Blog: Quantifying the Impact of Parks and Rec

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The National Park and Recreation Association's annual convention is underway this week in Las Vegas, Nev. After arriving Monday afternoon and getting my first taste of life in the City of Lights, I caught a brief glimpse of the sun and the strip before steeling myself for a day of windowless sessions in overly air-conditioned rooms.

Thankfully, the NRPA conference team knows how to make you forget those details. The opening session, featuring U.S. Surgeon General Vivek H. Murthy, 8 80 Cities founder Gil Penalosa, NRPA chairs past and present and a special musical performance by The Water Cooler, set the mood for another great conference and reminded everyone in attendance what they were really here for. While the full impact of parks and recreation professionals on their communities and the people they serve may be too complex to quantify, there were some numbers from the opening session that can help put it into perspective:

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