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Nature Nook: Parks are for Creative People!


Parks are for Creative People offers networking access to educational opportunities at municipalities, state/provincial, and federal parks throughout the Great Lakes region.  Please check the websites below to discover a pool of fun and imaginative programs in your own backyard!

Resources by state and province

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Illinois

Chicago Parks District http://www.chicagoparkdistrict.com/index.cfm/fuseaction/parks.home.cfm

Michigan

Bay City  http://www.baycitymi.org/Parks/city%20parks.htm

Detroit Recreation Department http://www.detroitmi.gov/Departments/RecreationDepartment/tabid/144/Default.aspx

Huron Clinton Metroparks  http://www.metroparks.com/content.aspx?ID=106

Wisconsin

Milwaukee Parks and Recreation
http://www.county.milwaukee.gov/ParksandPublicInfras7720.htm

Wisconsin’s Department of Natural Resources Office of the Great Lakes iwww.dnr.wi.gov/org/water/greatlakes/contest. contact Glenna Temte Temte@wisconsin.gov.

Ohio

Cleveland http://www.clemetparks.com/ 

New York

Buffalo Parks and Recreation wwwBuffalw.ci.buffalo.ny.us/Home/City_Departments/Public_Works_Parks_Streets/ParksDepartment

CANADA

Ontario

Sarnia http://www.city.sarnia.on.ca/visit.asp?sectionid=59

Thunder Bay http://www.thunderbay.ca/Living/recreation_and_parks.htm

Toronto http://www.toronto.ca/parks/

 

the creative thread

...connects us all.

  • short fiction
  • poetry
  • environmental journalism
  • autobiographical nonfiction

We foster, support and showcase the voices of our region's young writers.

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 July 12, August 26, Feb. 26