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hank you to everyone who
visited their local parks last
month and took the Search
for SMALLFOOT Scavenger Hunt
Challenge! In celebration of Warner
Bros. new film, " SMALLFOOT, "
we asked you to go to your favorite
local park to find and take photos
of four things: something that starts
with " s, " something small, something with feet, and something new
that you discovered!
We loved seeing everyone rise to
the challenge and search for the elusive SMALLFOOT - it's no easy
task! Sure, there was an amazing
prize at stake, but even better, this

sweepstakes got people out to their local parks and discovering new things!
Speaking of prizes, Melissa Shaw
of Colbrook, New Hampshire, was
selected as the grand-prize winner
of the " Search for SMALLFOOT
Scavenger Hunt Challenge! " Shaw,
the recreation director for the Colbrook Recreation Department, has
won a hometown screening of the
film for herself and up to 99 of her
closest friends and family! Con-

gratulations to Melissa, and to all
of her lucky friends and family
in the town of Colbrook who she
chooses to invite to the screening!
" SMALLFOOT " is a family-friendly film about friendship,
courage and the joy of discovery.
We know you need something fun
and silly to help you shake the postNRPA Annual Conference blues,
and you're in luck - " SMALLFOOT " is in theaters now!

Great Urban Parks Campaign Grantees Announced

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PARKS AND PEOPLE FOUNDATION

s part of the Great Urban
Parks Campaign, NRPA
has provided a total of
$2 million to 10 agencies to help
them implement green stormwater
infrastructure projects. This is the
second round of funding provided
through the campaign - the first
round funded four projects in 2016.
The new grantees include:
* Bernalillo County (Albuquerque,
New Mexico)

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* City of El Paso (El Paso, Texas)
* City of Grand Rapids Parks and
Recreation Department (Grand
Rapids, Michigan)
* City of Lake Charles (Lake
Charles, Louisiana)
* City of Memphis Parks and
Neighborhoods Division (Memphis, Tennessee)
* Heartland Conservation Alliance (Kansas City, Missouri)
* Miami-Dade County Parks, Recreation and Open Spaces Department (Miami, Florida)
* Local Government Commission
(Salinas, California)
* Louisville Parks and Recreation
(Louisville, Kentucky)
* New York City Department of
Parks and Recreation (Brooklyn,
New York)
Baltimore's Ambrose Kennedy park after
Great Urban Park Campaign project
improvements.

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The Great Urban Parks Campaign is NRPA's initiative to bring
green stormwater infrastructure
projects to parks, with the goal of
addressing equity. The campaign
specifically highlights the co-benefits these projects bring to communities, including improved community health, access to green space
and nature, and opportunities for
education and employment.
For the co-benefits of green stormwater infrastructure to be realized,
these projects must be supported,
and, ideally, driven by the community.
Meaningful, early and prolonged community engagement and a collaborative approach are essential to creating
parks that are embraced by nearby residents and contribute to the well-being
of the communities they serve.
These grants will support community-driven green stormwater
infrastructure projects over two
years.
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