open house agenda overview 6.17 v2

Urban Agenda Call to Action Initiative

NPS Urban Agenda

§  Provide a forward-thinking

picture for the National Park Service in cities;

§  Raise awareness and illuminate urban parks and programs;

§  Establish collaborative approaches that integrate parks, programs and partnerships;

§  Address barriers that impede our progress in urban environments.

25 Years Ago… The same issues were identified?

Urban Strategists

Diversity is our Strength

407 National Park Units 43 NPS Programs

Mega Regions: U.S. Growth 2050

Business Case

Grey Research Showed: §  Most people associate the NPS

with a handful of big, distant

parks in the west that they felt

had little relevance to their lives

and work.

§  Many people were unaware of the

breadth of NPS programs,

believing that the National Park

Service does little beyond

protecting the parks.

Urban Agenda

�  Be Relevant to All Americans

�  Activate “ONE NPS”

�  Nurture a Culture of Collaboration

Principles

Modeling Collaboration

Implement Urban

Agenda Network

Development

Evaluation

Share Experiences

& Build Skills Learning

from Case Studies

Urban Model Areas/Urban

Fellows

n  Breaking down silos

n  Parks, Programs & Partnerships

n  Networks of Urban Practitioners

Implementing the Urban Agenda

§  Launch at City Parks Alliance

Greater & Greener Conference;

§  Model cities and Urban Fellows selected;

§  Re-launching the Urban Matters National Network;

§  Test the principles of the Urban Agenda across the Service.

Parks  Adjacent  to  Ci1es  

Model  Areas:  

Parks  Embedded  in  Ci1es  

No  Physical  Presence  of  NPS  Unit  

Tucson  

Jacksonville  

New  York  City  Detroit  Richmond  

St.  Louis  

Demonstrate strategic use of the NPS portfolio in parks, programs and partnerships - learn and share experiences.

Washington  DC  

Boston  

Philadelphia  

Richmond,  VA  

Role of Fellows:  

§  Senior Position in Model Area to activate the Agenda

§  Urban Fellows cohort and feeder

to national urban network

§  Connector / Catalyst between parks, programs and partners §  Test new ways - communication, shared learning, and problem

solving

§  Harness the energy of local partnerships and activate projects that

advance Urban Agenda principles  

Making Connections

§  Identifying values and strategic interests in cities through asset/values mapping

§  Building alliances with federal, state and local agencies accelerate interagency collaboration and complementary action;

§  Building alliances with local non-profits, educational institutions, foundations, and others to help identify and achieve shared goals;

§  Leverage the full suite of NPS programmatic and park assets designed to better serve community and NPS interests  

Urban Matters: Building An Urban Network

Re-Launching Urban Matters

§  Urban Matters Engagement Series launching June 24th

§  Success stories shared on nps.gov/urban and social media

§  Connecting with Urban Fellows & model cities

§  Learning from pioneering sites, programs, and partners

D I S C U S S I O N

Urban Agenda Call to Action Initiative