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Recreation
Facility
Design
&
Management School
Don't
miss it!
Kansas
City, Missouri
August
7-11, 2011
Time
is running
out to take
advantage
of early
registration
rates for
the 2011
MPRA Recreation
Facility
Design and
Management
School!
Register
by July
1 to receive
the early
registration
discount!
Attend
sessions
each day
to earn
up to .8
CEU's!
AND-discounts
for multiple
registrations
from the
same department
are available.
Keep
watching
the
Facility
Design and
Management
School page,
as new
information
will
be added
frequently.
Recreation
Facility
Design
and
Management
School
is on
facebook!
"Like"
FDMS
on facebook
today!
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NRPA
CEO Barbara Tulipane
and Phillip Hayward,
Editor of Parks
and Recreation
Magazine, are scheduled to
visit Missouri June
28-29. Joining them
will be two representatives
of the NRPA Board
of Directors: Vice-Chair
Bob Johnson and
Kansas City's own
John Fierro. The
MPRA Reception will
be June 29 and all
MPRA members are
invited. RSVP's
are required by
June 27 to be sure
we have adequate
food and beverage.
Please join this
esteemed group on
their first extended
visit to Missouri!
Click
here for the Invitation
and more information.
Quick News
from MPRA
1:
Congratulations
to Susan Trautman
with the Great Rivers
Greenway for
being named one
of this year's Most
Influential Business
Women by the St.
Louis Buisness Journal!
A special section
of the Buisness
Journal highlighting
the award winners
will be published
August 12.
2: The
Board met on
June 17, 2011. (Need
Board mtg. info/stats
here)
MPRA Room Block
for 2011
NRPA Congress
and Exposition
Although
it seems
very far
away, plans
are well
underway
for the
2011 NRPA
Congress
and Exposition,
November
1-3 in Atlanta,
Georgia.
Go
to www.nrpa.org
to find
the details
so far.
Missouri
has established
a room block
at the Sheraton
Atlanta,
and between
now and July 29,
2011, reservations
are being
taken. After
that date,
rooms will
be released
to the general
public.
Click
here for
details.
MPRA
is excited about two
Leadership Webinars,
planned for September
8 and October 17.
Click
here for more information
Click
here to register (Gary-
are you doing an event
module for this? The
flyer has registration
deadlines, but no info
about how to register
- so I'm assuming it's
up to each state to
do their own registrations?
Not sure how that's
working)
Enter the "Together We Play" Essay
Contest!
One
grand prize will be
awarded. The Grand Prize
winner will receive:
$100,000 in inclusive
playground equipment
from Landscape Structures
Inc. and $50,000
vaule in inclusive playground
design, project development
and comprehensive educational
program services from
Shane's Insipration.
Five runner up winners
will each receive: $10,000
in inclusive playground
equipment from Landscape
Structures Inc. and
$50,000 vaule in inclusive
playground design, project
development and comprehensive
educational program
services from Shane's
Insipration.
Click
here for information
Entries
must be received by
August 1, 2011
Past
Missouri Park and Recreation
Publications Online
Did
you know that past issues
of the MPR Magazine
are available online?
You can find every issue
back through Spring
of 2008 here.
Prior eNews issues can be found here.July
is Park and Recreation
Month! NRPA has a great
section for July on
their site. There
are five weekends in
July - make each and
every one of them count!
NRPA
also has a "Rock
Your Park" Flash
Mob Contest! There will
be one park and recreation
agency and one citizen
group chosen as winners.
Entries are due on or
before August 1, 2011.
Click
here for rules and
entry form.
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