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Parks Get Better With Age
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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

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Free Public Wi-Fi
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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,

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Recycling Underutilized Sites
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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

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Spray-Equipment Filtration
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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.

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Lighthouse Preservation
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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.

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A Lesson Worth Learning
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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

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From Grazing To Gazing
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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.

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Purposeful Preservation
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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.

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A Budding Future
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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,

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A Storied Past
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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

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An Outpouring Of Opportunities
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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

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Park Restroom Trends 2018
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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

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Backpack Sprayers
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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

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A Park With A Pulse
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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

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