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PHOTOGRAPH COURTESY OF EPIC OUTDOOR CINEMA

Residents enjoy a movie night in
Baltimore, Maryland, the site of the 2019
Parks Build Community project where
Epic Outdoor Cinema provided the
screen donation.

as Greenfields places great importance on the inclusion of those
with mobility impairments, and we
take pride in our ability to do so.
By adding a Greenfields Outdoor Fitness area to Grand Park,
we are giving community members the opportunity to engage in

2020 PBC Donors Include:
* Greenﬁelds Outdoor Fitness
(gfoutdoorﬁtness.com)
* BCI Burke Company (bciburke.com)
* GameTime/PlayCore (gametime.com)
* Musco Lighting (musco.com)
* DuMor Site Furnishings (dumor.com)
* ForeverLawn (foreverlawn.com)
* Epic Outdoor Cinema
(epicoutdoorcinema.com)
* Most Dependable Fountains, Inc.
(mostdependable.com)
* Ultra Site (ultra-site.com)
* Gared Sports (garedsports.com)
* Shade Systems, Inc.
(shadesystemsinc.com)
* Freenotes Harmony Park
(freenotesharmonypark.com)
* Dero (dero.com)

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activities [that] they otherwise will
not have access to. Some may have
gym memberships, but the reality
is that life has become extremely
sedentary, and the excuses to avoid
physical activity just continue to
grow. Exercising outdoors is fun,
social, the scenery is nicer (especially at Grand Park), and you can
even bring your companion to join
you. We look forward to providing
this wellness-focused amenity for
the Orlando community to enjoy
for years to come. "
" Epic Outdoor Cinema is proud
to participate in the 2020 Parks
Build project in Orlando. Our new
versatile and portable screen will
give Orlando Grand Avenue Park
an innovative tool to create exciting activities in open spaces, " says
Nick Toutoungi, CEO of EPIC
Outdoor Cinema. " Epic's continued involvement is inspired by the
impactful results of enhancing underserved neighborhoods - one
park at a time - as a true community centerpiece with an evening of
laughter, suspense and EPIC experiences outdoors. "

" Everyone at PlayCore, GameTime Ultra Site and Freenotes Harmony Park is excited about participating in Parks Build again and
about how our contributions might
help intergenerational communities unite across fitness-based play,
music and simply relaxing, " says
Anne-Marie Spencer, corporate VP
of marketing for PlayCore. " Intergenerational play and recreation
have a multitude of benefits to foster
inclusion and bring people together to improve life for people of all
ages. It promotes contact between
generations for the common good,
strengthens social relations to reflect a commitment to one another,
breaks down silos between generations, and encourages us to mobilize
all people as valuable resources that
can help build communities. "
NRPA's Parks Build Community is a national initiative aimed at
demonstrating the transformative
value of parks on the health and vitality of communities across America. Living close to parks and other
recreation facilities is consistently
related to higher physical activity
levels for both adults and youth.
To learn more about the NRPA
Parks Build Community initiative,
visit nrpa.org/ParksBuildCommu
nity and follow the hashtag #Parks
BuildCommunity. To learn more
about participating in the 2020 Parks
Build project, please contact Gina
Mullins-Cohen, NRPA's VP of communications and chief marketing officer, at gcohen@nrpa.com.
Suzanne Nathan is Public Relations
Manager at NRPA (snathan@nrpa.org).

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