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Dear, Thank you for submitting a session proposal(s) for the 2015 ORPA Annual Conference. Congratulations! Your session has been selected for presentation. We look forward to including your presentation in the conference. As a reminder, the conference will be held November 2-4 at the Portland Hilton in Portland, Oregon. To confirm your participation in the conferen_ce, please do the following: 1.

Reply to this email to confirm your participation.

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Review the scheduled date and time for your session and let me know ASAP if that date and time does not work for you. Please note that the conference educational schedule is a very intricate puzzle that balances speakers' preferred time slots with sequencing of information and avoidance of overlap in concurrent sessions' target audiences. 3. Review your session title and description. Contact me by July 3 with any changes to either. (Please note that ORPA reserves the right to edit session descriptions for the conference program.) 4. Review your listed co-presenters (if any) and notify me by July 3 with any changes.

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Review the session compensation and notify me by July 3 with any corrections. (If you did not request any compensation or consideration for your s.ession, "None" will be listed.) 6. Notify your co-presenters (if applicable) that your session has been selected for the ORPA 2015 annual

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Approved Compensation ensuring that-its tagline-Making a great place-applies to all who call the region

• home. This session will showcase two approaches to bringing community

representatives to the table from the beginning and as key decision makers. The Partners in Nature program builds partnerships with community-based organizations (CBOs) representing underserved communities to provide culturally-relevant

• pportunities for their constituents to experience nature. Metro and CBO staff work

together to co-create programming that increases utilization of Metro parks and natural areas as places of stewardship, learning and recreation by youth from low- income families and communities of color, and improves capacity within partner

• rganizations to lead educational and culturally-relevant programming in Metro parks

and natural areas. Case Study: The Youth Engaged in Nature partnership creates a natural area restoration experience for Self Enhancement, lnc.'s Summer Academy that includes outdoor experiences in restoration, classroom- based conservation and STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Art and Math) education, and career

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All speakers will be asked to register for the conference, even if you are attending only for the day. You will receive an email once speaker registration is open. As a reminder, speakers receive a complimentary one-day registration to the conference on the day of your session. Speakers who wish to register for the entire conference may do so at a reduced rate of $250 for the entire conference. All speakers will be asked to sign a speaking agreement. Those agreements will be emailed to you in the summer. Lodging information will be made available in early July. We kindly ask that you support the Portland Hilton, the designated fonferericei'hoter, ifyou pfari to stay overnighfin Portland du ling tHe conference: We have secured a special conference rate of $149 per night - a great rate for downtown Portland. As a reminder, ORPA encourages you to make any session handouts available in electronic form prior to the conference. If you would like to do so, please plan to send a pdf

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your session materials not later than Friday, October 16, 2015. ORPA does not provide printed handouts for sessions. If you have any questions about this information, your session, or the ORPA conference, please contact me at stephanie@orpa.org or 503.867.8447 (office) or 503.853.9126 (cell). Thanks again for your interest in speaking at the ORPA annual conference. I'll see you in Portland this November.

Stephanie Redman, Executive Director Oregon Recreation & Park Association

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Extended Session: 3:30 to 5:30 p.m

3:30 to 4:45 p.m. 3:30 to 4:45 p.m.

Spring Park & Elk Rock Field Session I NRS Field Session: Assemble in Hilton Lobby

This field tour of Spring Park and Elk Rock Island Natural Areas will focus on recent planning, development and maintenance of small acre sites with high visitation and high priority habitat

• types. Learn how two different agencies manage these sites as regionally significant habitat in

partnership with many groups, volunteers and agencies. Presenters will share strategic planning, enhancement project planning designs and adaptive management, threats to resources, partnerships and lessons learned. Topics also include sensitive plants and animals, wetlands, Oak habitat, riparian, backchannel alcove, trails, illegal camping, heavy visitor use impacts. Speakers: Tonia Burns, Natural Resources Coordinator, North Clackamas Park & Recreation

District; Laura Guderyahn, Portland Parks & Recreation Preregistration required; check at registration desk for availability

Reaiizing Inspired Parks: Embracing Creativity and Principles of Art I Directors, 3rd Floor

An evolving presentation of how artistic principles have become a catalyst for the funding and construction of inspired projects that create powerful park experiences beyond the typical! The power of the concept is its ability to be adapted to projects of any scale, from dramatic park artworks and arts planning to simply reimagining the way we use, maintain, and program existing park spaces, The design of parks tends to be anchored in what we know, the familiar, and public involvement reinforces that as people respond to things they know and have experienced before. The result is good parks, often similar parks, but perhaps not great parks ... when was the last time you saw a publication or walked a park and were amazed with what you saw? It was likely because it was something different, not more of the same. Beyond parks, so much of our lives are a certain way because we design it to align with what we expect. This session is an exploration of what a park can be when you challenge the familiar. This session gets into the details of how art is not only an inspired idea, but can be a catalyst to build inspiring ideas into a constructed reality. Speakers: Guy Michaelsen, Principal, Berger Partnership & Craig

