. So we
do try to pull ideas from real events that
are occurring.
Do viewers ever send ideas for
shows, and if so, have you ever
used any?
I'm sure they do, but we have to be very
careful for obvious legal reasons about
accepting ideas from outside sources.
In general, we don't really accept submissions. People are allowed to submit
ideas but there's this sort of hilariously
complicated NBC legal waiver that you
have to sign. Anytime anyone says they

have an idea we usually direct them to
the NBC lawyers and that is usually annoying enough to get them to not to.

She's obviously extremely competent
and very smart. So she should be promoted at some point.

Where do you see the show going?
The tricky thing about setting a show in
government is that people have ambition
and the characters in our show, especially Leslie, want to move up in the world.
She doesn't want to have her same job
title. She's ambitious. She wants to progress through the system. We're going to
have to deal with that as well. You don't
want to feel like the characters-especially the main character-are completely satisfied where they are. Leslie says
many times in the first episode that she
has this dream of being the President of
the United States, and someone who has
that dream isn't going to be fully satisfied professionally being the deputy director of the parks and rec department,
so we'll have to start getting to that more.
Is she going to move up in the world?

What has the reaction been from
the park and rec industry?
It has been very positive. I think it's always fun for people to see a show that's
set in the world in which they live. In
" The Office, " we got a lot of funny phone
calls, emails, and letters from people
who work in paper companies and the
same is true here. Everyone who has responded, I think for the most part, has
been very positive and thinks it's a really funny show, so that's good. You never
want to alienate people.
Did you know that this year's
annual Congress and Exposition
takes place in Minneapolis,
Minnesota?
That sounds like the kind of thing we'd
like to know about. Maybe Leslie Knope

Sm a r t G r o w t h p r o f i l e :

Parris N. Glendening
Title: President, Smart Growth Leadership Institute, an
organization dedicated to helping state and local elected
civic and business leaders design and implement effective
smart growth strategies.
Based: Washington, D.C.
Bio: Former governor of the state of Maryland (eight years)
where he devoted much of his terms to the environment,
especially smart growth education and inclusiveness. He led
the creation of a groundbreaking smart growth initiative
that focused on using the entire $23 billion Maryland budget
as an incentive for smart growth.
Favorite Example of Smart Growth: For my home state of
Maryland, clearly Silver Spring in Montgomery County. The
best national example is Atlantic Station in Atlanta, Georgia.
Biggest Challenge to Smart Growth: Existing laws,
regulations, and policies often make it time consuming and

	

expensive to do a smart
growth, mixed use, well
designed project.
Best Tool for Overcoming
Such Obstacles: A
comprehensive review and
change of state and local
laws and regulations,
combined with a
predictable incentive
program.
How Parks Can
Facilitate the Mission
of Smart Growth: Smart growth is about
having walkable, sustainable people-oriented places. This
cannot be done without parks carefully integrated into the
entire community. 
✹

www.NRPA .ORG

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