Missouri park & recreation association

LEGISLATIVE ACTION

Important Dates:

12/03/20       MPRA Legislative Workshop
1/6/21            Session Begins
1/18/21          Martin Luther King Jr. Holiday

1/22/21          Legislative Action Day
3/15 - 3/19     Spring Break

TBD                 Easter Break

4/21/21          Legislative Action Day
5/14/21           Session Ends

Contacting your Legislators: 

List of Missouri Senators

List of Missouri Representatives
Sample Letter to Your Legislator

splash pass

Splash passes have been CANCELLED on both sides of the state for the summer of 2020!
Please check back next year.

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A limited number of passes are available for purchase at each participating location. Each Splash Pass card has two visit punches to each pool. The punches may be used by two different people. If you purchase your pass on one side of the state, you can also use 2 punches on the other side of the state. You can purchase Splash Passes from the pools listed on the links below, but be sure to call the pool first to check availability!

ticket consignment

Discount amusement park tickets can be purchased at MPRA member parks and recreation departments across the state. Below you will find a list of participating agencies.

For more information on participating in this program, please contact the MPRA Office. 

scholarships

MPRA offers up to one professional development scholarship to an MPRA agency member or an individual professional member from each MPRA region to attend the 2021 Conference & Expo (including a full delegate pass, CEUs, 3 room nights, and a $100 stipend).

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This year, we will also be offering up to 23 partial conference scholarships (for full delegate registration and CEUs) to MPRA agency members or individual professional members. 

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The application deadline for the 2021 MPRA Conference is January 15, 2021.

certification

reimbursement

MPRA may annually disburse the previous year's gains/contributions on the MPRA Education Fund, not to exceed $5,000. These funds will reimburse a full-time employee or board/commission member of an MPRA agency member, an individual professional member, organizational member, or student member of MPRA who successfully obtained or renewed a certification listed below (with priority going to new candidates). 

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CPRP & CPRE Deadline: January 15, 2021

Spring AFO & CPSI Deadline: February 1, 2021

CPRE & CPRP Deadline: January 15, 2021

missouri bicentennial

MPRA has received an official endorsement from the MO2021 Bicentennial Committee for the Show Me Your Roots event series. Members are encouraged to register their communities and help in meeting the goal of planting 200 native species trees across the state in April 2021. MPRA is working with vendors to provide free or reduced cost trees for you to plant as a stand-alone special event or a new part of an existing program you already have in place.

missouri trails project

 With the recognition from American Trails as the Best Trails State in 2013 and 2014, we have set out on a mission to gather all of Missouri's trail data by working with trail managers and partners statewide to provide a comprehensive resource for Missourians and visitors to the Show-Me State