engage, experience and enjoy! wasla & wrpa

Engage, Experience and Enjoy!

Joint Conference and Trade ShowSeattle’s Magnuson Park April 8-11, 2014

WASLA & WRPA

Washington RecreationPark Association

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WASHINGTON CHAPTER

AMERICAN SOCIETYOF LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTS

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WASLA & WRPAJoint Conference and Trade Show

Magnuson Park, SeattleApril 8-11, 2014www.wasla.org/conference

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Daily Sponsors 2

2014 Conference Schedule-at-a-Glance 5

Joint Conference Committee Members 6

Welcome to the 2014 Conference 7Parks Superintendant 7Conference Chairs 7

Keynote Speakers 9

Education Session Descriptions 10Wednesday, April 9 11:00 am – 12:15 pm 10Wednesday, April 9 2:00 – 3:15 pm 11Wednesday, April 9 3:45 – 5:00 pm 12Thursday, April 10 11:00 am – 12:15 pm 13Thursday, April 10 2:15 – 3:30 pm 14Thursday, April 10 4:15 – 5:30 pm 15Friday, April 11 11:00 am – 12:15 pm 16Friday, April 11 2:15 – 3:30 pm 17Friday, April 11 4:15 – 5:30 pm 18

Transportation between buildings 20

Continuing Education Credits 21

Conference Tradeshow and Exhibit Floor Layout 23

Special Events 24

WRPA and WASLA Professional Awards Banquets 24

Magnuson Park – About the Site 26

Wayfinding Maps 27Mountaineers Bldg 28Bldg 30 / Hangar 29The Brig 30

Conference App back page

TABLE OF CONTENTS

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Tuesday April 8

11:00 – 5:00 pm Golf Tournament at Jackson Park Golf Course

Wednesday April 9

7:30 – 9:00 am Registration location: Building 30 / Hangar

9:00 – 9:30 am Seattle Mayor Ed Murray | Opening Address location: Mountaineers Building

9:30 – 10:30 am Bill Stainton | Opening Keynote location: Mountaineers Building

10:30 – 11:00 am Transition Break

11:00 – 12:15 pm Breakout Sessions

12:15 – 2:00 pm Student Summit location: Garden Room

12:15 – 2:00 pm Mobile Food Truck Rodeo location: Hangar Parking Lot


3:15 – 3:45 pm Transition Break


5:00 – 6:00 pm Pre-Banquet Social location: Building 30 / Hangar

6:00 – 8:00 pm WRPA Awards Banquet location: Building 30 / Hangar

Thursday April 10


9:00 – 10:15 am Debrena Jackson Gandy | Opening Keynote location: Mountaineers Building

10:15 – 11:00 am Transition Break location: Building 30 / Hangar


12:15 – 2:15 pm Lunch and Tradeshow location: Building 30 / Hangar


3:30 – 4:15 pm Transition Break location: Building 30 / Hangar


5:30 – 8:30 pm All Conference Social location: Building 30 / Hangar

Friday April 11


9:00 – 10:15 am Emily Pilloton | Opening Keynote location: Mountaineers Building

10:15 – 11:00 am Tradeshow Break location: Building 30 / Hangar


12:15 – 2:15 pm Lunch and Tradeshow location: Building 30 / Hangar


3:30 – 4:15 pm Transition Break location: Building 30 / Hangar


5:30 – 6:30 pm WASLA Awards Social and People’s Choice Vote location: Mountaineers Building

6:30 – 8:00 pm WASLA Awards Dinner and Presentation location: Mountaineers Building

2014 Conference Schedule-at-a-Glance

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Joint Conference Committee Members

Organization PresidentsJessi Bon, WRPA President

City of SammamishCourtney Landoll, WASLA President

The Watershed Company

Conference Committee ChairsAdrienne Caver-Hall, WRPA Conference co-chair

City of SeattleDerrick Eberle, WASLA Conference co-chair

Bruce Dees & AssociatesEric Freidli, WRPA Conference co-chair

Deputy Super, City of SeattleKellye Hilde, WASLA Conference co-chair

City of Sammamish

Organization StaffAndrew Estep, WASLA Executive DirectorTom Tidyman II, WRPA Executive DirectorLindsay Jennings, WRPA StaffBecky Shaddox, WRPA Staff

Local Host CommitteePam BanksAntoinette DanielCorrie ErnsdorffJeanette GeigerSue GoodwinKatie GrayJoelle HammerstadDan JohnsonBrenda KramerJoanne OrsucciThavy PenPatti PeteschPaul Wilkinson

Sponsorship Committee ChairJosh Hail

Marketing & Communications Committee ChairSarah Gould

Conference Education CommitteeKeith Bates, Co-chairJoanna Martin, Co-chairDan AckerShelley Brittingham,Courtney BrownCarol CarterTami CobbLori CummingsDuane DietzMarlus FrancisLinda FrkuskaPat HarrisKellye HildeBrenda KramerMichelle LarsonBridget OconnellSarah SandquistJustin Wilkinson

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Welcome to the 2014 Conference

Welcome from Parks Superintendant

Dear Conference Attendees,

It’s my pleasure to invite you to the Washington Society of Landscape Architects and the Washington Recreation and Park Association’s annual conference.

Seattle Parks and Recreation is very excited to host the first ever joint conference of these two great organizations in such a unique location.

Warren G. Magnuson Park is 320 acres of wetlands, beaches and shorelines, ballfields, gardens, meeting spaces, partner facilities, artists’ lofts, transitional housing, a dog off-leash area, and so much more. You’ll enjoy exploring the many different recreation opportunities the park has to offer.

The conference program has more than 85 educational sessions to attend, and plenty of opportunities to meet other professionals. We will offer tours of the park and its many features, a golf tournament, a fun run, a student summit, a conference social complete with food truck rodeo, the WASLA Awards Banquet, and much more.

I look forward to welcoming you to the conference, and sharing with you all that the park has to offer.

Sincerely, Christopher Williams

Welcome from Conference Chairs

Dear Conference Attendees,

Welcome to a one-of-a-kind experience: A unique opportunity to engage, experience, and enjoy a record-setting conference put forth by two outstanding organizations. As members of WASLA, WRPA, and our respective professions, interactions with each other occur on a regular basis. Now, a new opportunity has presented itself: To discuss ideas and exchange information collaboratively on the platform of our annual conference.

Whether it’s taking in one of the empowering keynote speeches, swinging a club at Jackson Park, or dancing the night away in the Hangar, we hope you immerse yourself in the conference this week, get to know some new friends, and experience how what we do effects our lives and each other.

We look forward to seeing you during the conference and thank you for being part of such a special event.

Sincerely, Adrienne Caver-Hall, Derrick Eberle, Eric Friedli, and Kellye HildeKellye Hilde

Christopher Williams

Derrick Eberle

Adrienne Caver-Hall

Eric Friedli

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Keynote Speakers

Wednesday Opening Address: Seattle Mayor Ed MurrayUntil his election as Mayor, Ed Murray represented Seattle’s 43rd Legislative District in the legislature since 1995, serving as the Democratic Leader in the State Senate. One of the most respected and accomplished elected officials in Washington State, Murray has led on a wide range of issues.Murray’s honors include the 2002 Human Rights Campaign Leadership Equality Award; the 2005 Anti-Defamation League’s Cal Anderson Award; the 2006 Distinguished Public Service Award from the Washington State Psychological Association; the 2009 Legislator of the Year Award from the Washington Council of Police & Sheriffs; and the 2012 Warren G. Magnuson Award.

