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Parks Get Better With Age
A once-abandoned island in the harbor of New York City has become one of the city’s most intriguing tourist destinations with miles of paved pathways, baseball fields, natural space, and
Free Public Wi-Fi
Have you noticed the degree to which most people are glued to electronic devices? Amazingly, 95 percent of Americans own a cell phone, the majority of the smart variety. Given this reality,
Recycling Underutilized Sites
Once relegated with the label of “alternative sports,” BMX tracks, trails, and skateparks have become a worldwide phenomenon. Today, some of these facilities even host major
Tips For The Perfect Sports Lighting Specs
As municipalities consider switching from legacy lighting to energy-efficient and controllable state-of-the-art LED sports lighting, it’s important that they begin with a clean slate.
Spray-Equipment Filtration
When it comes to parks and recreation spray equipment, the single most effective means of boosting productivity, improving service, and reducing repair expenses is proper filtration.
The Benefits Of Vehicular Vittles
For those looking to bring food and beverage options and customer convenience to a variety of events, consider a “Rolling Restaurant.”
Lighthouse Preservation
Far north of the shining city lights lies a place where the water is clear and bright. In this place is housed a beacon that has guided mariners safely home for more than a century.
A Lesson Worth Learning
“Kids,” now in their 60s, who grew up in Anchorage, Alaska, remember Fish Creek as a babbling brook running through Blueberry Bog at the city’s southern edge. It was a place
From Grazing To Gazing
Fifty years ago, Forbes and Martha Merkley ran a successful dairy farm just a few minutes east of downtown Flint, Mich. It was a magnificent spread of land, a gently rolling landscape with open meadows, mature forests, wetlands, and ponds.
Purposeful Preservation
A collaborative effort by more than 20 national, regional, and local organizations provided enough labor and funding to restore a 29-acre preserve within the city of Gainesville, Ga.
A Budding Future
In August 2005, prior to Hurricane Katrina, New Orleans City Park’s Couturie Forest was a healthy area home to a variety of trees, including mature live oaks, bald cypresses, sweetgums,
A Storied Past
When the city of Spokane, Wash., initiated plans to renovate its treasured Riverfront Park, the outcry from government, commercial, and public stakeholders reached a fever pitch. With the
Financially Challenged
For small communities with limited budgets, the struggle to make improvements is real. Maintenance is needed—well overdue, in many cases—but financial limitations too often make
Revisiting An Integrated Pest-Management Policy
Integrated Pest Management (IPM) is now a well-known phrase among park maintenance staff members; meanwhile, community members are becoming familiar with it being used or
Maintenance Standards
The development of comprehensive maintenance standards is as important to you and your agency as a detailed business plan is to any commercial, for-profit enterprise. Unfortunately, like the much
An Outpouring Of Opportunities
When the Stark County Park District in Canton, Ohio, in creating a Countywide Trail and Greenway Plan to expand its park system, built a 300-mile network of recreat
Park Restroom Trends 2018
New floor plans reflecting code changes requiring baby stations, all gender single room designs, and lower energy use are creating the demand for pre-engineered restrooms for parks
Backpack Sprayers
Many parks and recreation professionals use some type of manual backpack sprayer for weed control, fertilization, watering, etc. To ensure maintenance crews are
A Park With A Pulse
In the vast world of recreation, the Recreation and Park Commission for the Parish of East Baton Rouge (BREC) in Louisiana leads the pack in new and innovative ways to help the community remain
The Anatomy Of A New Park
Traditional beginnings, beginnings of traditionsУ is how the design team began to describe the new park. Located only a block away from historic downtown Libert