45 Scholarships Available for Green Stormwater Infrastructure Training Opportunity
NRPA is pleased to offer training scholarships for park and recreational professionals to participate in a National Green Infrastructure Certification Program (NGICP). The training opportunity will focus on green stormwater infrastructure construction, inspection and maintenance through a combination of online learning, peer-to-peer knowledge transfer and online classes with national instructors. Participants will learn how to apply lessons learned to build and maintain successful green stormwater infrastructure projects in parks that provide multiple benefits to communities through community engagement and partnerships.
From June to August 2023, NRPA will host a virtual training cohort for 45 professionals. Once the training is complete, those individuals will be eligible to sit for the national exam to secure their NGICP certification. NRPA’s scholarship will pay for the educational training and one attempt at passing the national exam. Download a sample application.
Applications are due by April 30, 2023
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For questions, please email resilience@nrpa.org.
Training
NRPA is partnering with EnviroCert International Inc. (ECI) to deliver the National Green Infrastructure Certification Program (NGICP) curriculum to professionals who are responsible for the land management and maintenance and operations of municipal parks throughout the country. The trainings focus on building successful green stormwater infrastructure in parks, including construction, inspection and maintenance phases.
In May 2019, 27 park and affiliated professionals came together for the first-ever NRPA NGICP training. Read about the training experience, including feedback from participants, in this article.
Municipal Agencies with a Certified Green Infrastructure Professional
1. City of Dubuque (Iowa) Leisure Services
2. DPW and Parks – Worchester (Massachusetts) Parks, Recreation & Cemetery Division
3. City of Buckhannon, West Virginia
4. Town of Malta, New York
5. City of Greeley, Colorado
6. City of Redding, California
7. City of Gary (Indiana) Parks Department
8. Broome County (New York) Department of Public Works
9. City of Hutto, Texas
10. Arlington County (Virginia) Government
11. Missouri City (Texas) Parks and Recreation
12. City of Los Banos (California) Public Works Department
13. City of Post Falls, Idaho
14. City of Biloxi, Mississippi
15.City of Flagstaff, Arizona
16. City of Tarpon Springs, Florida
17. Bismarck (North Dakota) Parks and Recreation District
18. Houston (Texas) Parks and Recreation Department
19. City of Mitchell (South Dakota) Parks, Recreation and Forestry Department
20. City of San Diego (California) Parks and Recreation Department
21. Herriman City, Utah
22. Forsyth County (Georgia) Parks and Recreation
23. Guilford County, North Carolina
24. Oklahoma City (Oklahoma) Parks and Recreation Department
25. City of Grand Rapids, Michigan
26. Philadelphia (Pennsylvania) Parks and Recreation
Demonstration Projects
NRPA is working in partnership with cities to support large scale, replicable park green infrastructure projects that will serve as case studies for park and recreation agencies.
Great Urban Parks Campaign Grantees
1. Environmental Learning for Kids (2016)
Montbello Open Space Park, Denver, CO
2. Park Pride (2016)
Boone Park West, Atlanta, GA
3. Pittsburgh Parks Conservancy (2016)
McKinley Park, Pittsburgh, PA
4. Parks and People Foundation (2016)
Ambrose Kennedy Park, Baltimore, MD
5. Bernalillo County (2018)
2nd Street Trail, Albuquerque, NM
6. City of El Paso (2018)
Hidden Valley Park, El Paso, TX
7. City of Grand Rapids Parks and Recreation Dept. (2018)
Ken-O-Sha Park, Grand Rapids, MI
8. City of Lake Charles (2018)
Hillcrest Park, Lake Charles, LA
9. City of Memphis Parks and Neighborhoods Div. (2018)
McFarland Park, Memphis, TN
10. Heartland Conservation Alliance (2018)
Blue Valley Park, Kansas City, MO
11. Local Government Commission (2018)
Cesar Chavez Park, Salinas, CA
12. Louisville Parks and Recreation (2018)
Chickasaw Park, Louisville, KY
13. Miami-Dade County Parks Recreation and Open Spaces Dept. (2018)
Arcola Lakes Park, Miami, FL
14. NYC Department of Parks and Recreation (2018)
Brownsville Recreation Center, Brooklyn, NY
Community Outreach and Education
NRPA is working in partnership with communities to identify best practices and innovative strategies that effectively empower the community to influence the design of a green infrastructure project that best suits their needs, while also benefiting the local environment.
Contact resilience@nrpa.org with questions about projects funded through the Great Urban Parks Campaign.