Wednesday Keynote: Bill StaintonBill Stainton is a multiple Emmy Award-winning TV producer, writer, and performer; an author; a business humorist; and an internationally-recognized Beatles expert. He blends the business smarts he learned from twenty years in corporate management with the show biz sparks he gleaned from working with people like Jerry Seinfeld, Ellen DeGeneres, and Jay Leno to create entertaining and enlightening presentations enjoyed by audiences around the world!

Thursday Keynote: Debrena Jackson GandyDebrena Jackson Gandy is a two-time national best-selling author of Sacred Pampering Principles, and All the Joy You Can Stand. She’s been a popular guest on over 40 radio shows, and is quickly becoming recognized as a thought leader in the area of attracting and sustaining healthy love relationships. She’s been seen on TV on CNN, CNN Live, Good Day New York, Good Morning Texas, C-SPAN, In Style, the Wisdom Channel, Fox 5 Morning News in Washington D. C. (three-time guest), and several ABC News affiliates and regional news stations. She is a business consultant and trainer to large and small business businesses, multi-level marketing companies and their top field leaders, and to solo-preneurs. She resides in Seattle, WA, is a graduate of Pepperdine University, and is also one of the TV show hosts of Public Report on TBN’s station KTBW Seattle/Tacoma.

Friday Keynote: Emily PillotonEmily founded Project H in 2008, believing deeply in the power of design and building to excite learning and citizenship. Her first crush, MacGyver, sparked her love of constrained problem-solving and tinkering. She went on to study architecture and building because it was the one thing that allowed her to geek out about everything, from math and structural engineering to ethnography and the fascinating behavior of people. Emily believes that by giving youth, particularly girls and students of color, the skills to design and build their wildest ideas, we can support the next generation of creative, confident changemakers. Her ideas and work have made their way to the TED Stage, The Colbert Report, the New York Times, and more. She is the author of two books, Design Revolution: 100 Products that Empower People, and Tell Them I Built This: Transforming Schools, Communities, and Lives with Design-Based Education. When she isn’t welding with her 10-year-old Camp H girls or co-teaching Studio H, Emily loves to run, write, rabble-rouse, and eat unreasonable amounts of Mexican food.

All Keynotes will be in the Mountaineers Building in Goodman ABC

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Wednesday, April 9 11:00 am – 12:15 pm

Battle Obesity! Get Kids Moving Using Fitness Playground EquipmentMountaineers: Goodman C | HSW: YesRandy Flint, BCI Burke Company, LLCWhile most know that obesity is an epidemic facing children and families today, few know how to help address this issue. In this session, participants will be exposed to new fitness based curriculum that actively engages children in playground activities that are fitness based. Also, review compelling data from the Center of Disease Control and learn more about the importance of getting children active and outdoors.

Surviving the Angry Mob: Presenting to Tough Crowds and Living to Tell about ItMountaineers: Goodman B | HSW: NoPaul Kaftanski, City of EverettSooner or later most professionals have the “opportunity” to present informa-tion to a “difficult” or hostile crowd. Review the basic skills a speaker must use to help an audience be receptive to what you want to convey. Several speaking techniques will be discussed that can help reduce speaker/audience conflict and foster a less adversarial meeting atmosphere. These techniques can have the effect of helping to create open-mindedness, reduce anger and making people feel more comfortable participating in a meeting.

Getting in Your Customers’ Way? Policies, Procedures or People May Be Driving Them AwayMountaineers: Goodman A | HSW: NoJan McLaughlin, CSP, Your Communication ConnectionTake the time to evaluate the direction of your organization’s customer service and you may discover it’s time to realign your compass! Jan will share some revealing statistics and lead a quick review of the essential factors in communication. Unless you’re focused on communicating with — and listening to — your clients and customers, you won’t be able to promote your services or programs to them. Jan will explore three crucial aspects of customer service — asking you to consider your organization and how you’re doing:

• Policies you have in place and may need to revisit

• Procedures that create hoops for customers to jump through

• People skills of those who work with customers — and those who lead them

Our goal? Set a compass bearing in line with our customers rather than creating obstacles they must overcome to participate in our programs or enlist our services.

EDUCATION SESSION DESCRIPTIONS

363 PLanT: Communicating Funding Needs for Grounds MaintenanceMountaineers: Cascade A&B | HSW: YesLeah Tivoli, City of SeattlePLanT (Parks, Labor and Timekeeping) system is the asset management sys-tem that Seattle Parks and Recreation uses to communicate and make strate-gic decisions based on the actual asset inventory of the parks system. Learn about GIS equipment used to take inventory, creation of maintenance plans and maps, tracking actual hours and how the data and tracking has helped in building powerful presentations and making successful budget requests.

From Good to Great: Inclusive Engagement in Developing a New Community CenterThe Brig: Matthews Beach | HSW: YesBrian Judd, Karen O’Connor, Martha Winter, and

Mike Plympton, City of SeattleRainier Beach Community Center and Pool is located within one of Seattle’s most culturally and ethnically diverse neighborhoods. Hear about community strategies and learned experiences throughout planning, developing and opening this center, including how the neighbors felt welcomed and accepted starting with the grand opening celebration.

Leading OptimisticallyThe Brig: View Ridge | HSW: NoJeff Price, City of EverettOptimism is a learned trait. It is not something we are all born with. Each of us can learn to become more optimistic and lead more optimistically. Rigorous research has been conducted into optimism and the importance of this on the teams we work with and the teams we lead. This session will provide you with tangible, specific, research based tools to become more optimistic, which will result in improved productivity and goal attainment.

Launch Your Career: Career Guidance for Future Parks and Recreation Professionals The Brig: Garden | HSW: No | PDH: NoJared Loranger, Fizz EventsJason Brown, SkyhawksJeff Hagen, City of RedmondMary Dodsworth, City of LakewoodVicky Hinds, Seattle YMCACurrent parks and recreation professionals share valuable knowledge with future professionals on getting their foot in the door and making the most of opportunities. Learn the different paths each took to get to where they are and what they wished they had known when they started out.

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Single Gender Swims: Response to Diverse Community NeedsThe Brig: Belvedere | HSW: YesKathy Whitman, and Karl Fields, City of SeattleJennifer Calleja, Neighborhood House Healthy CommunitiesAmy Kindell, City of TukwilaSeattle Parks and Recreation worked with engaged citizens, community organizations and city government officials to move their single gender swim from a long standing private rental program to a public program to best meet the needs of a diverse community, including immigrant and refugee populations. The presentation will include a walkthrough of the events surrounding the recent City of Tukwila Single Gender Swim public process.

