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Joining Forces
According to statistics from DesertUSA.com, residents of Yuma, Ariz., enjoy the sunniest year-round location in the United States, with an annual average of 4,133 hours of sunshine. The town is
Blazing A Trail
Creating an environmentally friendly off-road vehicle (ORV) or all-terrain vehicle (ATV) trail may sound like an oxymoron, but itХs possible to develop one with minimal impact if a few basic rules are
Stay Afoot For Safety
Many products are available for every type of flooring challenge. From the entrance of a building throughout the complex, the use of matting can improve your visitorsХ and staff experience. It can hel
Protecting And Retaining Employees
Employees are the greatest assets of parks and recreation departments, and municipalities and other agencies implement benefits and reward systems to attract and retain great people. But there are
Pulling Double Duty
As budgets get tighter and available funds slow to a trickle, many parks departments are looking for ways to use existing space and facilities for more than one purpose.The city of Barrington, Ill.,
Give Lumens A Checkup
Lights--by their very nature and makeup--deteriorate over time. It is a proven fact that poorly maintained lamps lose at least 10 percent light output per year. Factors such as weather, surrounding
Closing Time
As the first chord of Matchbox 20Хs song ТClosing TimeУ strikes my ear, I reflexively reach over and turn the radio up. IХve always loved this song, but today, driving to work through the gray, rain-s
This-N-That
Sprinturf Installs More Than 1 Million Square Feet Of Turf New York, NY--Eleven new Sprinturf athletic fields on New York CityХs RandallХs Island, part of the largest project aimed at renovating athle
This-N-That
Recycled Plastic Lifeguard Chairs Make A Splash Lexington, Va.--ParknPool donated three recycled plastic lifeguard chairs to the DIY NetworkХs design show ТIndoors Out,У but it wasnХt for a pool redes
Stop Making Excuses
My father probably wouldnХt think to call himself an Тoutdoorsman.У He has simply lived his life as a man, outdoors. Being outside is part of who he is. He skis, climbs, hikes, bikes, hunts, and fishe
Pre-Fall Prep Time
I bet youХre sweating right now, thinking about how to create a little shade and protect your grass from turning crispy. But August is the last hurrah of summer, and before you know it, the nights are
Reaching (Un)Conscious Decisions
Recently, a proposed athletic complex expansion experienced significant delays as a dispute over the removal of a grove of trees on the site produced pickets, lawsuits, environmental activists and
Make It Real
At some point, every agency has to make a case for something it wants to do, or keep doing. Managers are well-acquainted with the traditional cost-benefit analysis, which is more easily calculated
It's About Time
Throughout American history, presidents have been passionate about sports.Dwight Eisenhower was a golf fanatic who played 1,000-plus rounds during his eight-year stay at the White House. Gerald Ford
Break The Ice
Over the past few years, interest in ice skating has declined. In response, the San Diego Ice Arena has taken steps to increase its customer flow. Owners of the private company knew there was more to
Coming Home To The Cows
Situated on what is today the far western edge of the sea of suburbia that developed outside Chicago is the 48,410-square-foot Stephen D. Persinger Recreation Center in Geneva, Ill., which opened in
"Customer-First" Attitudes
When it comes to delivering sports, fitness and aquatics activities to soldiers and their families, the Family, Morale, Welfare and Recreation (FMWR) staff at Fort Stewart-Hunter Army Airfield in
Regenerative Media Filtration
The Тgreen movementУ is touching all facets of the aquatics industry. Manufacturers are implementing new efficiencies to meet the demand for safer, more desirable means of energy conservation. Today,
Life In A Fishbowl
EditorХs Note: This column, ТLBWAУ (Leadership By Wandering Around), is based on the premise that, in order to find out whatХs going on in the field, a parks and rec leader has to leave his or her des
Kick The Habits
Too many of this countryХs kids are fat. You know it, and I know it.There are various reasons that weХre facing an obesity epidemic of super-sized proportions--and there are just as many solutions to