1. A Standards and Comparison Tool for the Parks and Recreation Discipline Trish Nau, Principal Park & Recreation Planner, ECWRPC WLIA Annual Conference, Lake Geneva, WI Feb. 13-15, 2013 A Quick Overview

2. PRORAGIS, is short for Park and Recreation Operating Ratio and Geographic Information System. It is a national database that allows park and recreation agencies to benchmark with others, develop program planning, while enhancing overall community operations. WLIA Annual Conference, Lake Geneva, WI Feb. 13-15, 2013 http://www.nrpa.org/PRORAGIS/ 3. Launched in January 2011. Searchable, online database whereby the user (public park and recreation department) fills in valuable information on their profile and controls that data. The data is used to generate a variety of reports and users have access to GIS mapping tools. PRORAGIS is a merger of two preceding NRPA products: the 2009 Operating Ratio Study and the NRPA GIS Model. WLIA Annual Conference, Lake Geneva, WI Feb. 13-15, 2013 4. 2008, the American Park and Recreation Society (APRS) branch of NRPA sought a means of updating the facility and area standards that had become guidelines by the 1980s. A project was funded and launched by APRS/NRPA to standardize the park, trails and facility terminology for Geographic Information Systems (GIS). 2009, NRPA funded and conducted an Operating Ratio Internet Survey to get a database that answers basic operation and management questions - could be compared with peers through the use of ratios as a performance measure, e.g., acres per 1,000 residents and similar. (10 acres per 1,000 is what ECWRPC uses) In the spring of 2010, NRPA and APRS determined that developing an online profile that was updateable, real-time, and available for members on a 24/7/365 basis was preferable to an annual survey with reports that could age. It was also determined that benefit could be found by using the new GIS Model as part of the on-line profile. WLIA Annual Conference, Lake Geneva, WI Feb. 13-15, 2013 5. Comparison survey of peers Master planning of parks Comprehensive jurisdiction planning Strategic planning Business and revenue-generation planning Marketing of facilities, programs, and tourist attractions Justification of departmental budgets (ROI) WLIA Annual Conference, Lake Geneva, WI Feb. 13-15, 2013 6. Operating sections Jurisdiction Information Department Details Programs Information Budget/Funding Personnel Information Facilities Land Information GIS Elements Parks Trails Facilities WLIA Annual Conference, Lake Geneva, WI Feb. 13-15, 2013 Breakdown: 7. WLIA Annual Conference, Lake Geneva, WI Feb. 13-15, 2013 Only 3 Wisconsin Counties have completed their profiles so far More entities probably have completed their reports than shown municipal level 8. WLIA Annual Conference, Lake Geneva, WI Feb. 13-15, 2013 9. WLIA Annual Conference, Lake Geneva, WI Feb. 13-15, 2013 Create points, lines and polygons representing your parks, facilities and trails on the fly. Upload your park, facility and trail data from the preformatted excel spreadsheet; search for features and associate each record with a point, line or polygon using GIS application tools. or Upload your GIS data in the NRPA schema as a zipped file geodatabase. (easiest, less time) View your assets and print a map Manage your parks, facilities, and trails: 10. Many Attributes listed: parks, facilities, and trails WLIA Annual Conference, Lake Geneva, WI Feb. 13-15, 2013 Excel Format for Departments with no GIS 11. WLIA Annual Conference, Lake Geneva, WI Feb. 13-15, 2013 Lat/Long Coordinates 12. WLIA Annual Conference, Lake Geneva, WI Feb. 13-15, 2013 Park / Facility Polygons Trail Arcs 25+ Fields 13. WLIA Annual Conference, Lake Geneva, WI Feb. 13-15, 2013 Conversion models should be written to ease the data import process (select and calculate) ECWRPC has written some models for County data conversions but not NRPA as of yet. 14. WLIA Annual Conference, Lake Geneva, WI Feb. 13-15, 2013 http://www.nrpa.org/proragis/ 15. WLIA Annual Conference, Lake Geneva, WI Feb. 13-15, 2013 16. WLIA Annual Conference, Lake Geneva, WI Feb. 13-15, 2013 17. Inform your parks departments that PRORAGIS is a great resource Provide the GIS data / assist with importing Open Data Sharing/Open Records A great benchmark for comparison Participating in PRORAGIS helps your department, helps your county/municipality, and helps NRPA be a better advocate for parks and recreation nationwide Justification for needs of your community Participation is free* and voluntary WLIA Annual Conference, Lake Geneva, WI Feb. 13-15, 2013 *Free profile and data entry, fee or membership to NRPA to access database information of others. 18. WLIA Annual Conference, Lake Geneva, WI Feb. 13-15, 2013 http://www.nrpa.org/proragis/ http://www.nrpa.connect.org/PRORAGIS Webinars and Assistance 19. WLIA Annual Conference, Lake Geneva, WI Feb. 13-15, 2013 http://www.nrpa.org/proragis/ 20. Trish Nau, Principal Recreation Planner ECWRPC 400 Ahnaip Street, Suite 100 Menasha, WI 54952 tnau@eastcentralrpc.org www.eastcentralrpc.org WLIA Annual Conference, Lake Geneva, WI Feb. 13-15, 2013