FACILITY Spotlight Award PresentationsThe Hanger: Officers Club | HSW: YesAwards Committee, WRPACelebrate WRPA’s Facility Spotlight Award recipients while learning about the best facilities recently built and the latest trends in parks and recreation facility.

Wednesday, April 9 2:00 – 3:15 pm

Position Your Agency for the FutureMountaineers: Goodman C | HSW: NoMatt Rumbaugh, National Recreation & Park AssociationWhile we know the power of a good story, are we telling our story effectively? To help parks and recreation professionals more effectively tell our story, NRPA has created a Three Pillars initiative which takes everything we do and places them into the following categories: Conservation, Health & Wellness, and Social Equity. Participants will be encouraged to think about how to adopt these pillars in their organization, discuss using PRORAGIS as a tool to accomplish this task, and the many professional tools offered by NRPA.

Conducting Excellent Performance Evaluations for PART TIME and SEASONAL STAFFMountaineers: Goodman B | HSW: NoConnie Poulsen, Management Training & ConsultingThis session will provide a clear understanding of the value and process of conducting performance reviews for part time and seasonal employees. This session will address the following questions:

• Should there be a difference in the way managers evaluate performance for part time employees?

• What are the dimensions to be measured for part time employees?• What are the consequences of not evaluating part timers?• How would the evaluations be used?• What would be the most effective process to implement part time

evaluations?• What do you want to accomplish by evaluating part time workers?

Impression Management: Influencing OthersMountaineers: Goodman A | HSW: NoJan McLaughlin, CSP, Your Communication ConnectionThe ability to influence a wide range of people, both within and outside of various communities, programs and practices, is required in today’s market.

We will look at the vital aspects of your visual, verbal and vocal image that help influence those around you. You’ll explore what is effective in multiple settings with multiple audiences and develop an action plan to prepare for and manage interactions with those people critical to your success and that of your team.

At the conclusion of this program, participants will be able to:

• Differentiate among the four essential factors in communication and employ them to prepare for and manage interactions with the variety of customers and clients you serve

• Develop awareness and intention around the vital aspects of your visual, verbal and vocal image

• Isolate the traits that can sabotage your credibility and undermine your ability to influence others or be heard effectively

• Prioritize your impression management goals and formulate a plan of action

Maintain Your 9:00 am Energy All Day LongMountaineers: Cascade A&B | HSW: No | PDH: NoDeborah Enos, Deborah Enos HealthStyle, LLCMost Americans are completely exhausted by mid-afternoon and most individ-uals surveyed reported that they get little to nothing accomplished after lunch. In this economy, we are all entrepreneurs. The more efficient we are with our time and the more we get accomplished. How would your business change if you and your staff had higher levels of health and productivity all day long? Come learn simple tips to boost your energy, lower your cholesterol, sleep better and so much more.

Taking Cues from Nature: Safe, Dynamic and Unique Play AreasThe Brig: Matthews Beach | HSW: YesBrice Maryman, Studio Hanson/RobertsThom Thompson, Thompson & AssociatesJena Jauchius, Art + Environment LLCBrian Leonard, Dillon WorksResponding to site and client specific requests and designing play areas from the “ground-up” often conjures up visions of high costs, lawsuits or compli-cated owner/user waivers. This discussion will address how nature’s influence can lead in providing dynamic play spaces, with safety considerations being integrated from initial design concept. Panel consists of designers, safety experts and fabrication specialists that can talk through the various stages of the design process, on to construction and project turn over.

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PLAY! Urbanization, Child Health, Inclusive Design, and Risk/Reward RelationshipThe Brig: View Ridge | HSW: YesKen Dobyns, KOMPAN, Inc.A multifunctional approach to designing intriguing outdoor play environments that facilitate high use and are relevant for all ages and abilities will be pre-sented through examples, concepts, and research. Children’s developmental stages, health and psychological motivation will set the stage, as well as the relationship between risk and reward.

Increasing Organizational Capacity for Volunteer EngagementThe Brig: Garden | HSW: NoPatrick Tefft, City of KirklandExamine factors that affect and influence an organization’s capacity to effec-tively engage volunteers. Discuss and share best practices, strategies, and tips for increased successful volunteer engagement.

Risk Management for Parks Maintenance StaffThe Brig: Belvedere | HSW: NoLisa Knapton, Washington Cities Insurance AuthorityTailored to provide an overview of guidelines on how parks maintenance staff can manage risk within parks. Learn about liability, immunity and the risk management process; claims reporting; and risk exposure and management techniques for trees, trails, athletic fields, playgrounds, skateboard parks and off-leash dog areas.

MARKETING Spotlight Award PresentationsThe Hanger: Officers Club | HSW: NoAwards Committee, WRPACelebrate WRPA’s Marketing Spotlight Award recipients while learning about the best marketing efforts and the latest park and recreation trends.

Wetland TourOutdoor Tour | HSW: YesTom Kelly, Magnuson Environmental Stewardship Alliance

and Green Seattle PartnershipThis tour focuses on the very popular and well received wetland portions of three multi-million dollar projects: 2009 Wetland, Sports field, and Drainage

project, 2012 Shore Pond project and 2013 Magnuson Headwaters project. The focus will be on wetland but will also touch on ecological restoration in general and will also touch on park history. Tour goers will also see other ele-ments of this multiuse park and gain some understanding of how uses of the park and nearby areas interact. Four decades ago much of the tour area was largely denuded and sterile air base runway, roads, or other infrastructure such as hangers. Tour participants will likely be amazed by the transforma-tion and success of these sites at this early still early point in development and growth.

Wednesday, April 9 3:45 – 5:00 pm

Facility Risk ManagementMountaineers: Goodman C | HSW: NoChip McKenna, Washington Cities Insurance AuthorityLook up, look down, see what I found. Parks and Recreation staff manage a wide array of facilities including ball parks, swimming pools, playgrounds, community centers, and picnic shelters. Discuss the common hazards found at each type of facility and how to manage the potential risk. By looking up and looking down, hazards we do not see on a daily basis will become crystal clear. Learn how to spot and control these potential hazards before they become an expensive liability claim.

Conducting Excellent Performance Evaluations for FULL TIME STAFFMountaineers: Goodman B | HSW: NoConnie Poulsen, Management Training & ConsultingPerformance evaluations are an essential step in creating a positive, efficient workplace. Performance and morale can be improved if reviews are conducted regularly and performance or conduct deficiencies are documented and discussed. Learn guidelines to conduct excellent performance reviews, strategies for documenting and completing evaluations and receive model performance evaluation policies and forms. Participants will walk away with the tools necessary to deliver meaningful performance evaluations.

Getting to What Matters the MostMountaineers: Goodman A | HSW: NoJan McLaughlin, CSP, Your Communication ConnectionDo you operate in a crisis mode much of the time? Have coworkers who say “Got a minute?” and then take half an hour? Here’s a chance to examine the choices you make each day. Get better at setting goals, managing priorities, and controlling interruptions so you get done what needs to get done, and quit wasting time on what doesn’t. You’ll have more time for what matters the most! In this workshop, we’ll explore techniques for reducing your stress by:

• Understanding the stress cycle and ways to step out of it• Establishing goals and setting priorities to assure they’re achieved• Protecting goals and priorities — communicating assertively• Delegating effectively — and avoiding taking back the task• Controlling interruptions — especially the blurters who work with or

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Providing Healthy and Popular Food Choices at Programs and EventsMountaineers: Cascade A&B | HSW: No | PDH: NoDeborah Enos, Deborah Enos HealthStyle, LLCLearn how to offer healthy food options at programs and events that won’t break your budget and that participants will actually eat.

