
Balance Over Burnout: Find Your Mental Fitness Routine
By Katie Garrett, CPRP | Posted on May 31, 2022
To round out Mental Health Awareness Month, here are some suggestions on how to find your mental fitness routine from Katie Garrett, CPRP.

What the Data Says About Playspace Inequity
By Kevin Paul | Posted on May 27, 2022
A team of experts partnered with KABOOM! to summarize what the research has to say about equitable access to quality playspaces in Colorado and nationwide. What they found was insightful.

Playspaces Can Help Address the Youth Mental Health Crisis
By Kevin Paul | Posted on May 23, 2022
The health and well-being of our kids is deeply connected to the places where they live and play. As the world nears the two-year mark of the COVID-19 pandemic, kids, much like adults, need outlets that relieve stress and provide social connection more than ever.

10 Ways To Support Mental Health This May
By Allison Colman | Posted on May 19, 2022
May is Mental Health Awareness Month. Here are 10 actions park and recreation professionals can take this May to amplify their role in supporting mental health.

West Lafayette’s Mission to Make Wellness More Inclusive – June Bonus Episode
By Cort Jones | Posted on May 19, 2022
The June issue of Parks & Recreation magazine is out now, and on today’s bonus episode of Open Space Radio, we’re diving deeper into one of this month’s feature stories titled, “Making Wellness More Inclusive.”

NRPA Parks Snapshot: Spring 2022 Survey Results
By Kevin Roth | Posted on May 13, 2022
In our Spring 2022 edition of NRPA Parks Snapshot, we check on the status of park and recreation agency funding, aquatics programming and, in particular, the hiring of lifeguards.