Features
The Work We Do
University of Utah professor Daniel L. Dustin, Ph.D., reveals how our work as park and recreation professionals has impacts that go well beyond the obvious.
Recreation Ready on Arrival
Through its innovative Community Recreation program, Navy MWR has created a model for top-notch leisure offerings for members of the armed forces and their families.
Additional Articles
Saluting MWR
NRPA Vice President of Marketing, Communications and Publishing and Editorial Director, Gina Mullins-Cohen, salutes the Morale, Welfare and Recreation professionals, experts in cutting-edge recreational opportunities for military families.
Communities Within Communities
NRPA President and CEO, Barbara Tulipane, CAE, reminisces about being a military brat and the community within a community that existed on base.
Grand Prairie, Texas: Giving the Gift of Play
Grand Prairie (Texas) Parks, Arts and Recreation Department is in the process of creating a mega recreation center called The Epic.
Licensure for Recreation Therapists: Why? Why Now?
The current economics of healthcare is driving institutions and patients to seek out insurance reimbursement to pay for quality care. What does this mean for unlicensed recreation therapists?
It's Time to Renew Your Insurance
With the approach of the new year, it's time to think about your agency's insurance needs.
Making the Case: Parks and Health
NRPA offers an expansive array of toolkits, fact sheets and other materials to help you make the case for park and recreation's role in supporting healthier communities.
New Water Values Calculator Helps Show Economic Impact
NRPA's new water values calculator tool, located within PRORAGIS, can help your agency further demonstrate its economic impact by assessing the value of water features within a park.
Professional Development Calendar
NRPA is dedicated to providing learning opportunities to advance the development of best practices and resources that make parks and recreation indispensable elements of American communities.
Member Spotlight: John Prue
Parks & Recreation magazine learns more about John Prue, installation program director of fleet readiness at Naval Station Great Lakes.
Notable News
Stay up to date on what’s happening in parks and recreation with the latest news from around the field.
Voices Remembered
Pico Rivera Park and Recreation’s Veterans History Project brings teens and seniors together and helps to preserve important oral histories.
Small-Sided Soccer — A Leap of Faith
Small-sided soccer, a fast growing sport in the United Kingdom, offers an ideal setting in which to teach children the basic skills of the sport.
Cabin Fever Reliever
As temperatures dip, many people turn to indoor park and recreation facilities, like Westerville Community Center in Central Ohio, to relieve cabin fever and stay active.
Park Foundations Can Prove Valuable Partners
Howard R. Albers, a research and communications volunteer with the Fairfax County Park Foundation, shares his findings about industry norms for park foundations.
Transgender Discrimination in Male Locker Room
Are public recreation facilities required by law to provide separate changing areas for transgendered individuals?
Making Concessions for a Healthy Lifestyle
Not long ago, a healthy concession menu would have been considered an oxymoron; however, more and more park and recreation agencies are changing that perception.
The Morale, Welfare and Recreation Experience
Young park and recreation professionals seeking a well-rounded, hands-on experience in the field should consider beginning a career with Morale, Welfare and Recreation.
Thinking ‘Outside the Fence’ Leads to Innovative Conservation
Thinking ‘outside the fence’ leads to some innovative conservation projects at military bases nationwide; for example, golden-cheeked warbler habitat conservation around Camp Bullis near San Antonio.
Reimagining Urban Parks
With imagination and collaboration, Cleveland Metroparks helped transform an old industrial site on the Cuyahoga River into the bustling recreational hub called Rivergate Park.
Lovin Las Vegas
This month’s numbers reveal not only the success of this year’s Conference, but also the breath of the international presence that it draws.
Archive Throwback: February 2006
The February 2006 issue of Parks and Recreation looked at ways to engage minority populations in recreational opportunities, an issue with which our industry to this day continues to grapple.
Life After LWCF
The Land and Water Conservation Fund expired September 30. NRPA is committed to, and still needs your help in getting, a permanently reauthorized LWCF.