Building Community Networks through the MediaThe Brig: Matthews Beach | HSW: NoKevin P. Henry, City of BellevueDiversity is ever increasing and demographics are rapidly changing. This interactive workshop will assist community centers and organizations in more effectively connecting with and engaging diverse communities. Attendees will learn more about issues related to diverse populations, how to build networks and use various forms of media to increase program participation and increase attendance at events. In addition, examples of successful outreach programs in other regions will be examined.

Expanding Your Reach as an OrganizationThe Brig: View Ridge | HSW: NoDavid Crawford, Kidz Love SoccerIncreasing your revenue can be as easy as expanding your influence with part-ners and within the community. Learn how to use different forms of marketing and programs to help your organization reach a larger audience.

More than Unicorns and Rainbows: Engaging LGBTQ TeensThe Brig: Garden | HSW: NoRandy Wiger, City of SeattleLesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Queer (LGBTQ) teenagers are coming out even earlier, yet too many face burdens so heavy that some take their own lives. We can help with these burdens by making our programs even more welcoming to these vulnerable populations. How well do your programs serve LGBTQ teens?

PROGRAM Spotlight Award PresentationsThe Hanger: Officers Club | HSW: NoAwards Committee, WRPACelebrate WRPA’s Program Spotlight Award recipients while learning about the best programs and the latest park and recreation trends.

Magnuson Maintenance TourOutdoor Tour | HSW: YesKevin Schmidt and Michael Phemister, City of SeattleTour Magnuson Park with the staff that are responsible for the day to day maintenance of it. This 350 acre park boasts a mile-long stretch of Lake Washington shoreline, natural and artificial fields, p-patch, facilities, picnic shelters, a dog off leash area, playground, wetlands, trails, and public art. Learn how staff address all the unique maintenance challenges that the park has.

Thursday, April 10 11:00 am – 12:15 pm

GIS – Essential Tool to Design and Manage Recreational LandsMountaineers: Goodman C | AHSW: YesDennis Higgins, Greg Babinski, Greg Stought, Patrick

Jankanish, David Kimmett, and Robert Foxworthy, King County

Mastering GIS technology is essential for ensuring optimal value on projects. This session focuses on GIS for effective landscape and parks design, man-agement, and marketing. Insights provided for park planning, design, acquisi-tion, maintenance, and developing award-winning parks maps, brochures, and web applications to market park assets.

Street StoriesMountaineers: Goodman B | HSW: YesLisa Quinn, Feet FirstKara Weaver and Curtis LaPierre, WASLASue Abbott and Alex Stone, National Park ServiceThe Street Stories project merges storytelling, technology and neighborhood culture to creatively engage 13-18 year olds to understand how walkable places contributes to the health, safety and vibrancy of a community. Students learned to create walkable routes, read and create maps, identify landscape architecture design features, tell stories, interview, and techniques to film and edit videos.

It’s All in Your Head: Decrease Stress by Re-Writing Cognitive ScriptsMountaineers: Goodman A | HSW: NoDonna Hutchinson, On The Edge Fitness Educators Inc.Physical and psychological impacts of stress are a complex combination of both external and internal factors. Thus, two people experiencing the same “stressful” event can have very different responses. Learn the role of perception on stress and skills to begin adopting new cognitive scripts to help with daily stress management.

Designing Streets to Enhance CommunityMountaineers: Cascade A&B | HSW: YesDongho Chang, City of SeattleSeattle’s streets account for 27 percent of the city’s land. They provides both vital transportation and utility linkages necessary for the city to grow and thrive. The design of these streets can enhance community connections that improve economic vitality and provide healthy choices for residents.

Off Leash Dog Park Design and Customer NeedsThe Brig: Matthews Beach | HSW: YesPat Harris and Rick Bailey, City of BellevueLearn what went into opening Robinswood Park dog off leash area. From the public involvement process to design, construction materials, customer feedback, and ongoing challenges of meeting customer needs.

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Engaging Teens through Community Youth DevelopmentThe Brig: View Ridge | HSW: YesLakema Bell, City of SeattleLina Thompson and Brian Boyd, World VisionIf afforded, young people can uniquely contribute leadership, experiences, strengths, and perspectives needed to bring lasting change in our communi-ties. Youth-Adult Partnerships (YAP) and Community Youth Development (CYD) is the framework for best practices in youth development and in embracing community transformation through increased engagement and retention in recreation and civic services.

Rebuilding Lacey Senior Center to Address Changing Needs of SeniorsThe Brig: Garden | HSW: YesRon Harpel, BLRB ArchitectsLori Flemm, City of LaceyBrian Patnode, Bruce Dees and AssociatesThe Lacey Senior Center has witnessed exponential growth in membership and recently underwent a renovation that doubled the footprint of the existing facility. This session will address the programming, planning, financing, and phased project delivery that went into this successful remodel.

Reading and Understanding Plan Design DocumentsThe Brig: Belvedere | HSW: YesScott Vander Hyden, City of BellevueThe importance of accurately reading design documents cannot be overstated. Design documents are the cornerstone of the construction process from plan review and take-offs through project construction and as-builts. Begin to learn how to read plans, their uses, and hands-on problem solving.

“I” CANN: Tackling Obesity as a CommunityThe Hanger: Officers Club | HSW: YesTerry Higashiyama, City of RentonLiz Nolan, Valley MedicalPatrice Thorell, City of Des Moines“I” CANN is a new regional, partnership approach to battling obesity happen-ing in South King County. The panel will explain how they are tackling obesity as a joint community effort.

Ecological Restoration around Sand Point HeadOutdoor Tour | HSW: YesTom Kelly, Magnuson Environmental Stewardship Alliance

and Green Seattle PartnershipThis tour focuses on ecological restoration sites on and near Sand Point Head, also known as Kite Hill. Although the focus will be on restoration the walk will also touch on park history and offer chance see other elements of this multi-use park and gain some understanding of how uses interact. Portions of the tour will touch on the complex history of the Sand Point peninsula and the park. Four decades ago this area was largely denuded and sterile air base runway. The hill was formed by rubble from runway destruction and soil was imported from the Pike Place Parking Garage excavation and other areas in the 1980’s. The intense restoration work on visited sites ranges from still undergoing to seventeen years which affords the opportunity to see various

states of vegetation maturity and work outcomes over time. Among sites to be visited are the 1997 Starflower site, the professionally constructed 2012 North wetland project, recent University of Washington Restoration Ecology Network sites, and several other sites worked by various other entities including but not limited to the Green Seattle Partnership, and the Magnuson Environmental Stewardship Alliance.

