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Legislative Forum Advances
Park and Recreation Priorities

he National Recreation and
Park Association held the
National Legislative Forum
on Parks and Recreation in Washington, D.C., from March 19-21, 2013.
Thanks in part to PlayCore's generous
Titanium-level sponsorship of NRPA
in 2013, hundreds of park and recre-

ation professionals and citizen advocates from more than 30 states visited
their senators, representatives, and
staffers to educate them on the importance of legislation and appropriations
related to parks and recreation. Priority issues included Land and Water
Conservation Fund appropriations,
the Community Parks Revitalization
Act, the MAP-21 surface transportation reauthorization, connecting children to nature through well-rounded
education opportunities, and keeping

park and recreation agencies as eligible recipients for health and wellness
grants. For more information on these
legislative priorities, see www.nrpa.
org/Advocacy/Legislative-Platform.
A full recap of Legislative Forum will
appear in the April issue.

Network Buzz

NRPA's Online Community Forums
Discuss Purchasing for 2013

" W
We will be completing construction
of a new 62-acre park, total construction estimated at $7.6 million.
Stacey Dicke, CPRP
New Braunfels Parks & Recreation
New Braunfels, Texas
sdicke@nbtexas.org
We are currently completing a new
outdoor recreation park with an estimated construction cost of $15 million. The park will include an archery
range, tennis complex, BMX track,
urban campground with campfire
pit, and hiking trails.

hat is your largest dollar capital project to be
completed by next year and the dollar value? "

Dirk A. Richwine, CPRE
Henderson Parks & Recreation
Henderson, Nevada
dirk.richwine@cityofhenderson.com
Middleton, Wisconsin, is a small city
of 17,500 that neighbors the state
capital, Madison. The city will spend
more than $200,000 this year on a
1.2-mile extension of porous pavement featuring a 60-foot steel arched
bridge that links the city's heavily
used Pheasant Branch Creek Trail
with a wooded area among a shopping center, hotels, and local busi-

nesses. In addition to use by walkers,
runners, and cyclists, the new trail will
facilitate public health by featuring
a parcourse of five ENERGI fitness
stations by Playworld Systems that
provide an outdoor training opportunity for youth and adults.
Dan Ruggiero
Department of Public Lands,
Recreation & Forestry
Middleton, Wisconsin
druggiero@wisc.edu

Network Buzz appears monthly in Parks & Recreation. Questions are posed to members of NRPA Connect, the interactive
social media section of the association's website. It's a convenient and effective way for NRPA members to connect, collaborate, and communicate. For more information and to join one of the site's many groups, visit www.nrpa.org/membership/
NRPA-Connect-Online-Community. Topic suggestions are always welcome: email dtaylor@nrpa.org.

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