We are excited to conduct our 2025 series to support local practitioners, leaders, and advocates as they plan, create, and maintain spaces and places for their communities. These innovative and hands-on sessions are designed to equip attendees with the skills and knowledge needed to start or enhance existing efforts.

Key Highlights of the Programs:

• Evidence-based:
  Texas A&M AgriLife Extension teaches evidence-based processes and practices based on related research and applied research case studies.
• Relevant to Communities of all sizes:
  Our agency has been working with communities of all sizes in real-world settings to seek opportunities and address issues in municipal parks and open spaces. The concepts taught and tools masters can be applied in urban, suburban, and rural settings.
• Hands-on and applied learning
  Participants will gain hands-on experience by assessing, discussing, and formulating how the concepts and tools can work in their communities. Thus the workshops provide attendees with purposeful and valuable exposure while developing readiness to implement these concept and tools in their communities.
• Convening and networking
  Workshops provide time and situations for attendees to build networks, learn with and from others, and develop systems with other local, regional, and state-level practitioners engaged in similar community efforts.

“Our team is excited to offer a program series that will empower community practitioners and advocates to make significant impacts in their communities learning by providing them with dedicated time, knowledge and tools, and networks to excel in a creating dynamic community spaces and places. The series has been scheduled so that attendees may focus on one topic or elect to layer stacked workshops that naturally enhance local efforts.”

– Jamie Rae Walker PhD, Urban and Municipal Parks Specialist

To learn more about the workshop series, click here.