Thursday, April 10 2:15 – 3:30 pm

Evolving Landscape of South Lake Union and Denny TriangleMountaineers: Goodman C | HSW: YesNatalie Ross, Site WorkshopNancy Chan, University of Washington Graduate StudentLyle Bicknell, City of SeattleJennifer Kempson, FrameworkThe South Lake Union and Denny Triangle neighborhoods have undergone ex-tensive transformation over the past 10 years. As the urban fabric evolves, so has the neighborhood identity and culture, including a communal life fostered through its open space, including parks, plazas, and streets. Review a study that documents the interaction between the people and outdoor spaces in SLU and Denny Triangle.

New Adventures in Urban PlayMountaineers: Goodman B | HSW: YesBrice Maryman, SvR Design CompanyMaggi Johnson, Johnson+SoutherlandJon Scholes, Downtown Seattle AssociationAs communities continue to remake themselves as compact urban centers, providing family-friendly environments that accommodate play for a variety of users has become more important. Access to nature, increased physical activity, and fostering safe, all-ages spaces are complementary forces to development. Come see case studies from recent design work and hear what is being done to ensure that downtown Seattle remains a family-friendly place to live, work and play.

Overcoming Obstacles to Build High-Performance TeamsMountaineers: Goodman A | HSW: NoDonna Hutchinson, On The Edge Fitness Educators Inc.Teamwork is easy when things go well, productivity is high and morale soars but how do you get there? Before you even begin to consider building a high-performance team you need to identify the obstacles standing in your way. Without knowing where the road blocks are, you will never see the light at the end of the performance tunnel.

Sustainable Sweden: From Riots to Successful Urban RedevelopmentMountaineers: Cascade A&B | HSW: YesPaul Byron Crane ASLA, City of EverettRosengard, Malmö, Sweden successfully moved from a period of riots, due to a disenfranchised immigrant population to actively empowering and engaging young women in participatory place making. Thirteen teenagers from Iraq and

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Afghanistan organized and led design workshops, community events working with Rosengard residents and the City of Malmö Environmental and Parks Departments. Learning how to accomplish physical change to support positive sustainable development, the spaces between existing buildings shaped their proposed projects; a playground, enhanced town center, and commu-nity gardens. These projects in this presentation have been recently built by the City of Malmö adding to Rosengards social capital. Through dialogue and community organizing of 6,400 participants, 136 workshops, events comprised of over 60 % of political refugee women. Their informed wholeisitic decision-making, through an empowered strong local process, together with deliverables of strategic physical improvements started the process of building a sustainable Rosengard. The “pink” large play area and the enhanced town centers “social square” was completed in September of 2013. With the leadership and collaborative genius of these young girls Rosengard has now become the new Eco district in Malmö, Sweden.

Promoting Community Health through Adult Outdoor Fitness ParksThe Brig: Matthews Beach | HSW: YesTom Norquist, PlayCoreStudies show multiple benefits of outdoor exercise and adults of all ages and abilities engaged through Outdoor Fitness Park initiatives. Explore the benefits and best practices for empowering communities to effectively plan, implement, and sustain Outdoor Fitness Parks as a valid health solution.

Leading the New Recreation LeadersThe Brig: View Ridge | HSW: No | PDH: NoKen Wong, City of RedmondNew recreation leaders are entering the field with a different skill set than they did 10 years ago. With this change comes a need for their supervisors to adjust the way they train, lead, motivate, and discipline. Learn more about the challenges and see how different supervisors manage these staff.

Mock Interviews for Future ProfessionalsThe Brig: Garden | HSW: No | PDH: NoHigher Education Relations Committee, WRPAFuture professionals can improve their interview skills by completing mock interviews given by current professionals and receive personalized feedback on what they are already doing well and what areas they should continue to work on.

Developing and Implementing a Beer GardenThe Brig: Belvedere | HSW: NoCourtney Brown, and Shana Swift, City of ShorelineBeer gardens are popping up at more and more municipal events and can serve as a main attraction to an event, as well as a significant revenue source. Save your organization thousands of dollars by learning how to run your own garden successfully and safely. Topics will cover everything from permitting to beer selection.

Meadow Crest Playground: An Inclusive Playground PartnershipThe Hanger: Officers Club | HSW: YesTodd Black, Terry Higashiyama and Leslie Betlach, City of

RentonLearn how the City of Renton and the Renton School District conceived and built their first joint development project – an inclusive playground co-located on their adjacent properties. During school hours, Meadow Crest Playground serves over 600 pre-school students from the new Meadow Crest Early Learning Center, of which nearly 50% are special needs students. After school, the playground opens to the general public. We’ll discuss how the City and School District developed an Inter-Local Agreement for its design, construction, use, maintenance and future capital improvements. The one acre playground is unique to the Puget Sound, and has many diverse activities for all ages.

Ecological Restoration in the South End of Magnuson ParkOutdoor Tour | HSW: YesTom Kelly, Magnuson Environmental Stewardship Alliance

and Green Seattle PartnershipThis tour focuses on ecological restoration sites in the south end of the park including the north woodland and the Promontory Point sections of the park. It also includes the professionally designed and newly constructed Magnuson Headwaters project including wetland ponds which was dug only seven months ago. Except for the Headwaters project much of the project work has been done via volunteers working with the Magnuson Environmental Stewardship Alliance and the Green Seattle Partnership. Although the focus will be on restoration the walk will also touch on park history and offer chance see other elements of this multi-use park and nearby area and gain some understanding of how uses interact. Portions of the tour will touch on the complex history of the Sand Point peninsula and park. Much of the area to be covered was strip mined and highly disturbed during the navy era and includes the former machine gun range. It also includes the forest remnant zone which although having less disturbed soil was almost completely covered by invasive ivy and Himalayan blackberry only seven years ago. The intense restoration work on visited sites ranges from still undergoing to seventeen years which affords the opportunity to see various states of vegetation maturity and work outcomes over time. This affords opportunity to see various states of vegetation maturity and work outcomes over time.

Thursday, April 10 4:15 – 5:30 pm

Designing Public Therapeutic GardensMountaineers: Goodman C | HSW: YesMark Epstein, Hafs Epstein Landscape ArchitectureA therapeutic garden is a place where the environment is adapted to accom-modate specific planned or self-directed activities and that improves outcomes for the great majority of users. The goal of designing these areas is to improve the users’ experience, particularly the growing and under-served population of those with dementia. This session summarizes some of the underlying research of the benefits of nature to humans and illustrates processes and practices to facilitate better therapeutic landscape design.

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Retrofitting Our Streets to Increase Access to Parks, Schools and Destination SpotsMountaineers: Goodman B | HSW: YesBrice Maryman, SvR Design CompanyKate Kaehny, City of SeaTacPaulo Nunes-Ueno, Seattle Children’s Hospital Research

FoundationSally Bagshaw, Seattle City CouncilThe evidence linking the built environment and public health indicators is growing stronger by the day. Retrofitting our rights-of-way to create new all-ages and abilities connections between gathering places like parks, schools, workplaces, and other destinations provides a new way to promote healthy, active living. Participants will hear how suburban and urban commu-nities are transforming themselves through public and private sector partners to create infrastructure that promotes health, productivity and community well-being.

