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As Park and Recreation Funding Falls, Demand Grows
For an enhanced digital experience, read this story in the ezine. September 24, 2020, Department, by Kevin Roth, The damage the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic has wreaked on park and recreation budgets is startling. Park and recreation professionals and their...
Physical Activities Facts
Overview The Physical Activity Guidelines for Americans, 2nd edition recommend that children and adolescents ages 6 to 17 years do 60 minutes or more of moderate-to-vigorous physical activity daily. Benefits of Physical Activity Regular physical activity can help...
Benefits of Physical Activity
Regular physical activity is one of the most important things you can do for your health. Everyone can experience the health benefits of physical activity – age, abilities, ethnicity, shape, or size do not matter. If you’re not sure about becoming active or boosting...
California loosens rules for youth sports, allowing them to resume in some counties
by: Associated Press, Wendy Burch Posted: Feb 19, 2021 / 10:24 AM PST / Updated: Feb 19, 2021 / 03:44 PM PST Youth sports competitions can resume next week in parts of California and could be back for a vast majority of the state by the end of March under a plan...
Cities and states brace for economic ‘reckoning’, eyeing major cuts and fearing federal coronavirus aid isn’t enough…Many, already cash-strapped, are now in dire straits, facing plunging tax revenue and spiking costs.
By: Tony Romm April 10, 2020 at 10:50 a.m. PDT New York could lose $10 billion in tax revenue. Pennsylvania has ceased paying 9,000 stuck-at-home state employees to save cash. In Illinois, an unprecedented crisis is brewing thanks to billions of dollars in unpaid...
Why Parks and Recreation are Essential Public Service
Parks and recreation have three values that make them essential services to communities: Economic value Health and Environmental benefits Social importance Just as water, sewer, and public safety are considered essential public services, parks are vitally important to...
City leaders hear from parks and rec, library boards on proposed budget cuts.
By Joshua Gauntt | September 8, 2020 at 11:28 PM CDT BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (WBRC) - Because of the COVID-19 pandemic, the city is looking at a $63 million cut to the city’s operation budget. That means furloughs and cuts to some city services. Tuesday evening, city leaders...
Access to Parks and the Outdoors is Crucial for Mental Health in Our Communities
As park and recreation professionals, we know in our hearts that good mental health is often related to having access to the outdoors and greenspace. Research over the years has shown that when people are more stressed, anxious and socially isolated, as we are right...
Budget Crunch Forces Sale of Three City Parks
Corpus Christi Caller-Times Copyright 2018 SCRIPPS Howard Publications All Rights Reserved With the city of Corpus Christi facing the largest budget shortfall since the financial crisis, many departments have been told to start running as a business rather than a...
Budget Shortfall May Force Park, Rec Facility Closures
Copyright 2018 The Atlanta Journal-Constitution The Atlanta Journal-Constitution The Cobb County parks department has prepared a plan to close several parks and recreational facilities as the county faces a minimum $30 million hole in its budget. This comes after...
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