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In The News

Calendar AdditionsThe October issue of Parks & Rec Business featured a listing of 2004 events of interest (In the News, page 8, and on-line at

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Q&A 2003

Editor's Note: Practices and procedures at parks and recreation departments are not usually one-size-fits-all solutions. There are some things that are universal -- like safety regulations -- but the

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Product Review

Products & LiteratureTo request more information on any of these hot new products, visit our Web site at www.parksandrecbusiness.com and follow the free information link. Or, call the company

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Blending Boards

Galena, Ill., broke new ground, both literally and figuratively, earlier this fall. What began as a now-usual request from local kids for a skatepark, coupled with the need to get the skateboards off

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Winds Of Change

It's unusual for any facility to sell 12,600 annual passes. It's even more unusual when the community that bought those 12,600 passes numbers around 20,000.More than half of the residents of West

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Resolution

They say the Christmas season is one of the most stressful times of the year. There are various reasons for this, but at least in my case a lot of the stress is due to an organizational

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Measuring Success

The solution is often not the solution. At least that's the way the park district in Naperville, Ill., has been looking at things recently."People think that if there's a problem and everyone walks

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