Attitude Effect: Shifting a Team’s Attitude to Enhance PerformanceMountaineers: Goodman A | HSW: NoDonna Hutchinson, On The Edge Fitness Educators Inc.The Attitude Effect TM is an influential, powerful and dominant force in the workplace. It does not have physical form yet it can take over your team and be extremely damaging if left untreated. Therefore, understanding how to shift your team’s attitude is vital to the growth, development and long-term success of your business.

Irrigation Audit Lessons: Improving Irrigation Design, Installation and ManagementMountaineers: Cascade A&B | HSW: YesRick Wagner, Water Wise LLCWater scarcity and its costs are increasing throughout the nation. Learn how it affects us in the Pacific Northwest. See what irrigation audits are teaching us about how to be more effective stewards of this resource. Learn how central control and software management tools make us more effective and how your design team needs to anticipate them for maximum usefulness. What does low pressure or high pressure really cost you? Are your weather station or soil moisture sensors giving you the real scoop? What technology changes can you anticipate in the future? Rick’s experience planning, deploying and maintaining complex central control systems and evaluating their field components will provide insight into these questions and others in a wide ranging discussion.

Utilizing Community Strengths to Create Meaningful Play DestinationsThe Brig: Matthews Beach | HSW: YesTom Norquist, GameTimeBy creating meaningful partnerships and engaging a wide variety of stakehold-ers, outdoor spaces can be dramatically transformed into vibrant community assets. Explore case study examples and projects of distinction that demon-strate how communities have worked together to plan, design, and secure funds for parks and play environments designed with research-based best practices to promote physical activity, inclusion, and engagement with nature.

Staffing Cycles: Train and Mentor then Support Them Moving OnThe Brig: View Ridge | HSW: NoKen Wong, City of RedmondFinding qualified staff is getting harder at current pay rates. Keeping them is even tougher after you have spent your time training and developing new skills that in turn make them more marketable. Learn how to create quality staff with great skills then let them leave without a large negative effect.

Advancing the Profession and Professionals: CWU’S Online Masters of RecreationThe Brig: Garden | HSW: No | PDH: NoKen Cohen, Central Washington UniversityCentral Washington University is developing a Master’s in Recreation Man-agement and a vital part of the process is ensuring that it meets the needs of employers and potential participants. Learn how the feedback received thus far has been incorporated into the curriculum, how this degree might benefit you, and how to get involved in further development.

[UN]Natural: A Discussion of Nature and Cities and Nature in CitiesThe Hanger: Officers Club | HSW: YesBrad McGuirt and Guy Michaelsen, Berger PartnershipAs Landscape Architects of the urban environs, we regularly seek to maximize ecological function even as we enhance human experience. Yet often, our efforts are complicated by misperceptions of nature and ecological function, most often by the very people acting on nature’s behalf. [UN]Natural directly challenges the traditional understanding and division of city and nature by proposing a far more integrated definition of the two.

Magnuson’s Off Leash Dog Park TourOutdoor Tour | HSW: YesJeff Westling and Andy Rasmussen, City of SeattleThe nine acre off-leash area in Magnuson Park was created in 1999 then improved in 2005. Tour dog park and hear from staff who maintain it about their successes and struggles.

Friday, April 11 11:00 am – 12:15 pm

ARTSparks! Temporary Art in Public ParksMountaineers: Goodman C | HSW: YesAdrienne Caver-Hall, Tim Lennon and Kelly Pajek, City of

SeattleThe City of Seattle offers many different programs that make it possible to have temporary art in public parks. Hear from Seattle’s Office of Arts & Cultural on the multiple ways they work to injecting art into public places.

Serving Different Generations than YoursMountaineers: Goodman B | HSW: NoKim Arellano, Workforce EvolutionLook at the different customer service expectations each generation enters your doors with and then learn how to train staff to meet the large variety of needs.

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Purposed Based Recognition: Recognizing, Rewarding and Retaining StaffMountaineers: Goodman A | HSW: NoLori A. Hoffner, Supporting CommUnity“Purposed Based Recognition” programs can reduce staff turnover, increase agency buy-in and create an environment of support and enthusiasm. Identify goals and responsibilities of leadership for staff recognition that will retain your most important asset — your employees.

Remediation to Renewal: Fort Lawton’s Landmark LandscapeMountaineers: Cascade A&B | HSW: YesKaren Kiest, Karen Kiest Landscape ArchitectsEliza Davidson, Arbutus Design LLCThe Fort Lawton Officers Quarters are integral to the historic core of Seattle’s Discovery Park. The transition of the Navy’s military residences to private ownership is nearly complete and the transition entailed development of design guidelines to address buildings, remediation of toxic soils, and creating appropriate replacement landscape.

Waterfront Seattle: Re-Centering Seattle Around Elliott BayThe Brig: Matthews Beach | HSW: YesGuy Michaelsen, Berger PartnershipThe City of Seattle is investing in infrastructure and open space that will remake the central waterfront. With a series of complex projects all under the banner of “Waterfront Seattle” the city’s waterfront will be reimagined. Learn about projects, process, and ultimate vision for Seattle’s new waterfront!

Walk in the Park with ADA, Part 1The Brig: View Ridge | HSW: YesSusan M. Duncan, WHPacific, Inc.It is challenging at best to integrate diverse user needs within existing parks and facilities, and address the issues of meeting overlapping accessibility compliance guidelines and budget constraints. Participants are encouraged to bring a good appetite to digest the information shared about common challenges, best practices, applying the new 2010 ADA Standards and gaining new tools to manage park department assets. This interactive session will include a real life park site’s ADA compliance assessment process and includes hands-on examples. Acquire knowledge in identifying elements included in an ADA compliance assessment for park and recreation facilities. Gain an increased awareness of the key accessibility design and constructability issues. Understand the overlapping accessibility compliance guideline interpretations.

Parks: Their Role in the 21st Century CityThe Brig: Garden | HSW: YesDeb Guenther, MithunScott Miles, Western WA University Resilience InstituteBrook Jacksha, MKAAs the 21st century city recognizes that neighborhoods need to have self-sustaining water, energy, waste, and nutrient cycles, parks become central to providing those resources. What are the new functions parks might

provide in a more ecologically driven city? What does that infrastructure look like and how does it co-exist with existing park demands? Could this new infrastructure be a potential revenue source? How can parks be part of a community resiliency plan?

Innovative Partnerships: Promoting Health, Learning and StewardshipThe Hanger: Officers Club | HSW: YesMarjorie Bell, BEd, MEd and Brie Phillips BS, United Gener-

al HospitalMike Brondi, National ParksLearn about a partnership pilot program that offered a free six-week summer camp in a low-income rural community, providing safe, structured opportunities for literacy, physical activity, recreation, and stewardship for elementary students.

