12 noon-2:00pm
100 Cambridge St, 2nd Floor, Conference Room D, Boston, MA

Richard Sullivan, Commissioner, and Conrad Crawford, Director of Partnerships, Department of Conservation and Recreation, have announced a new initiative, "Partnership Chats."

What are Partnership Chats?

Partnership Chats will be a series of informal forums planned for our partners and Friends groups to talk about broad number of programs conducted within DCR parks and the policies that govern them. In the future, we'll be speaking with DCR staff about dog policies, permitting, activities, budgets, cultural history and many other issues. We expect to schedule them once every 6-8 weeks and hold them at various locations throughout the Commonwealth. These sessions are planned to attract new and old partners alike, and provide a forum for Conrad Crawford, DCR's Director of Partnerships, to facilitate conversations where DCR's Friends can learn more about the internal workings of the agency while meeting the staff responsible for running the agency's facilities and programs.

The first session will feature Ariana Johnson, Assistant General Counsel for the agency, who will lead a discussion on DCR's role implementing policies called for in "An Act Relative to Volunteers in State Parks." At this meeting we'll talk about what DCR has done thus far, go over a timeline for the coming 6 month period, and explain plans to include Partners moving forward. Email Conrad.Crawford - AT - state.ma.us or call 617-626-4964 to RSVP or for more information.