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ADVOCACY
Summer is a great time to invite your
elected officials and their staff out for
site visits, groundbreakings, ribbon
cuttings and press conferences.
Hosting a Summer Site Visit
By Dan McCarthy
C
ongress has been hard at work over the past few years passing
legislation that has major impacts on local parks and recreation.
During summer 2020, they passed the Great American
Outdoors Act, securing $900 million in permanent funding
for the Land and Water Conservation Fund, which finances local park
infrastructure upgrades. During spring 2021, the American Rescue Plan sent
$350 billion to state and local governments to help manage fiscal recovery
from the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, significant portions of which
were spent on park and recreation priorities. Later, during fall 2021, the
Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act provided billions more in new
funding eligible for green infrastructure and active transportation projects.
The executive branch set forth requirements for how these programs can be
implemented, and now, this funding is flowing into communities.
It is key for local park and recreation
departments to take full
advantage of these new opportunities
by working with your municipality
to apply and receive
financing for projects in your community.
However, equally (if not
more) important, showing your
congressional representatives the
immense value these programs
will have can engender more support,
and thus, funding for local
park priorities in the future.
Summer is a great time to invite
your elected officials and their staff
out for site visits, groundbreakings,
ribbon cuttings and press
conferences. August Recess - a
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time when members of Congress
are home in their state or district
for much of the month - presents
a particularly strong opportunity
to influence change. Lawmakers
love spending this time with constituents
seeing
being
done in the communities
they represent. Trust us - it is a
lot more fun and rewarding than
their monotonous day-to-day time
in Washington, D.C.
Pulling Off a
Successful Event
Hosting a successful and enriching
event requires some planning, but
by no means is it an overwhelming
or daunting task. To start, identify
which aspect of your department's
work you want to show off. Maybe
you constructed a new facility,
playground or trail, or made imthe
great work

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