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Rethinking Municipal Golf Course Operations
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Emily Attwood,
January 2012
Last November, the City of Duluth, Minn., hired a consultant from National Golf Foundation Consulting Inc. to evaluate its two 27-hole municipal golf courses and suggest improvements.
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Columbus, Ohio, Seeks to Keep Teens Off the Streets
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Emily Attwood,
October 2011
The opening day of the 2011 Wisconsin State Fair in Milwaukee had all the elements normally associated with state fairs — hot weather, carnival rides and games, and barns filled with cows.
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Recreation Services Should Be Convenient for Customers
By
Carrie Haupert-Fullerton,
September 2011
We work when other people play: That's our business. Rec services need to be convenient, and it should be convenient to do business with us.
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Recreation Department Is First to Require Concussion Testing
By
Joe Bush,
August 2011
Vinny Ciurciu, a linebacker for the NFL's Detroit Lions, suffered two concussions during the 2010 season. He sat out two games after the first one, and then a glancing blow to the head on his return was all it took to trigger renewed symptoms.
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Parks Providers Respond to a Growing Interest in Community Gardening
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Nicholas Brown,
June 2011
Yielding obvious benefits at relatively minimal costs, urban community gardening has had its champions for decades.
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Online Tool Takes Neighborhood Parks Advocacy to New Levels
By
Nicholas Brown,
October 2010
An online tool for San Francisco park-goers is taking neighborhood parks advocacy to new levels.
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Playgrounds for Seniors Popular in Europe, Asia and North America
By
Andrew Cohen,
September 2010
Although they're already constructed on four continents, so-called "playgrounds for seniors" are making news as a potential worldwide trend.
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Communities Slash Park and Recreation Services
By
Nicholas Brown,
August 2010
Communities slash park and recreation services.
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Colorado City Invests in Rugby Facilities
By
Nicholas Brown,
August 2010
A Colorado municipality is boldly investing in becoming a rugby mecca.
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Federal Money Could Aid Local Recreation Obesity Prevention
By
Nicholas Brown,
May 2010
Federal obesity-prevention campaigns may mean new programming opportunities for local recreation providers.
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