2024 Urban Exchange: Harrisburg

$10 PRPS Members/$15 Non-members

The National Civil War Museum At Reservoir Park
1 Lincoln Circle
Harrisburg, PA 17103

Join us for this in-person learning and networking event. The Urban Exchange is designed to bring together regional, urban, and suburban parks and recreation professionals, champions, and volunteers to address issues around the role of parks for neighborhoods and communities. State and local speakers will share their experiences and findings to start and facilitate discussions, idea-sharing, and networking about issues and opportunities inherent to urban and suburban parks and communities. The Harrisburg Bureau of Parks and Recreation and PRPS invite all who play a role in developing recreation programs and open space management in their communities to join us.

  Tentative Schedule
8:30 am Arrival/Registration
Networking over Coffee
9:15 am Introductions, Overview, Agenda review
                 Tim Herd, PRPS
                 Kevin Sanders, City of Harrisburg
9:30 am Session 1 - Celebrating a Diverse Workforce
                 Speaker: Jamie Arroyo, Lancaster City Council and ASSETS Lancaster
10:30 am Break
10:45 am Session 2 - Creating Racially Inclusive & Equitable Programs
                  Speaker: Jonathan Howe, Temple University
11:45 am Lunch 
12:20 pm Walking Tour: Reservoir Park featuring Chutes and Ladders Playground led by Kevin Sanders
1:30 pm Consultant Roundtables
                  An opportunity for small group facilitated discussions with local leaders. Choose two sessions to attend:
                     · Engaging LGBTQIA+ Community Members and Their Families: Chloe Harris, Philadelphia Parks & Recreation
                     · Inclusion & Adaptive Recreation: Josh Burke, Special Olympics PA
                     · Funding Opportunities for Parks and Recreation: Lori Yeich, DCNR
                     · Becoming an Autism Certified Park System: Chad Krebs, Upper Allen Township Parks
                     · Surviving Cultural Change: Bill Salvatore, Cheltenham Township Parks & Recreation
2:50 pm Overview of Resources, Evaluations, and Feedback
3:00 pm Adjourn

Attendees can earn .3 CEUs (Continuing Education Units)!

Registration Deadline: October 11

This event made possible through funding by the Pennsylvania Department of Conservation & Natural Resources Bureau of Recreation and Conservation.

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