Features
CAPRA Celebrates 30 Years
Learn how CAPRA has been helping agencies improve their operational best practices for three decades.
Top Trends in Parks and Recreation 2025
Explore predictions for the industry and the field for 2025 and beyond.
Revisiting the 2024 NRPA Annual Conference
Dive into highlights from the largest national gathering of park and recreation professionals.
Additional Articles
Leading Parks and Recreation Into the Future
Learn about NRPA's 2025-29 Strategic Plan and how it will influence the park and recreation field.
The Top 5 for 2024
Parks & Recreation magazine reveale the Top 5 columns, feature articles, Open Space Radio podcast episodes and social media posts produced this year.
Outdoors for All
Montgomery Parks’ Adaptive Mountain Biking Program expands access to off-road biking.
What’s New in Water Play
Lighting elements transform splash pads into multipurpose community spaces.
Parks on the Urban Edge
Good design of urban-edge green spaces starts with a robust effort of research and community engagement.
GivingTuesday: Join the Annual Celebration of Generosity on December 3
GivingTuesday is an opportunity for you to use your individual power of generosity to give thanks to park and recreational professionals nationwide by supporting NRPA.
Tap Into the NRPA Connect Resource Library for Park and Recreation Solutions
The NRPA Connect Resource Library is a great place to find policies, procedures, templates and other resources to support your agency’s daily operations.
Let’s Go to the Park
To better understand how and why people connect with parks and recreation, NRPA conducted its annual Engagement With Parks survey.
Enhancing the Environment Through Parks and Recreation
Discover some of the most common park and recreation sustainability actions.
Advancing Health Equity Through Farmers Markets
Learn how parks and recreation helps advance local food systems.
A First Look: Celebrating Wins
Learn about NRPA's new “Equity in Practice” digest, launching in 2025.
Dorchester County Greenbelt Master Plan
Explore Dorchester County, South Carolina's research-based, community-led land conservation model.
Park Christmas Vigil Permit Application Reversal
In the case of Knights of Columbus Council 2616 v. Town of Fairfield, Plaintiff alleged the Defendant Town had violated their First Amendment rights to freedom of speech, the free exercise of religion, and to peaceably assemble for a special event in a particular public park of their choosing.
Transforming Aquatics Play Spaces
Learn about the advantages of converting kiddie pools to splash pads.
How to Increase the Efficiency of Pool Filtration
A new option — called electronic flocculation technology — can improve water clarity, minimize backwashes and save water.
Durham Parks and Recreation Celebrates 100 Years Alongside Centenarian Participant
At 99 years young, Durham, North Carolina, native Fleda Hatcher participated in the 2023 Durham Senior Games.