In the runup to Project Play Summit 2020, Project Play hosted four conversations, each tied to a key area of opportunity to help rebuild communities through sports. In each conversation, speakers made the case for why their angle of interest within that area of opportunity merits inclusion in the platform to be explored at the Summit. View replays and read recaps of each conversation through the links below.
The budgets of the more than 10,000 municipal park and recreation departments with sports programs have been decimated, as have those of YMCAs, schools and other community providers. How can leaders best stabilize these essential providers over the next 12-18 months?
The federal government is mulling whether to spend trillions on infrastructure to help get more people back to work. If that bill were to include recreation infrastructure, what would we want? And how to support the maintenance and programs that come with more places to play?
Fundamental flaws in the governance model of youth sports have been laid bare by COVID-19. More accountability can help address many challenges in our sports delivery system, but how best to achieve that?
What do local organizations need to make community-based sport the dominant model through age 12? And how can other sectors support and collaborate with them most effectively?