Radius Indiana, a regional economic development organization in South Central Indiana, is building the Monon South Trail with collaboration from IU’s Eppley Institute for Parks and Public Lands.  The Monon South Trail is a proposed 57-mile trail between Mitchell and the Clark/Floyd County border that… Read More »Monon South Trail Community Planning Project

There are a wide range of public agency communicators for parks, recreation and public lands agencies, their partners, and members of the public who provide crucial news, updates, and briefings to the public and media.  Most organizations are understaffed, and management responsibility is diffused making… Read More »Free Training for Park Agency Public Communication Officers-Leaders

Ross Edelstein, graduate assistant with the Eppley Institute for Parks and Public Lands, was one of four individuals or organizations to receive the 2023 Kennedy Center Leadership Exchange in Arts and Disability (LEAD®) Award. The award recognizes outstanding arts administrators and cultural arts organizations whose… Read More »Edelstein Receives Kennedy Center Leadership Exchange in Arts and Disability (LEAD®) Award

Part of the Eppley Institute’s Parks, Recreation, and Public Lands Leadership series. Eppley’s online leadership courses for parks, recreation, and public lands managers are found on proValens Learning. One of the benefits of working at Eppley is that we work with agencies across the nation… Read More »Leading an Agency Through Strategic Learning Design

The U.S. Play Coalition’s second “Play Date” of 2023, The Wild side of PLAY”, took place on August 11, 2023, at Bernheim Arboretum and Research Forest near Louisville, KY. Play Dates are day-long “mini conferences” with content that draws inspiration from the location and the… Read More »U.S. Play Coalition’s Play Date at Bernheim Forest