Archive for the ‘Parks and Land’ Category
Tuesday, November 20th, 2007
by Elayna Grody, Columbus Recreation and Parks
Leave No Child Inside - Urban Natural Areas Meeting
November 8, 2007
Activities that occurred since the Summit:
Katie Sanford, Action for Children, received a grant to develop nature packs for after school programs and parents. These packs will be full of information and activities to ...
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Thursday, November 8th, 2007
Convener: Heather Starck
Participants: Andrea Hedge, Christine Godward, Marc Behrendt, John O'Meara, Kelli Drummer, Val Mitrione, Alice Hohl, and about 20 other people!
Summary:
Create a collective message, logo/tagline
First step:
Market internally within your constituency and use this joint message
-Get together to pool resources to create PSAs, brochures, etc.
-Tap into green movement: "This ...
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Monday, November 5th, 2007
Members:
Check out this post from Bill Resch of the New Albany School District. The district is doing some really great things, including mapping and cataloging its school grounds for habitats and ecosystems. Wouldn't it be great if every school did this?
Hello LNCI CO Collaborative,
Please list the New Albany Schools 80 ...
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Thursday, October 25th, 2007
...And Creating "Connect-with-nature" gardens at schools and child care centers.
Participants: Amy Dutt, Noreen Warnock, Irene Lindelow, Brian Rutti, Lori Totman, Vicki Kohli, Colleen Sharkey, Matthew Minter, Manon Von Schoyck, Christa Hein, Sharon Tinianow, Sue Smith, Betsy Loeb.
SUMMARY:
1) There are school gardens in existence that allow kids unstructured play in nature:
- ...
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Thursday, October 25th, 2007
Hi Everyone,
We will be holding a follow up meeting to our discussions at the Summit regarding Safe, Accessible Neighborhood Natural Areas for kids in Urban setings on Thursday November 8th at 1:30 pm. We will meet in the conference room at 200 Greenlawn Ave. Here is a map showing the ...
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Tuesday, October 16th, 2007
Convener: Elayna Grody
Participants: Kelli Drummer, Heather Starck, Christine Godward, Dr. Michael Hohl, Eric Brandon, Andrea Hedge, Barbie Luna, Katie Sandford
Summary: What parks/programs are already in place?
What resources are available?
Where are programs already in existence?
- Find others to be advocates
- Access to information
- Target groups and neighborhoods to provide educations and ...
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