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2009 MRPA ANNUAL CONFERENCE & EXHIBIT
April 14-16, 2009, Ocean City, MD
Green Today Here Tomorrow

Green Today Here Tomorrow

2009 Conference Session Hand-Outs Now Available.
Wednesday, April 15
* The Ant Principle, Check Herring (Keynote Speaker)

Wednesday, April 15
11:30 AM - 12:30 PM
* Recreation and Parks/Health Partnerships/The State of the Art
, Geoffrey Godby

* Ecological Based Planting Strategies for Parks
, Jeffrey L. Bruce, Jeffrey L. Bruce & Company

2:00 PM - 3:30 PM
* The Weakest Link: Constructing Green Roofs in the Real World
, Jeffrey L. Bruce, Jeffrey L. Bruce & Company

* Light Up Your Field: Not Your Community (Sports Lighting and Its Control)
, Musco Lighting

3:45 PM - 5:15 PM
* Background Checks - The Industry Standard
, Randy Rodebaugh and Byron Palmer, SSCI

* Triangular Collaborations, Parknerships for Success
, Mike Naugle, Baltimore City Department of Recreation and Parks

* Budgeting 101
, Joe O'Neil, M-NCPPC, Prince George's County

Thursday, April 16
9:00 AM - 10:30 AM
* Improving the Effectiveness of GIS through Data Consistency
, Meredith Bridges, NRPA

* E-Newsletters and More: Using Technology to Reach Your Audience
, Eric Legg, Arlington County Parks, Recreation and Cultural Resources

* Ouch! I Hurt, Understanding Pain and Pain Management
, Ann Berger, NIH; Karen Lee Baker, NIH

1:00 PM - 2:00 PM
* Tree Baltimore - Branching Out
, Anne Draddy, Baltimore City Recreation and Parks

* New Technologies in Customer Data Collection
, Ananda Mitra, Management Learning Laboratories

* Green Matters
, Ellen Bennett, M-NCPPC - Montgomery County, Brookside Gardens

* Risk Assessment of Infilled Artificial Turf Fields and Alternative Solutions
, George Cowan, TargaPro

2:15 PM - 3:15 PM
* Collecting Citizen Information
, Ananda Mitra, Management Learning Laboratories

* Poetry and Performance - Reaching Teens Through the Arts
, Stewart Seal, M-NCPPC - Prince George's County


MRPA Conference and Exhibit
The MRPA Annual Conference is a gathering of professionals, volunteers, board members and vendors from across the state and region. It is an opportunity to attend a great variety of educational sessions on areas of interest to the parks and recreation profession, a chance to network with your peers and a time to acknowledge outstanding accomplishments of both departments and individuals as we recognize our annual award recipients.

Exhibit Opportunities Available
Incredible opportunity to showcase your company's products and/or services to Maryland's recreation and park professionals, students, citizen volunteers and board members by participating in MRPA's 2009 Exhibit Hall.

Booth Space is $450 (non-members) for an 8' x 8' booth.

If interested, please contact Adrienne Varieur, MRPA staff, at adrienne@mrpanet.org.

2010 MRPA Conference Co-Chairs















 

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