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Time

So here we are again, presenting our year-end issue. It seems like just yesterdaythat we started publishing Parks & Rec Business (weХre actually in ourfourth year).Yeah. I know. The Тseems like ye

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Trends

Trends are important factoids in parks and recreation. What's a factoid? I'm not sure, but I sure like the word...Anyway, factoids aside, whether they're demographic or usage trends, they play a

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Grass Roots

I had in mind, when I started writing this month, what was a witty column regarding grassroots movements, self-government and the merging of the manufacturing and information ages.It was a somewhat

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Mark Your Calendars

I live and die by my desk calendar. Okay, so it's not quite that dramatic, but it does the important job of regulating and reminding.I suppose I could set up my Outlook calendar with bell-ringing

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Final Four

Right about the time this is published I'll know how poorly I picked the brackets for the annual March Madness NCAA basketball tournament.Having just finished the local basketball season as a coach

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Style & Substance

If you haven't noticed, 2004 is a political year. And, as per usual, we're being bombarded with a lot of style, but little substance, from both sides of the political spectrum.Politics aside, I run

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Communication

It's so simple, isn't it? Communication, that isЙ It can be, I suppose, but it's often unduly complicated. Heck, even when I try to communicate to myself I can make it difficult.Just today I tried to

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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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The Front Porch

"If the world had a front porch like we did back then, we'd still have our problems but we'd all be friends."This Tracy Lawrence tune kept running through my head as I packed my family into the

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Defining Vision

I'm from a traveling family. When I was young, we'd drive to the ocean. We'd drive to Disney World. We'd rent an RV and drive to Yellowstone. We'd drive. And on those drives, before the advent of DVD

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