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10-Minute Walk Learning Series

he 10-Minute Walk Campaign (www.nrpa.org/10minutewalk) celebrates its first year this month on October 10 at 10:10 a.m., and
we have a lot to celebrate! More than 220 mayors have signed on
to the campaign, we've provided $480,000 in planning grants and technical assistance to 12 cities, our second application is now open to fund 10
more cities, and we have developed a learning series to help professionals
advance equitable park access and quality in their cities.
We've also created a space -
the 10-Minute Walk Learning
Series (www.nrpa.org/our-work/
p a r t n e r s h i p s / i n i t i a t ive s / 1 0 minute-walk/10-minute-walklearning-series/) - where you
can connect with your peers about
what it takes to achieve equitable
access to quality parks.
Over the next three years, NRPA
will publish educational resources
(videos, blog posts, articles, etc.) on
many equitable-access topics and

hold live Q&A sessions for park
professionals to engage with peers
and learn about replicable models
and best practices. So far, we've focused on two topics and had speakers from park and recreation agencies, private development firms,
landscape architects and non-profit
partners, offering unique perspectives on the issues you face while
advancing equitable park access
and quality.
The 10-Minute Walk Learning

Series will cover topics, including:
* Partnerships and Coalition
Building
* Equity in Parks and Recreation
* Community Engagement
* Park Planning
* Policy Development
* Park Funding for maintenance,
operations, capital improvements
* And much, much more!
Visit www.nrpa.org/10minutewalk
to learn how you can get involved and
explore our resources, or contact us at
10minutewalk@nrpa.org for more information.

Agency Performance Survey Now Open

he 2018 Agency Performance Survey (www.
nrpa.org/Metrics) is now
open for you to input your NRPA
Park Metrics data. The process
has been streamlined to help you
quickly update and easily keep
your Park Metrics profile up to
date.
When you add your agency's
data to NRPA Park Metrics, it
becomes part of the most robust
park and recreation agency performance database for our nation, allowing your agency and
its peers to identify best practices
and make informed strategic decisions for years to come. While
benchmark data cannot, in and
of itself, give you all the answers
to the issues that may be vexing

your agency, it does provide an
information base from which you
can make educated decisions.
Use this data with your leadership, staff, external consultants

2018 NRPA AGENCY
PERFORMANCE REVIEW
PARK AND RECREATION AGENCY

PERFORMANCE BENCHMARKS

and key stakeholders as you guide
your agency into the future.
If your agency has not completed
an Agency Performance Survey in recent years, it'll take roughly 20 to 30
minutes to enter your data. Agencies
that have entered their data in recent
years can update their 2018 NRPA
Park Metrics data in just a matter of
minutes. The online survey form allows you to " push " prior year's data
into the current year's form. After
transferring this data, all you need to
update are a few figures for the current fiscal year and you are done.
Regardless of your agency's level
of participation with NRPA Park
Metrics, we encourage you to view
the findings within the 2018 Agency Performance Review (www.nrpa.
org/Metrics).

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