Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Urban and Municipal Park’s 2025 – 2026 workshop schedule is now posted. To learn more and register, visit our workshops page.

From Dream to Green: Best Practices in Modern Day Park Planning

8:30am – 12:30pm

Learn how to compile or update a Community Park System or Site Plan. We will review common components of plans, identify what is most meaningful for your organization, and provide time to brainstorm how to begin implementing a planning process for your park system or specific sites within your community.

Strengthening Your Prospects: Grant Writing 101 for Parks, Trails, and Open Spaces

1:30pm – 4:30pm

Attendees will learn basic grant writing concepts, including how to look for grants, best practices in writing grants, and key terms such as logic models, milestones, etc. We’ll practice writing common grant proposal sections and review best practices for support materials.

Enhancing Park Safety with CPTED Principles

8:30am – 12:30pm

Attendees will learn Crime Prevention Through Environmental Design (CPTED) basic principles, evaluate a site, review CPTED in park plans and policies, and devise feasible, local action steps.

Building from Ground up: Creating your Park Maintenance Plan

1:30pm – 4:30pm

This course is designed to motivate you to start or update a maintenance/operations plan. We’ll review the value of maintenance plans, discuss key components of plans, identify what is meaningful for your organization, provide time to assess and review various maintenance plans, and allow you time to brainstorm how to get started on a plan for your organization.

To learn more and register, visit our workshops page.