Clay Chafin Appointed Director of Eppley Center for Parks and Public Lands
Clay Chafin has been appointed the new director of the Eppley Center for Parks and Public Lands at the Indiana Institute on Disability and Community. He will begin his tenure on February 3, 2025. Chafin previously served as the executive director of the Bradford Woods Outdoor Education Center, a position he held since 2019.
Eppley Center Partners with Miami-Dade County to Create Training Academy
The Eppley Center has kicked off a partnership with Miami-Dade County Parks, Recreation, and Open Space to create an Employee Development Academy. The goal of the Academy is to improve the quality of experiences for park and recreation users through learning and development of the professionals within the department at-large. The project involves research, training development, and related planning to meet anticipated outcomes and goals of the Academy program.
The 2025 Conference on the Value of Play, held in Bloomington, Indiana, April 15-17, is just around the corner!
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If you had the chance to join the team for an Eppley Center for Parks and Public Lands meeting or wander the halls of our office, “ask Kelli” is likely a phrase you’d hear a lot!
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