Rec It Philly Post Primary Meeting

Rec It Philly Working Group Kickoff

Getting campaign promises is step one in our work to build up Parks & Rec’s capacity to meet its mission. Step two is to work with the mayor elect to formulate the policies and partner support she will need to fulfill those promises. This transition work is a roughly year-long process that will continue the work of the Rec It Philly Coalition in creating implementable policies and action plans and continuing to build public support for those plans.

Working group member expectations:

• Meet with your committee four times from June to October
• Do 1-2 hours of “homework” between meetings
• Attend another half day coalition meeting the last week of September

8:45 am Registration

9:00 am What qualities are we looking for in the next Parks & Rec Commissioner?

9:30 am Cherelle’s Promises and Priorities

10:15 am Working Groups Breakout

• More Recreation Programming
• Building the Rec It Philly Coalition

Invitation only for subject matter experts:

• Safe and Clean (Alex)
• Implement the Tree Plan (Erica)
• More revenue streams for Parks & Rec (meeting at a later date)

11:15 Report Back

11:30 Next Steps

Committee Tasks

How do our goals support Cherelle’s top priorities?

• Cleaning and Greening
• Economic Opportunity
• Education
• Safety

What coalitions and other groups do we need to connect with?

What plans already exist to draw on? What plans could we recommend for the next mayor to create?

Start a list of specific recommendations to consider.

What do we need to find out and work on for our next meeting? Who is going to work on what tasks?