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Community-Built Playgrounds Popular Solution to Budget Constraints
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Emily Attwood,
November 2011
In April, the Jefferson Parish Parks and Recreation Department in Metarie, La., set to work removing playground equipment that had sat, damaged and unusable, at Waggaman's Thomas Jefferson Park for years.
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Staggered Courts Help Make Gym Less Boxy
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Andrew Cohen,
October 2011
It’s difficult to avoid the big box of the gymnasium becoming a really big box, particularly when the building plan includes three basketball/volleyball courts laid side by side, the three rectangles creating one very large rectangle.
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Chapels Help YMCAs Emphasize Mission's Spiritual Component
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Michael Popke,
September 2011
When the downtown location of the YMCA of Greater Birmingham, Ala., opened in 1984, it included a nondenominational chapel that remained a core element of the facility until 2008.
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Biometrics Becoming Popular for Access Control at Rec Facilities
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Nicholas Brown,
April 2011
The very word biometrics tends to evoke scenes from sci-fi movies or thoughts of political intrigue. Despite that cachet, biometrics has evolved into a rather practical tool in access control.
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Multipurpose Recreation Facilities Require Design Considerations
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Robert McDonald,
February 2011
Multipurpose. Multifunctional. Multiuse. These terms fly about in athletic facility design circles like tennis balls across a net. Sure, you can raise the basketball goals and put up the volleyball net, or open everything up and stick a couple of goals at the ends of the gym, but is that all it takes to be multipurpose?
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Orlando Magic Fund Five New Recreation Centers
By
Nicholas Brown,
November 2010
A local agency uncovered funding for five new rec centers during the development of Orlando's lavish new arena.
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No Two Rec Center Designs Are Alike
By
Andrew Cohen,
August 2010
Recreation centers share many components and design priorities, yet no two designs are alike.
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Recreation facility resembles surrounding homes
By
Andrew Cohen,
May 2010
Athletic and wellness center's exterior features blend right in with its residential surroundings.
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Rec Center at Ashland University Takes Advantage of Lobby's Circular Design
By
Andrew Cohen,
September 2009
The rec center at Ashland University takes advantage of its lobby's circular design.
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A Proposed Rec Center Becomes Political Dynamite
By
Nicholas Brown,
August 2009
A proposed rec center in Round Rock, Texas, becomes political dynamite.
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