FDR Park Walk and Talk

Name: FDR Park Walk and Talk
Start: 2022-08-13T09:30:00+00:00
End: 2022-08-13T11:30:00+00:00
Location: FDR Park

August 13, 2022 @ 9:30 am - 11:30 am

Exciting changes are coming to FDR Park over the next several years as part of the FDR Park Plan. Join us for an approximately 2 hour tour (with many stops) to learn more about how the FDR Park Plan’s two main zones; the Ecological Core and Urban Edge will balance nature, water, and human activity into one unified, climate resilient system.

FDR Park Plan Overview from Fairmount Park Conservancy on Vimeo.

Can’t make it? Take a virtual tour of the FDR Park Plan here and stay tuned to Fairmount Park Conservancy’s newsletter for more dates announced soon!

COVID-19 PROTOCOLS: By registering for this event you are agreeing to follow ALL of these protocols:

This event will be capped. Please only register if you fully intend to attend and let us know if you need to cancel ASAP.
Please bring a mask. We encourage you to wear it if you’re in close proximity to others
If you or anyone in your household are exhibiting COVID-19 symptoms, please stay home.

About Maura McCarthy
Maura joined Fairmount Park Conservancy as its Executive Director in November of 2019.

For the 13 years prior, Maura was executive director of Friends of the Wissahickon, Philadelphia’s only professionally staffed Park Friends group, harnessing over 10,000 hours of volunteer engagement each year to support a National Recreation Trail and an 1,800-acre National Natural Landmark.

A native to the Philadelphia region, McCarthy has a strong record of public service. She currently serves on the Green City, Clean Waters Steering Committee for Philadelphia Water Department and was a member of Mayor Jim Kenney’s Transition Team on Environment & Sustainability.

She holds a Doctorate of Philosophy in Social Anthropology from the University of Oxford and a Bachelor of Arts from New York University. She also received a Certificate in Performance Measurement for Effective Management of Nonprofit Organizations from Harvard’s Kennedy School of Government.

Details

Date:: August 13, 2022
Time:: 9:30 am - 11:30 am
Website:: https://myphillypark.org/event/fdr-walk-and-talk-081322/

Organizer

: Fairmount Park Conservancy
: View Organizer Website

Venue

: FDR Park
: 20th St. and Pattinson Ave.
Philadelphia, PA 19145 United States + Google Map