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Through collaborations with the City of Terre Haute, specifically the City Parks and Recreation, the following community issue was identified: Resiliency Education (RE-1) Smart parks - Sign designs, Web page design, a community survey to determine park attendance, ideas for ways to track park attendance, recommendations for improvements in high-risk parks, Finding and/or helping with grant applications. To address the identified community issue, students enrolled in Comm361 Small Group Communication partnered with the City of Terre Haute to promote three events: The ribbon cutting and block party for the Herz-Rose Community Center and Park, The Deming Park Easter Egg Hunt, and The Collett Park grand re-opening. The students read the Park’s Master Plan, the Smart Parks Toolkit, and reviewed the City of Terre Haute website on the local parks. They identified areas of opportunity to influence their content creation and promotional messages. The students formed three groups and visited selected city parks to collect observational data. Based on their research, students executed three unique plans. Additionally, they designed social media content and website layouts to support their promotional efforts. Throughout the project, students applied the knowledge and skills of small group communication to the experiential learning project. Dr. Natasha Rascon oversaw the student work and provided guidance and feedback throughout the semester which led to the following course deliverables. This is the final written report for the three groups.

Publication Date

Spring 6-1-2026

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