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Features

Celebrating YOU This July

For Park and Recreation month 2020, NRPA honors the park and recreation heroes who make the profession essential to communities.

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Parks and Recreation in a Post-Pandemic World

From best practice to next practice, the top 10 trends impacting the field of parks and recreation during the post-COVID-19 era.

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In September 2020, the city of Spokane, Washington, Hill International and their partners completed the renovation of the pavilion at Riverfront Park to breathe new life into the city's downtown area.

Perspectives

We Are Parks and Recreation

This year, we are using Park and Recreation Month to kick off an ongoing push to elevate the field of parks and recreation by celebrating you.

Editors Letter

Celebrating Our Park and Recreation Professionals

Our country is facing many challenges, and park and recreation professionals stand out as a beacon of hope for the progress that can be made to overcome these challenges.

We Are Parks and Recreation

Tennis, Anyone?

Learn how tennis is primed to serve a central role in the recovery of communities across the United States.

We Are Parks and Recreation

Feeding Glenview

Glenview Park District staff are providing essential services during the COVID-19 pandemic by expanding upon Historic Wagner Farm’s normal functions to include increased food production.

We Are Parks and Recreation

Remembering Barry S. Tindall

NRPA lost one of its longest serving staff members in the history of the association on May 10, 2020.

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We Are Parks and Recreation

Renowned Public Health Expert Chris Kochtitzky Passes Away

Kochtitzky was a tenacious public health professional who pursued his work with vigor, charm, wisdom and intelligence.

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We Are Parks and Recreation

Member Benefit: The ADA and COVID-19

CDC leads the fight against the pandemic and acknowledges that discrimination on the basis of disability violates the Americans with Disabilities Act.

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Research

Data Reveals Elevated Need for Parks and Recreation

The coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic has put a spotlight on the essential nature of parks and recreation.

Research

Park and Recreation Sponsored Summertime Activities Are Vital to Communities Everywhere

Nine in 10 U.S. adults want children to have access to community-based programs and services during the summer.

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Finance for the Field

Implications of the Rise and Decline of Golf

Learn how a consistent annual decline in the number of golf players has affected property values in golf communities and what can be done to help failing courses.

Advocacy

Advocacy Is the Path Forward for Parks and Recreation

One of NRPA's top advocacy goals is to heighten public awareness of the vital function that parks and recreation centers fulfill in our communities.

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Conservation

The Fight Against Tick-Borne Disease

Understand how partnering with local public health agencies can help protect your community from vector-related illnesses.

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Health and Wellness

Mobile Recreation for Fun, Health and Wellness

Mobile recreation may be an appropriate strategy to meet the urgent need for additional recreational opportunities in underserved areas.

Social Equity

Nature Must Be Accessible to All

Now, more than ever, the benefits of breathing freely in nature must be accessible to all.

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Law Review

NEPA Process for Deer Management at National Seashore

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit determines whether the National Park Service’s White-tailed Deer Management Plan for Fire Island National Seashore had complied with the National Environmental Policy Act.

Operations

The Build Goes On!

The National Recreation and Park Association's 10th Parks Build Community (PBC) project continues with the Grand Avenue Park renovation in Orlando, Florida.

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Operations

Parks Build Community 2019: Baltimore Project Evaluation

NRPA and its research partners provide a Year One report on the evaluation of the health, public safety and economic impacts of the Baltimore PBC project.