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Category Archives: November 2011
Voices From The Past
As parks and recreation professionals, it is easy for us to get caught up in building the biggest and best new parks and facilities, and implementing the newest fads and trends into programming. However, the goal of the parks and … Continue reading
Hitching Up To A Good Idea
An effective parks and recreation agency is always looking for its next good idea. The Fairfax County Park Authority in Virginia already had its next good idea–the staff members just had to remember it. The agency took one of its … Continue reading
Connecting Pathways And Pocket Parks
Remember the excitement of discovering something new around the bend of the creek or the curve in the path through the woods? Remember sidewalks that provided a way to move through a small town? Remember when kids spent time playing … Continue reading
Floors For Foodservice
Take this short quiz to discover how much you already know about slip-and-fall accidents: How many foodservice workers–people working in or using commercial kitchens–are injured in the United States each year due to slip-and-fall accidents? o 3 million o 1 … Continue reading
Wringing Out The Water
The multiple-use sports field is the Swiss Army Knife in your sports-facility arsenal. No matter what sport or event you’re talking about–soccer, football, even festivals–that type of field has the flexibility to take it on. No area has more use, … Continue reading