Parks & Recreation
Parks & recreation are essential focus areas for local and state government agencies, responsible for creating and maintaining public spaces that enhance residents’ quality of life. These services provide opportunities for outdoor activities, community engagement, and environmental conservation. Effective management of parks and recreational facilities contributes to the overall well-being of communities. This directory offers articles on parks and recreation, along with related topics like Community Development, which explores initiatives that improve the livability and vitality of neighborhoods and cities.
With their “Take a book, leave a book,” motto, 50,000+ Little Free Libraries encourage community engagement and seek to instill a love of learning in residents. Just check your local ordinances.
With budget cuts always a possibility, some cities have tried creative recreational programming for kids that raises parks revenues.
On a site proposed for Amazon HQ2, developers receive zoning approval to begin transforming protected industrial land along the Chicago River into a massive mixed use development.
Many students are learning how to make healthier eating choices by working in school gardens
The city is seeking a grant to develop the banks of the Colorado River at Las Colonias Park into an outdoor classroom
Several hundred people celebrated the Community Play Day, along with representatives from a local non-profit called SEM-pdx, who presented a $1,000 grant
AeroFarms will grow up to 2 million pounds per year of baby leafy greens and herbs in an environmentally controlled, safe, and sanitary facility
Guardian Angels volunteers made a return this month to Central Park for the first time in over two decades, citing a 26 percent rise in crime this year
The city released its 2015 Greenworks Philadelphia Progress Report highlighting sustainability projects and achievements throughout the community
Since hitting a record-low water level two years ago, Lake Michigan is replenishing at an unprecedented rate, rising more than 3 feet since January 2013
States are trying to get kids to unplug from the digital world and enjoy the pleasures of stargazing, kayaking, studying insects and other outdoor pursuits
New research shows active populations create successful cities
Measuring the sizes of chopped-down trees from their stumps is what D.C.’s Urban Forestry Administration can now do with updated technology
Leaders from more than half the states in the country have now weighed in on lawsuits that seek to halt a recent federal clean water rule
Rain gardens are effective in filtering storm water and allowing it to infiltrate the soil, rather than bringing pollutants into large bodies of water
Local leaders, planners, engineers and visionaries use a range of innovative and tested techniques to make a community more livable and walkable.
The FAA is requiring the update before and if an environmental assessment is conducted as part of finding a solution to the trees
The new project calls for $136 million invested in fitness, wellness and community centers.
Projects will emphasize installing practices and demonstrating results to farmers
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