Magnuson Historic District TourOutdoor Tour | HSW: YesJulianna Ross, Sand Point Arts and Cultural ExchangeParticipants will walk through the west section of the Sand Point Naval Air Sta-tion Landmark District, Seattle’s first new historic district in more than twenty years. Located within Magnuson Park, Sand Point was King County’s first mu-nicipal airport and the first Around the World Flight took off and landed here in 1924. Built as a Works Progress Administration (WPA) project, the fields and buildings were ready when WWII broke out. The Naval Air Station was headquarters for the 13th Naval Division and critical to west coast defense after Pearl Harbor. Given by the Navy to the people of Seattle for preservation and use as low income housing, education, and a park, participants will see the benefits and challenges of this gift.

Friday, April 11 2:15 – 3:30 pm

Night Light: Lighting and Light Art for SecurityMountaineers: Goodman C | HSW: YesJake Woland, HewittWith our region’s growth comes new density of development in our urban environments and an interest in creating a rich nighttime environment. We need to be more sophisticated in our design for this nighttime use. Learn baseline goals for nighttime environment lighting and the range of technology available to provide light. Case studies will show how lighting and light art are used to improve public spaces at night.

Effective Tools for Expanding NetworksMountaineers: Goodman B | HSW: NoKim Arellano, Workforce EvolutionEstablishing and expanding your network is more than the number of friends you have on Facebook or contacts in LinkedIn. An effective network works FOR you. Learn the psychology behind networking and how effective networkers are using tools to improve the community and themselves.

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Power of Advocacy: Get Your Community Working with YouMountaineers: Goodman A | HSW: NoLori A. Hoffner, Supporting CommUnityExplore ways that staff, commission members, stakeholders, and champions can help you create a relationship with your community to create stronger and more invested users that will encourage financial support and help move your mission forward. We will identify ways to create a successful advocacy campaign by outlining a plan to enlist those individuals passionate about your objectives.

Office SafetyMountaineers: Cascade A&B | HSW: NoBob Graham, Safety Awareness and Field ResourcesIt is human nature that the more time we spend in a place the more comfort-able we become. Over time, our work spaces can become comfortable havens but when working with the public this level of complacency can create a safety issue. Learn how to set up your office for maximum safety, how to escort customers through your work areas, and what policies and procedures provide for a high level of safety.

Making Magnuson ParkThe Brig: Matthews Beach | HSW: YesGuy Michaelsen, Berger PartnershipAndy Sheffer, City of SeattleMagnuson Park is a model for repurposing brownfield sites into thriving cultural and ecological amenities that serve all the communities surrounding them. Once a Naval Air Station, the site is now one of Seattle’s largest parks with a thriving population of birds, insects and amphibians. Come hear how this newly constructed wetland habitat coexists with active and passive recreation opportunities.

Keep Your Playground Compliant and Fun through Playground MaintenanceThe Brig: View Ridge | HSW: YesJohn McConkey, Landscape StructuresBy following best practice guidelines, playground owners can create safer playground environments for all children and contribute to the reduction of playground related injuries. Learn about the primary causes of playground injuries and discuss the responsibilities of owners and manufacturers for providing and maintaining safe playgrounds.

When Streets are Fair Game: Creating an Urban Neighborhood for Campus LivingThe Brig: Garden | HSW: YesDeb Guenther, MithunJennifer Guthrie, Gustafson Guthrie NicholKristine Kenney, University of WashingtonBarbara Swift, Swift Company, LLCFrom vision to implementation, examine an evolving design process that transformed an edge district into a vibrant, mixed-use urban campus. The University of Washington’s approach to neighborhood design provides practitioners with innovative public realm ideas.

Water Conservation: Feast or FamineThe Brig: Belvedere | HSW: YesDamon Adams, CalsenseCommunities everywhere are slowly beginning to realize that fresh water is not an infinite resource. Through awareness and knowledge of the latest water management resources and technologies, steps can be taken to insure a sustainable outlook on future conservation of this crucial resource.

Bellevue College’s East Campus DevelopmentThe Hanger: Officers Club | HSW: YesDan Dawson, PE, and Ray White, Bellevue CollegeLucy Slomon, AICP, City of IssaquahJim Waymire, Cannon DesignMark Shelby, Otak, Inc.Listen as collaborators share the steps for building a college campus branch in a new city.

Walk in the Park with ADA, Part 2Outdoor Tour | HSW: YesSusan M. Duncan, WHPacific, Inc.This session applies the information shared in the Walk in the Park with ADA, Part 1. Participants are encouraged to dress (and maybe bring an umbrella), for an outdoor walk through of areas in Magnuson Park to identify ADA compliant and non-compliant elements. Highlighting common challenges of the ongoing maintenance requirements to manage park assets will also be addressed.

Friday, April 11 4:15 – 5:30 pm

Mississippi Coastal Heritage Trail: Improving Coastal Community Resilience with TrailsMountaineers: Goodman C | HSW: YesTatiana Parfenova, NBBJThe Mississippi Coastal Heritage Trail Master Plan illustrates ways to achieve recreational goals while also enhancing coastal community resilience. Learn to integrate economic, social, and ecological aspects of community resilience into trail design without complicating the process and qualify for wider funding options for your trails.

Sale Excellence: Becoming a Trusted AdvisorMountaineers: Goodman B | HSW: NoKim Arellano, Workforce EvolutionCustomers buy from people they trust but too often sales training teaches us how to manipulate the customer. Learn how to create an authentic environ-ment that establishes trust, increases loyalty, and creates more sales.

“Y” Factor: Managing MillennialsMountaineers: Goodman A | HSW: NoLori A. Hoffner, Supporting CommUnityYou want a young workforce ready to work; Millennials want mentoring. How do you successfully meet the needs of both? Explore the research about the younger workforce’s needs and how they can be addressed to help you reduce turnover and your frustration.

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Field SafetyMountaineers: Cascade A&B | HSW: NoBob Graham, Safety Awareness and Field ResourcesNo one plans to be unsafe but people generally get in trouble when they are distracted, become complacent or both. When working out in the field, many times by yourself or not near another staff person, it is important to know how to assess situations, people and yourself to make sure you can stay safe.

Bell Street Park: Lessons LearnedThe Brig: Matthews Beach | HSW: YesMatthew Porteous, HewittNate Cormier, SvRDiscuss lessons learned during the Bell Street project and the opportunity for future similar projects.

Earth, Water, Drip Torches: Designing for Resilience in Rare EcosystemsThe Brig: Garden | HSW: YesSusan Olmsted and Christian Runge, MithunScott Rozenbaum, Rozewood Environmental ServicesWhether in Yosemite National Park or on an active urban campus, healthy native ecosystems support clean water, biodiversity, carbon sequestration, food production, and economic development, as well as offering diverse human populations important psychological and physical respite and restora-tion. Advances in science and policy enable resource managers to better understand, value, protect, and restore these landscapes and the ecosystem services they provide. The session will showcase the approach and tools used to catalyze and ensure the continued resilience of three valued and rare landscapes, and demonstrate design and action informed by the best current science.

