Session Title: (538) Partnering with the Business Sector: Trends in Parks and Recreation

Session Type: Education Session Talk
Topic(s): Planning and Design , Revenue Development
Funding, Partnerships

Day/Time: Thursday - Block 9
10/12/2023 02:00 PM (Central Time (US & Canada)) - 10/12/2023 03:00 PM (Central Time (US & Canada))

Room: Room D174
Available Both In-Person and On-Demand

Audience Experience Level: Intermediate
Audience Familiarity with DEI: Any Level
CEU: 0.1

Description:
The panel will consist of members of the NRPA Business Council and come from different facets of the business community that serves the field of parks and recreation. Each has a unique perspective and experience, both personally and as a representative of their respective companies and can speak to the trends and innovations being made by the P&R business sector. They will also discuss how agencies can successfully partner with the business community to deploy solutions to better serve their communities.

The panelists will be demographically diverse, but also, most members of the Business Council represent companies or organizations led or owned by women or people of color, companies that procure products or services from minority-owned enterprises (MBEs) and/or woman-owned enterprises (WBEs), companies that have formally adopted a commitment to DEI, and/or companies that have partnered with Black, Indigenous or other communities or color and organizations.

Speaker(s):

Kellie May
Stephen Springs
Paula Sliefert