Our park and recreation stories are embedded in why professionals joined this field and stuck with it.
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This month’s Park and Recreation Month issue had Executive Editor Vi Paynich reflecting on her own personal connection to the field.
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Outdoor programs not only benefit community members’ health and wellness, but also benefit the community through sharing a common experience with neighbors from other backgrounds.
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A national support group of young professionals, the YPN is open to park and recreation students and young professionals ages 35 and younger.
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The 2021 NRPA Park and Recreation Salary Survey report features detailed base salary and bonus data for 10 typical park and recreation agency positions.
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Seven in 10 people agree park and recreation community infrastructure is extremely or very important.
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Coproduction helps minimize the impact of budget cuts on service delivery by developing strategies for transitioning the programming element of these services to the groups that benefit from them.
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As federal funding filters down to states and localities, local leaders will face difficult decisions about where and how to invest resources.
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Youth who engage in sports not only grow up more physically active but also gain mental and social health benefits that follow them into adulthood.
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Service dogs are “task trained” dogs (of any breed) that enhance the ability of a person to participate in everyday opportunities.
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The grant-funded project, Second Street Landscaping Project, enabled vegetation and green stormwater infrastructure to be installed along this pre-existing trail.
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Learn the full details behind the case of Santa Cruz Homeless v. Bernal.
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Find out how City of American Canyon in California’s Napa County was able to reopen its facilities successfully using a three-phase approach.
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Environmental leader Chad Pregracke proposes turning the Interstate 80 (I-80) Mississippi River into a Bison Bridge, where wildlife can roam freely and visitors can enjoy panoramic views.
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