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California Urban Parks Partners Workshop

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Johnson Hall, Occidental College, Los Angeles
October 22, 2011 8:00 am - 3:00 pm


City Parks Alliance, in partnership with the California State Parks Foundation, is organizing a workshop that focuses on new models for sustainable urban parks stewardship, featuring local and national leaders.  The workshop aims to connect California park organizations with the national network of City Parks Alliance and to provide best practices, tools and informational resources to help improve California urban park organizations' effectiveness and enhance their ability to meet their parks' goals.

Topics covered include:
  • Local Community Engagement: Using Social Media to Reach Stakeholders
  • Public-Private Partnerships: Developing Agreements on Paper and in Real Interaction
  • Partnerships Across Governmental Platforms: Working with Federal, State and Local Agencies
  • Corporate Partnerships: Developing and Sustaining Corporate Partner Relationships
  • Advocacy: Building a Campaign
  • Red Fields to Green Fields (Los Angeles) Project

Featured speakers include Mickey Fearn, Deputy Director, National Park Service; Ed Uhlir, Executive Director, Millennium Park (Chicago); Elizabeth Goldstein, President, California State Parks Foundation; Kathy Abbott, Vice President, The Trustees of Reservations (Boston) and many more…

Registration fee: $25 (CPA/CSPF members); $40 (non-members)

Deadline for registration is Friday, October 14, 2011.

For more information, please click here.  To RSVP, contact This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it

City Parks Alliance acknowledges the generous support of S.D. Bechtel, Jr. Foundation for this program



Disclaimer: This is not a function of Occidental College.

 

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