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Each RFP is unique to the community. Use this document as a guiding resource. Areas that are highlighted need to be personalized based on your own needs and information. “Community” is used to refer to the city, county, town, etc. Please update with the appropriate terminology for your specific agency.\nUpdate this using your knowledge of the community, the process of getting approvals, typical timelines, etc.\nFor questions, please contact Tori Decea at \u0013 HYPERLINK \"mailto:vdecea@nrpa.org\" \u0014vdecea@nrpa.org.\u0015\nResource created in 2020 by the National Recreation and Park Association\n\u000f\nCity, State\nRequest for Proposals\nTo Develop a Park and Recreation Master Plan\nDue Date: Month XX, 20XX\nAgency Name\nAddress\nInvitation\n[Community Name] is seeking proposals from qualified consulting firms to provide services to the community to develop a Parks and Recreation Master Plan. [Insert mission statement of Department. If mission statement does not include mention of equity, describe commitment separately].\nThe plan should create a roadmap for ensuring just and fair quantity, proximity and connections to quality parks and green space, recreation facilities and programs throughout the community now and into the future. The community is seeking a system-wide approach in order to develop goals, policies and guidelines and prioritize strategies based on current and future funding scenarios.\nThe Parks and Recreation Master Plan that will be created from this work will be a guiding document for future development and redevelopment of the community’s system of parks and green space, recreation and programs over the next [X years].\nBackground\n[Community Name] is located in [insert geographic context]. [Include information on the surrounding areas, as well as any unincorporated areas. Provide descriptions of your community layout/type, including major highways that divide parts of the community, distance from other major cities or any substantial population growth or decline. This section should allow the reader to picture what your community looks like in comparison to the surrounding areas.]\n[Address what has occurred historically in this area in terms of economic, racial and social contexts. Is it agricultural or business-driven? Do you identify as rural, urban or suburban? What is causing a population growth or decrease?] Community is approximately XX square miles in size and has a population estimate of XX residents.\nDemographic Data\n[Use the most updated data (census, school enrollment, health department, etc.) to provide a demographic snapshot of your community, including race/ethnicity, age, income, poverty rates, languages spoken and disability rate. Also include information that you currently have available on the health, social and environmental threats that your community faces, such as rates of chronic disease, social isolation, homelessness, air and water quality, recent history and risk of natural disaster, and any major environmental hazards that exist. Note any difference in rates or exposure of these threats to particular demographic groups.]\nPark & Recreation Context\n[Include information on parks, green space, recreation centers and programs in your community, including number of parks, number of acres, percent of population in a 10-minute walk of a park, number and type of indoor recreation facilities and department budget. 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