How We’re Celebrating YOU This July — July Bonus Episode

The July issue of Parks & Recreation magazine is out now, and
on today’s bonus episode of Open Space Radio we’re diving deeper
into the cover story, “Celebrating YOU This July.” As you know,
we usually interview the author or the subjects of the magazine
article for our bonus episode each month, but in today’s case,
the author is already with us! Cort Jones, NRPA Communications
Manager and fellow cohost of this podcast, is our guest today as
he is the author of the July cover story and project manager for
NRPA’s Park and Recreation Month.


Park and Recreation Month is a favorite for both of us, as Cort
and I have both had the pleasure of managing the campaign in
previous years. While a lot of our work at NRPA consists of
finding stories from the park and recreation field, the month of
July is when we get to celebrate all the good work that park and
recreation professionals are doing in their communities.


This year for Park and Recreation Month, we are shifting the
narrative of parks and recreation and redefining the field as an
essential, vital necessity by sharing how park and recreation
professionals — full of passion for their communities — represent
a diverse group of professionals who are confronting our most
pressing health, environmental and social challenges. Recently we
have seen park and recreation professionals step into various
essential roles to provide services for their communities, and
throughout July, we’re going to be telling the stories of those
selfless, passionate and essential professionals who are the
heroes the world needs now more than ever.


Tune in to the full episode below to learn:


How we came up with the theme “We Are Parks and Recreation”

How we're celebrating park and recreation professionals this
July

Ways you can get involved in the celebration



Learn more about Park and Recreation Month and make sure you’re
following NRPA on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram throughout the
month of July to celebrate with us — and share your own park and
recreation story using #WeAreParksAndRec.