Articles
Finding Coaches
As a recreation professional, I came up with this statement many years ago: “As long as Billy and Mary Jones have a mother or father, you will never have to worry about having enough coaches in a youth-sports program.”
The Sober Truth
Nate was tired, tired in a way only a certain segment of people understood, people like farmers, heavy laborers, and private construction workers who can’t afford the best equipment.
Do You Need A Safety Net?
Driving on Interstate 85 in Georgia along a route I had to transit quite often for a number of years, I had one enduring image.
Ties That Bind
A wise teacher once said she became a better teacher when she stopped teaching subjects and starting teaching children.
Leadership Development
Do these issues sound like those you tackle daily: encouraging staff morale, leading engaging meetings, dealing with a high number of part-time workers and staff turnover, and delivering first-class customer service?
Pay For Play
In the designing and building of a park, a lot of money typically goes into the infrastructure—the parking lots, custom shelters and restrooms, and more.
Jamming In Beaver Dam
In 2013, I stood in the new downtown park in Beaver Dam, Ky., with Commissioner Kevin Davis, surveying its progress.
The Perfect Combination
The golf industry is a tough place for smooth-sailing these days, but one military golf course is finding ways to make a name for itself, as well as form partnerships and generate much-needed revenues.
Parks And Preservation
In modern-day park design, the profession tends to think in terms of active and passive features, designing a landscape that appeals broadly to the public and also fills the perhaps political agendas of elected officials.
A Wildly Popular Program
Nestled on a rare oak savanna amid a residential neighborhood and park sits one of the most unique nature centers in the Midwest.
REC, WET And WOW!
An extraordinary transformation occurred in the Dallas-Fort Worth MetroPlex Parks, Recreation and Aquatics scene in 2015; The REC (Recreation-Education-Community) of Grapevine opened to great fanfare for area residents.
First-Class And Financially Feasible
More and more, parks- and government-operations directors are choosing to include different types of interactive water features instead of swimming pools, citing smaller up-front costs, no lifeguard costs, and less long-term maintenance.