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Van Hoover

Van Hoover

Volunteer and Stewardship Coordinator for Salt Lake City's Public Lands Department and guest on The Public Lands Podcast.

Sep 25, 2026

KimHOST
8:17
yeah that's important
8:18
um you know volunteering we have lots of people come into our program that we just want a cool project to do and you know we go and say we go plant trees with a group Maybe they will bond with this new park that they've never been to before.
8:34
But I feel like it's really powerful when you go to the park that you take your kids to and you say, oh, we love this place.
8:45
We use the playground.
8:47
Then we go walk around the loop.
8:49
And you know what? Why don't we start pitching in? And because we feel like we get a lot from this place, why don't we give back to the place? Yeah.
9:00
Um, and some people feel empowered to do that, but I feel like in general, sometimes there's a disconnect of like, what can I do? And I, I feel like our team really, our goal is to try to facilitate those opportunities for people.

12 MINS LATER

KimHOST
21:05
Definitely.

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