Commercial Membership
Because you help us make a difference to the citizens of
Illinois by providing park and recreation professionals with
the services and materials needed to make their jobs more
efficient, we consider you our allies in advancing the park
and recreation movement in Illinois. To us, you are much
more than a vendor, you are an important industry partner,
and so we invite you to become a member of our association.
How Membership Will Benefit You
Commercial Membership is available at two different levels,
depending upon the level of benefits and services you
desire: Commercial Friend and Commercial Voting.
Membership welcomes you into the fold of suppliers
actively supported by the professional members of IPRA.
Membership provides you an opportunity to educate and
inform park and recreation professionals about product
and service innovations.
Membership enables you to keep current with trends
affecting the park and recreation profession.
Membership affords you the opportunity to network with
professionals to identify their product/service needs. Our
members, over 2000 park and recreation professionals, are
the decision-makers and potential buyers of your products
and services.
“While we are recent members of IPRA, a benefit we enjoy is
the newsletters and information we receive on a regular basis.
The information from IPRA mailings give us common ground
for discussions with prospective buyers.”
Gregg Davies
Action Printing
“Through IPRA, we have the opportunity to both teach and
learn. Teaching helps us give back to the recreation community
information they can use in their everyday work. Learning
helps us keep up with our clients’ struggles and gives our team
the ability to add value to their projects. We have become better
planners and architects from our involvement with this great
association.”
Bill Inman
Hitchcock Design Group
Networking
All Commercial members have the opportunity to interact
with our members to discuss your services and products.
We encourage you to get involved with an IPRA
committee. Additionally, Commercial Voting members
may choose a special interest group affiliation, and receive
voting rights.
Information
Commercial Friend members receive information on IPRA
activities through our newsletter, magazine and annual
report. Commercial Voting members receive the above
publications, in addition to a bi-monthly mailing. All
Commercial members receive one free copy of our annual
Membership Directory. Don’t miss the opportunity to
stay connected through our website: www.ilipra.org.
Contacts
Commercial Friend members gain access to our professional
members by receiving a discounted rate on mailing
labels. Commercial Voting members receive one complimentary
database file annually. All Commercial members
receive unprecedented access to our new online
member directory, exclusively available to members.
Discounts
All Commercial members and their employees are eligible for
member discounts on educational workshops (including
our annual conference), our online job classified
advertisements, group ticket opportunities, golf outings,
car rentals, and vacation destinations.
Advertising
Commercial Friend members receive an automatic 10%
discount on advertising in the IPRA newsletter Discovery,
while Commercial Voting members receive 25%.
Recognition
All Commercial members are listed in our on-line directory,
and our annual directory (if membership falls within the
production schedule). Commercial Voting members also
receive recognition in the IPR Magazine 3 times a year.
The magazine is circulated to nearly 5,000 decisionmakers
in Illinois.
Other Opportunities Open to Vendors
You can be an exhibitor at one of the largest park and
recreation shows in the nation! More than 280 booths are
available to showcase the newest equipment, supplies, ideas
and services available to park, recreation, conservation and
therapeutic agencies.
You can participate as a vendor in our Joint Cooperative
Purchase Program and gain valuable exposure for your
products and services. Vendors of recreation and maintenance
supplies (athletics, arts and crafts, aquatics, office, custodial,
first aid/safety, pool chemicals, power tools, signage, drums
and trash containers, stepladders, turf supplies, lighting and
more) are invited to bid on product specifications. Companies
have the potential to become a favored vendor for
additional purchases outside the parameters of the coop
program.
We’ve centralized all of our educational workshop listings
into two course catalogs, which will be distributed to all
members each Spring and Fall. An exclusive sponsorship
opportunity, you’ll receive a full-page ad on the back page of
the catalog, a logo & link from IPRA’s website, attendee label
sets & “stuffer” placed in all attendee folders.
IPRA’s newsletter “Discovery” is issued three times a year and
is a great opportunity to get information on your products
and services into the hands of more than 2,500 decision
makers at park & recreation agencies across Illinois. Ask about
our multiple ad discount!
Special event sponsorships and in-kind conributions to the
association provide still more opportunities to gain exposure
and build goodwill among your customers and prospects.
IPRA is committed to assisting our commercial partners in
achieving their marketing and sales objectives. Join IPRA
today and begin to experience the benefits of belonging.
“In a nutshell, working with park and recreation professionals in
Illinois is FUN! Thank you for the wonderful job you do in
keeping recreation alive in this state!”
Jon Zaley
Group Sales Unlimited, Inc.
Join the IPRA Today!
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