Creating neighborhoods with great parks, open space, and active recreation opportunities encourages people to be active and fit, helping to prevent obesity and related chronic diseases like diabetes and heart disease. Improving parks, trails, sports fields, and other recreation infrastructure also creates more sustainable, livable, and desirable places to live and work. This Webinar will focus on creative ways that cities across the country are creating new opportunities for park and recreation spaces, as well as how communities are encouraging more physical activity in - and improving access to - existing park and recreation facilities. Information about the health, economic, and sustainability benefits of parks and active recreation opportunities will also be presented.
Presenters:
Peter Harnik (Center for City Park Excellence at the Trust for Public Land)
Joe Webb (Miami-Dade County Park, Rec & Open Spaces Dept)
Karen Lee, Director of the Built Environment and Active Design Program, NYC Dept of Health & Mental Hygiene
This Webinar is part of a series about Active Design. For more information, download the Active Design Guidelines at: www.nyc.gov/adg
Presenters:
Peter Harnik (Center for City Park Excellence at the Trust for Public Land)
Joe Webb (Miami-Dade County Park, Rec & Open Spaces Dept)
Karen Lee, Director of the Built Environment and Active Design Program, NYC Dept of Health & Mental Hygiene
- Host: Kate Rube
- Cost: Free
- More details & registration: http://bit.ly/ygmaPp
This Webinar is part of a series about Active Design. For more information, download the Active Design Guidelines at: www.nyc.gov/adg