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Parks are the Soul of a Community with Rex Derr
Park Leaders Show
English - April 14, 2014 10:16 - 22 minutes - 51.3 MB - ★★★★★ - 44 ratingsSelf-Improvement Education Business Careers leader national park ranger leadership state Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
Previous Episode: Feeling the Pulse of a Park
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Rex Derr is the former director of Washington State Parks.
Rex says his career in Parks was glorious and feels parks are the soul of a community. Rex was the architect and main cheerleader of Washington State Park's Centennial 2013 plan. This plan built excitement and prepared Washington State Parks to celebrate the park system's 100th birthday.
What We Talk About
• What Parks add to a community • Washington State Park's Centennial Plan; how it was created and how parks and citizens were involved. • Creating a story or plan to unite your team • The greatest asset of any public service entity
Resources
Washington State Parks Centennial 2013-A plan for your parks (click to watch on YouTube)