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Through a variety of equity initiatives, Metro is demo'nstrating its commitment to ensuring that its tagline-Making a great place-applies to all who tall the region home. This session will showcase two approaches to bringing community representatives to the table from the beginning and as key decision makers. The Partners in Nature program builds partnerships with community-based organizations (CBOs) representing underserved communities to provide culturally-relevant opportunities for their constituents to experience nature. Metro and CBO staff work together to co-create programming that increases utilization of Metro parks and natural areas as places of stewardship, learning and recreation by youth from low-income families and communities of color, and improves capacity within partner organizations to lead educational and culturally-relevant programming in Metro parks and natural areas. Case Study: The Youth Engaged in Nature partnership creates a natural area restoration experience for Self Enhancement, lnc.'s Summer Academy that includes outdoor experiences in restoration, classroom- based conservation and STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Art and Math) education, and career exploration. Students are introduced to career pathways in natural resources through field experiences, guest speakers, site visits, and intern opportunities. Connect with Nature focuses on identifying nature based activities, designing park facilities, and creating outdoor places in partnership with historically underserved communities. Metro is working with a project team that includes landscape architects and Community Based Organizations with knowledge and experience working with underserved communities. The

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3:30 to 4:45 p.m. 3:30 to 4:45 p.m. 3:30 to 4:45 p.m. 3:30to 4:45 p.m. 3:30to 4:45 p.m. ill work with local communities to conduct a series of site-specific design ntify activities and design facilities relevant to the local community. Speakers: P rks and Natural Areas Planner; Sheilagh Diez, Naturalist; Kate Holleran, Senior Natural Resour e Scientist, Metro; Self Enhancement, Inc. Staff (Invited) Building and Retaining a Diverse Workforce for the Future I Part Two I Broadway 1, 2nd Floor Continued from 2:00 p.m. session. Speakers: Art Hendricks, Equity & Inclusion Manager; Hasan Artharee, Park Ranger Supervisor; Joshua Green, Sofia Chavier, Vicente Harrison, and Sam Sachs, Park

Rangers; Portland Parks & Recreation

Maintenance Mini Sessions I Broadway 2, 2nd Floor I MACS New for this year~ short and sweet sessions on a variety of maintenance topics. They don't follow the standard session schedule, but you can tackle these fundamental maintenance topics in 30 minutes for each. Within this time slot: Reduce, Reuse & Recycle in Parks: Metro, the tri-county regional government that serves the Portland metro region, is a pioneer in recycling and waste reduction. Learn how this ethic is applied at its parks and natural areas. Speakers: Monty Woods, Parks Operations Supervisor & Nicole Lewis, AICP, Parks and Properties Planner, Metro Parks & Nature Better Parks Through Diversity: Overcoming Barriers to Recreation Access I Broadway 3, 2nd Floor I E,1,D For whom are we designing parks, trails and recreation areas? Who is using them, and who isn't? How do we make these places and spaces more welcoming, interconnected, accessible, and supported by all? Planners, designers, and advocates struggle with the unique sets of barriers facing people of diverse ages, abilities, and backgrounds. MIG, Inc. will explore these barriers from planning, design, and advocacy perspectives, and provide examples of recent theory and innovative projects that strive to provide solutions. Case studies include North Portland's New Columbia Bike Skills Park-designed to serve more than 2,500 residents of diverse ages, with 11 languages spoken among families representing 22 countries-and Bay Area Water Trail Accessibility Plan-a region-specific guidance document developed to improve access and expand trail use for non-motorized small boat users with.disabilities-and Nadaka Nature Park- a ten-acre park providing access to nature in an urban setting and created through a successful

• partnership. Speakers: Jon Pheanis, Project Manager; Chris Frank, Landscape Architect; &

Madeline Carroll, Landscape Architect/Planner, MIG, Inc. Parks & Recreation System Planning I Broadway 4, 2nd Floor I P & D Developing a Parks and Recreation System Plan is a bit like embarking on

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a journey of discovery. Planners hope that the plan will lay a clear path to guide the delivery of parks and recreation services into the future, but one never knows what they'll find along the way. In this session you'll hear from 3 Planners who have managed Parks and Recreation System Plans and experienced the twists and turns of community expectations, politics and public funding. In this session, you'll learn how to frame a successful planning process, pitfalls to watch out for, and how to adapt to ever changing conditions. Speakers: Carolyn Burke, Principal Planner, City of Eugene; Katie Dunham, CPRP; Senior Planner, North Clackamas Parks and Recreation District; Steve Duh, CPRP, Principal, Conservation Technix, Inc. Winning Big When You're Small I Part Two I Galleria 1, Lower Level Continued from 2:00 p.m. session. Speakers: Katie Nooshazar, Recreation Manager; Anjeanette Brown, Resource Development Coordinator; Rose Lacey, Recreation Coordinator & Lynne Smith, Event & Program Coordinator, City of Albany Parks & Recreation

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