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Grant Alert
National Wildlife Refuge Support Group Grant Program Sponsor: National Fish and Wildlife Foundation Award: Eligible applicants are non-profit organizations (applicants must either be tax exempt under
Interactive Aquatic Strategies
Thinking about an aquatic play park, or re-evaluating your current system? Here are some strategies and tips based on real-world experience.Parks and recreation departments are not planning to turn
Winning Ways to be Unique
Recent examples of grant awards tell the tale: The competition for funding parks and recreation projects is at an all-time high.Recently in Ohio, the Department of Natural Resources received 79
Home Sweet Home
The Tukwila Community Center is an award-winning recreational center point for Tukwila, Wash., a town of about 17,000 located just south of Seattle. But how would legions of teenage skaters pan out
The Scoop on Spraygrounds
The first annual Parks & Rec Business Zero-Depth Interactive Aquatics Playground Report.Last month we sent out surveys to companies who provide zero-depth interactive aquatics playground
Product Review
Products & LiteratureTriple SlideLEWISBURG, Pa. -- Playworld Systems introduces its new Trippple Racer slide. The slide has three slide heights -- 48", 63" and 78", which the company says
The Sheep Factor
I was standing at the pump filling my tank, marveling at the number of body piercings the gas station attendant had as he busily mounted a placard on the top of each pump.Just about that time, I'd
The New West
The past decade has seen mountains of change in the Intermountain West. Once a collection of far-flung semi-cities in and around the Rockies, places like Boise, Idaho, have witnessed a population
This-N-That
Snow Business Like Snow BusinessWAUSAU, Wisc. -- How do you open a brand new, natural snow-tubing hill when your community is suffering from a snow drought? As January came to a close with less than
Water Play
This article is designed to serve as an introduction to managing water sports equipment and I'm pleased to incorporate the thinking of Walker and Seidler (1993) regarding the organization of various