World Urban Parks

The Emerging Urban Leaders Cohort Program was designed around the themes of Leadership, Strategy, Equity, Partnerships, & Advocacy. The program itself consists of 12 two-hour meetings throughout the year 2021. To find out more about this program & its benefits please visit: https://buff.ly/34cY9Qg

Developing a new open space in your downtown community? Here are 5 key ideas to consider. - Stantec "The best landscape architecture solves the problems most important to its community with robust engagement and uniquely elegant solutions."

"Parks across the globe have never been more appreciated and more used than during the current crisis but we are not the first to recognise the value of Parks to health." Read the full Evidence-based Leadership reflection today: https://buff.ly/3p66tJL Register Today to get access to over 50+ hours of recorded congress material and network with nearly 400 professionals from all over the globe. https://buff.ly/2WrTCFB

The Emerging Urban Leaders Cohort Program is currently accepting applications until January 29th, 2021. To see the application criteria and to learn more about what this program has to offer please visit: https://buff.ly/34cY9Qg

Let us continue the #WinterCities conversation! Two more webinars addressing innovative public space development, programming, design, and management in cities. January 28th: https://buff.ly/39HHypO February 4th: https://buff.ly/3itbCcB... Free and open to all! Canadian Parks and Recreation Association (CPRA); Alberta Recreation and Parks Association; 8 80 Cities

February 22-26, 2021 at the TNOC Festival! Better Cities for Nature and All People TNOC Festival is a virtual festival that pushes boundaries to radically imagine our cities for the future. It spans 5 days with programming across five regional time zones, and provided in multiple languages. TNOC Festival offers us the ability to truly connect local place and ideas on a global scale for much broader perspectives and participation than any one physical meeting in any one city, could ever have achieved. Visit https://buff.ly/3oeozsR for more information. Registrations will open soon. The session submission portal is open. Visit https://buff.ly/359Hu0A to submit a session today!

Winter cities have unique cultures that can be leveraged to encourage positive attitudes towards winter. Register for 8 80 Cities’ webinar on creating more winter-friendly cities! https://buff.ly/3rU93Vy

Car-parking space: the next great urban frontier. "The next urban frontier may be found where we least expect it. It is the space devoted to parking cars, which are idle for 95% of the time. Taken together, these scattered fragments of real estate constitute a great expanse an area in the US as vast as the state of Connecticut." - World Economic Forum

Public spaces belong to everyone and should be accessible and welcoming in all seasons. Learn more about how to create winter-friendly cities for all by registering for 8 80 Cities’ Wintermission webinar: https://buff.ly/39ItNqW

"We stand at an inflection moment that spans the globe. This moment unites those of us that work in the urban space as we are learning from a shared experience. We are being reminded that parks, park guests, and park operational teams have the same feelings, stresses, needs, worries, and hopes regardless of their home’s city’s time zone, size, or continent." Read the full Community Leadership reflection today: https://buff.ly/37tyHrP Register Today to get access to over 50+ hours of recorded congress material and network with nearly 400 professionals from all over the globe. https://buff.ly/2WrTCFB

Looking for exclusive content about Leadership, COVID & Urban Parks around the world? Look no further than the #WUP #2020WORLDCONGRESS Join us this Friday to kick off this well anticipated event! Register at: https://buff.ly/2H0gw2K

#WUP #2020WORLDCONGRESS is excited to announce our much anticipated keynote speaker: Helena Bjarnegård! Curious about what else the congress has to offer? Check out https://buff.ly/3ncLsMH for more information Haven’t registered yet? Click here to get started: https://buff.ly/2H0gw2K

We are thrilled to be joined next week by delegates and speakers from all over the world! Let us know, where will you be joining from? #MyWUP #2020WorldCongress Register today and begin networking with other international parks and recreation professionals. https://buff.ly/2H0gw2K

Join us this coming week for our #2020WorldCongress! We have over 50 hours of professional development content for you. Register today to begin interacting with other international parks and recreation professionals. #NatureNeverCloses #MyWUP

#WUP is excited to announce Michel Pena as our opening Keynote Speaker at the #WUP #2020WORLDCONGRESS Curious about what else the congress has to offer? Check out https://buff.ly/3ncLsMH for more information Haven’t registered yet? Click here to get started: https://buff.ly/2H0gw2K