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Urban Park Leadership Program
- Deadline: January 25, 2021
program start Date: April 5, 2021
The Urban Park Leadership Program brings together senior-level urban park professionals for an experience of learning, network building, and creative problem-solving. Designed, facilitated, and hosted by the Central Park Conservancy Institute for Urban Parks, and administered by the CUNY School of Professional Studies, the Urban Park Leadership Program comprises web-based professional development experiences covering a range of topics relevant to urban park leadership and management.
Participants engage in a series of self-paced online modules and live workshops and seminars while in the program.
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Program Fee
The COVID-19 crisis has caused widespread financial challenges for urban park organizations and agencies around the world. In an effort to make the program as accessible as possible during these challenging times, the 2021 program fee has been reduced to $1,900 per person (from $2,250). The registration fee includes: Participation in the online learning management system, online workshops, seminars and forums, and all online program materials.
The Central Park Conservancy Institute for Urban Parks, through generous support from its donors, offers a limited number of economic hardship grants to applicants from qualifying organizations and agencies. Grants are awarded on a case-by-case basis at the discretion of the Institute. Those who are interested in applying for an economic hardship grant can find more information in the admissions application.
Dates for Upcoming Offerings
The 2021 program will convene April 5 – December 19, 2021.
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About our Program Partner
The Central Park Conservancy Institute for Urban Parks, founded in 2013, provides professional education, capacity building, peer-to-peer exchange, and thought leadership to strengthen the field of urban park management so that all park professionals have the skills, knowledge, and attitudes they need to create and support successful and sustainable parks.
Admissions Criteria
We seek executive, senior, and upper-level urban park managers who are:
- Affiliated with a newly formed (less than 5 years) private (i.e. non-profit) partner of a public-private park partnership; OR
- New to a position within an established private partner of a public-private park partnership; OR
- Affiliated with the public partner of an existing or future public private park partnership; OR
- Administrators / senior-level staff members at public open space agencies; OR
- Trustees of existing public-private park partnerships, friends-of groups, or volunteer groups
Application Deadlines
- Deadline: January 25, 2021
