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2025 – 2026 Workshop Registration Open!
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… Read More →
Register Now for Recreation and Camps: Including Youth with Disabilities Workshop
Recreation and youth development professionals who run day camps, afterschool programs, and enrichment classes can develop accessible programs for youth with disabilities! Erin Fogarty, MS, Certified Therapeutic Recreation Specialist, is offering workshops on approaches to include youth with disabilities in recreation and camp programming. These workshops will equip staff with recommended practices, accommodations, and resources to ensure youth of all abilities are included. Certificates of completion provided to attendees. For questions: contact Erin Fogarty, Disability Community Coordinator- North Region, at Erin.Fogarty@ag.tamu.edu or 972-952-9283.
Come see us at NRPA
We’re excited to present presentations and posters at this year’s National Recreation and Park Administration (NRPA) 2025 annual conference in Orlando, Florida. Come see us! Tuesday September 16, 2025 1:00 – 2:30PM – NRPA Research Posters Room: W310 Why a Walk to the Park is not a Walk in the Park for All Speaker: Dr. Jamie Rae Walker For more than 55 years, park and recreation researchers have studied patron access to parks. Much of this historic research has focused on park location and park distance. A set… Read More →
Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Urban and Municipal Park 2025 Program Series
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… Read More →
Aggie Turf Day 2024
Can’t wait to teach about Planning Tools at Aggie Turf Day 2024! Click to here learn more. Wednesday, October 2, 2024 at 7:15 a.m. Texas A&M AgriLife Water and Land Resources Building 17360 Coit Road Dallas, Texas The 2024 Turfgrass and Landscape Field Day will be held at the Water and Land Resource Building at the Texas A&M AgriLife Research and Extension Center in Dallas, Texas, on Wednesday, October 2, 2024. This is an excellent opportunity to learn directly from Texas A&M educators and experts about the latest advancements… Read More →
Walkability Workshop
Reviews best practices and outcomes for Walkability. The workshop guides local groups through walking audits, site or community evaluation techniques, and related action planning steps to incorporate best practices in Walkability in their organization or community. One day or two workshops are available subject to trainer availability. For more information or to receive an e-mail about registration, please submit a request.
Small Community Park or Trail Master Planning Workshop
Learn how to compile or update Community’s Parks and Open Space or Trail Master Plans. In addition to overview and instruction, the workshop will assist attendees in developing project plans. For more information or to receive an e-mail about registration, please submit a request.
Parks 101 Workshop
Takes a look at the fundamentals & trends for planning & managing feasible & successful parks, trails & open spaces. The two-hour program highlights the value of mapping local assets, priorities, & factors to design, program, & operate locally-driven, feasible parks & open spaces that provide health, civic & environmental impacts for your community. This session will review key tactics used over time to affordably plan & maintain parks in communities of all sizes. Time to visit local parks is optional but preferred. For more information or to receive… Read More →
Fact Sheet: What is a Proximate and Why does it Matter for Park Planning?
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Survey Design Workshop
Learn how to and practice designing basic surveys and data collection plans for citizen input. For more information or to receive an e-mail about registration, please submit a request.