Alert:
For over 50 years, the Park Authority’s Friends Groups have supported, enhanced, and advocated for Fairfax County’s parks, facilities, and services. In order to acknowledge and expand upon the added benefit of Friends Groups, the Park Authority’s 2013-2018 Strategic Plan includes a project to develop agency wide consistency in how the Park Authority partners with and supports all of our Friends Groups.
The Friends Group Project outcomes are: a Friends Group Handbook, a new Park Authority Board Policy, and a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU). The input and responsiveness of the Friends Groups during this project is tremendously helpful and influential on the development of the Handbook, policy, and MOU, so we thank you for your help!
We hope the Friends Project Page will help keep our Friends Groups up-to-date on the project status, including what we already accomplished, the current phase, and what is on the horizon.
Part I: Friends Groups and Park Authority staff jointly developed a Park Authority Board Policy on Friends Groups and a Memorandum of Understanding template that is customizable to reflect each relationship between the Friends Group and the Site or Program.
Park Policy 407 - Friends Groups
Memorandum of Understanding template
Part II: The Friends Group Handbook has been finalized. The Handbook will serve as a resource for new and existing Friends Groups, additional partners, and interested parties. Park Authority staff worked with Friends to develop and review the Handbook.
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