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Showing The Colors
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Showing The Colors

Editor’s Note: This column, “LBWA” (Leadership By Wandering Around), is based on the premise that, in order to find out what’s going on in the field, a parks and rec leader has to leave his or her des

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Good Work
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Good Work

The question of what it means to be a professional was explored at length in PRB’s September and October 2007 issues (“How Professional Are You,” Parts 1 and 2). One conclusion was that some managers

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Vista View
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Vista View

In the last few years, we have faced new environmental concerns in a world made aware of the need for Тgreen living,У Тgreen buildingУ and other environmentally conscious initiatives. The city of Chan

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Joining Forces
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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

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Boundless Opportunities
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Boundless Opportunities

The folks in Grand Forks, N.D., have discovered dreams really do come true when production is driven by a persistent teen and a committed community.Ali Karpenko was determined to make her dream come

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Ditch Goes To The Dogs
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Ditch Goes To The Dogs

Instead of having an ugly drainage basin collecting water from the new highway, which was proposed by the Arizona Department of Transportation, community planners in Gilbert, Ariz., decided to make

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Choose Your Moment
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Choose Your Moment

“If I had to choose one moment To live within my heart, It would be that tender moment Recalling how we started. Darling, it would be when you smiled at me, That way, that Sunday, that summer.” --N

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Pitching In
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Pitching In

Editor’s Note: This column, “LBWA” (Leadership By Wandering Around), is based on the premise that, in order to find out what’s going on in the field, a parks and rec leader has to leave his or her des

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Enter The Entrepreneur
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Enter The Entrepreneur

Among the many definitions of an “entrepreneur,” two words--business and risk—often are found. Traditionally, an entrepreneur was a gutsy visionary who gambled everything in the hope of a big payoff.

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Strike An (Optic) Nerve
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Strike An (Optic) Nerve

From the beginning, the intent of this column has been to help managers think about and explain agency issues from a ТvisualУ perspective. In the spirit of empowerment, this monthХs column follows the

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