Homeless Remembrance Project: 10 Years of Collaborative Public ProcessThe Hanger: Officers Club | HSW: YesDakota Keene and Carol Cameron, Homeless Remembrance

ProjectKaren Kiest, Karen Kiest Landscape ArchitectsKelly Davidson, City of SeattleThe Homeless Remembrance Project Committee was formed to create gathering places to honor homeless people in our community who’ve died outside or by violence. In an effort led by a grassroots group of homeless women (WHEEL) and spanning 10 years, the project includes the “Tree of Life” sculpture, dedicated in 2012 in Victor Steinbrueck Park, and “Leaves of Remembrance” in sidewalks throughout Seattle. This panel discussion will describe the process of bringing this project to fruition.

Tour de MagnusonOutdoor Tour | HSW: YesGuy Michaelsen, Berger PartnershipAndy Sheffer, City of SeattleParks are increasingly expected to provide both recreational value to humans and ecological value to the environment. Tour the park to experience how a reconstructed brownfield site can evolve into a thriving cultural and ecological amenity. Stretch your legs while hearing lessons learned about how the enhanced human experience and enhanced ecology flourish as one.P

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Higher Level of Inclusive Play: New Approach to Playground DesignThe Brig: View Ridge | HSW: YesJohn McConkey, Landscape StructuresSensory Processing Disorder is becoming more prevalent among children which makes it challenging for children to interpret sensory messages and fully engage in traditional playgrounds. Sensory focused play activities develop skills, build confidence, and increase imagination. New research shows sensory-rich playgrounds foster social interactions and develop play skills among children of all abilities, thereby providing a higher level of inclusive play for all.

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Magnuson Park is a large campus, so vans and golf carts will be available for transportation between buildings for your convenience. Van and golf cart pick up will be outside of registration, located in Building 30/Hangar. Vans will be driven by Seattle Parks & Recreation staff and golf carts may be driven by conference attendees.

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WASLA Professional Development Hours (PDHs)This conference meets the continuing education requirements of the Washington State Practice Act and the standards of the national Landscape Architecture Continuing Education System (LA CES). Attendance at the conference can offer 15 PDHs or 5 PDHs per day. PDHs is the term that WASLA, LA CES

and the Washington State Board of Licensure for Landscape Architects use to describe how much continuing-education credit a course provides toward the maintenance of your landscape-architecture license. Other continuing education systems may use different criteria for determining continuing education credit hours. PDHs are listed for each session that qualifies and whether it is Health Safety and Welfare (HSW) compliant content.

Choose appropriate continuing education to serve your professional needs and keep records of your attendance according to the Board guidelines. WASLA makes every effort to structure educational opportunities that adhere to the most widely acknowledged guidelines of registration boards requiring continuing education. Please direct specific questions to your state licensing boards.

WRPA Continuing Education Units (CEUs)This conference meets the National Recreation and Parks Association (NRPA) continuing education requirements for Certified Parks and Recreation Professionals (CPRP). Attendance at the conference can offer up to 1.2 Continuing Education Units (CEUs) or 0.4 CEUs per day. CEU tracking forms are available at the registration desk and can be signed by room hosts available at each session. All CEUs earned can be reported directly to NRPA via http://www.nrpa.org/certification/.

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The tradeshow will open Thursday at 10:15 am and run through Friday at 3:30 pm. A dedicated time slot during lunch from 12:15 to 2:15 pm has been set aside both days. The tradeshow will remain open during the all conference social on Thursday night.

TRADESHOW EXHIBITORS

1 Project Groundwork

2 Citygreen West Inc.

3 Carter Evans Wood Concepts

4 Vortex Aquatics International, Inc.

5 ORB Architects

6 Basalite Concrete Products

7 Greenscreen

8 John Deere Green Tech

9 Intelligez Limited

10 Greenshield Systems

11 Legends Photography

12 CXT, Inc.

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107 The Watershed Company

109 Kidz Love Soccer

110 FieldTurf

111 Footpath Furnishings

112 Abbotsford Concrete Products

113 Ameristar Perimeter Security

201 Aquatic Specialty Services

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513 Vermont Systems, Inc.

514 Cascade Recreation, Inc.

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602 AllPlay Systems

603 Envirotech Soil Solutions, Inc.

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Mobile Food RodeoFive food trucks featuring a diverse selection will roll into Magnuson at 12:15 to 2:15 pm on Wednesday to provide lunch just outside of the Hangar. Don’t miss out on this opportunity to enjoy some delectable Seattle cuisine while taking a break from the day’s educational sessions.

The mobile food rodeo vendors:

• Cheese Wizards

• Dante’s Inferno Dogs

• I Love My GFF (Gluten free food)

• Kaosamai

• Nosh the Truck

Each registrant will receive one meal ticket, which may be redeemed at any of the food vendors for one lunch.

All Conference SocialEnjoy thrilling conversations and celebrations with counterparts at the all conference social during this year’s joint conference on Thursday night. The party starts at 5:30 pm after conclusion of the day’s education sessions. Appetizers will be served along with a no host bar. A live band, Planet Fly, will perform amidst a grand dance floor sure to be filled with conference attendees. And for those that didn’t have time to check out the tradeshow during the day, booths with exhibitors will be open during the social as well!

SPECIAL EVENTS

WRPA Awards Banquet

WRPA Awards BanquetWednesday, April 9 | 5:00 – 8:00 pmlocation: Building 30 / Hangar

The Washington Recreation & Park Association celebrates people, parks and programs with an award program honoring individuals and organizations for their contributions to the field of parks and recreation in Washington State.

WRPA is proud to announce the following awards will be presented this year: Honor Fellow, Distinguished Service, Young

Professional, President’s Award and the Citation of Merit Awards for Professional, Legislative, Organization, and Citizen.

5:00 pm – Pre-Banquet Social 6:00 pm – Dinner and Awards Presentation 8:00 pm – Program Concludes

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Come relax after the conference, enjoy socializing and celebrate some of this year’s outstanding projects.

Submissions have been considered in five categories: General Design, Residential Design, Research, Planning and Analysis,

WASLA Professional Awards Banquet

Community Service and Works in Progress. In addition, attendees will be asked to vote for “the People’s Choice.” This year’s out-standing Professional Jury includes: Clare Cooper Marcus, Keith LeBlanc, Cynthia Girling, Terry Clements and Marsha Lea.

5:30 to 6:30 pm – Social Hour & Vote for People’s Choice 6:30 to 8:00 pm – Dinner and Awards Presentation

WASLA Professional Awards BanquetFriday, April 11 | 5:30 – 8:00 pm | location: Moutaineers Building

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ABOUT THE SITE

Warren G. Magnuson Park is a 350 acre (1.4 km²) park on Sand Point at Pontiac Bay, Lake Washington, in the Sand Point neighborhood of Seattle, Washington. The park is the second largest in Seattle. It is located on the spot of the former Naval Station Puget Sound, but has been transformed into a unique

combination of features and activities for recreation and leisure including boating, swimming, walks, kite flying, to name a few; sports fields; natural areas; and a historic campus. To learn more, visit: http://www.seattle.gov/parks/magnuson/

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Magnuson Park is a large campus, so vans and golf carts will be available for transportation between buildings for your convenience. Van and golf cart pick up will be outside of registration, located in Building 30/Hangar. Vans will be driven by Seattle Parks & Recreation staff and golf carts may be driven by conference attendees.

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