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Managing Aquatic Maintenance: Automation Helps Boost Efficiency & Safety
Regular maintenance is crucial to keeping your aquatic facility running at peak efficiency. Learn more about the steps you should take to keep your aquatics in prime condition.
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The New Community Waterfront: Boost Recreation, Revenues, Social Equity & Sustainability
As industrial uses for waterfronts have declined, they have been increasingly reclaimed for recreational use. In this feature, we'll take a look at how to effectively turn a waterfront into a recreation destination.
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Fitness for Life: An Expanding Audience, and Other Fitness Trends
To ensure you're attracting as many potential exercisers as possible to your facility, you need to stay on top of the latest fitness trends—and know which ones are likely to expire soon. Here we take a look at the latest trends in fitness programming.
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Playgrounds That Pop: Building a Better Playground
When you want to exceed expectations and create a playground with a huge "wow" factor, think outside the traditional post-and-platform structure, take heed of the words of experienced playground designers, and create a destination for play.
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What's Under Foot?: Making Smart Sports & Fitness Flooring Choices
The programs you offer will largely determine the best type of surface for your sports or fitness facility. Find out more about the ins and outs of indoor sports and fitness surfaces to ensure you make the best choice.
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Feed the People: Concessions, Food Trucks & Farmers Markets
From basic concession operations to food truck festivals, parks, sports and recreation facilities have come up with plenty of ways to attract patrons with tasty treats.
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Field Goals: Making Multi-Use, Multi-Sports Fields Work
If your sports field sees increasing demand and high traffic, you need to know the best strategies for keeping it in playing condition. Here, we talk to sports-field-savvy pros to learn the best practices for minimizing wear and tear.
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Finding Space for Parks: The Ins and Outs of Pocket Park Planning & Design
In a perfect world, every neighborhood would have a park, but due to lack of space and budgetary challenges, this is simply not feasible. Pocket parks can present a viable alternative.
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A Deep Dive Into Aquatic Facility Trends:
In our second annual Aquatic Trends Report, we examine the results of an extensive survey of hundreds of aquatic professionals to uncover the latest trends in their facilities, covering everything from equipment and programming to budgets and challenges.
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Go, Ninja Warriors, Go!: Adventure-Focused Fitness Trends Continue Their Ascent
From ninja-inspired fitness to classic climbing and beyond, adventure is easy to find for those who want to test their limits. From climbing walls to skateparks, zip lines, ninja courses and beyond, there's plenty of ways to raise the bar.
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Get Smart: Locker Rooms in the New Decade
Locker rooms may not be the face of your facility, but they certainly make an impression. To make sure that's a good impression, add little luxuries, ensure security and keep it clean and well-maintained.
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United We Play: Creating Inclusive Play Spaces
Inclusive playgrounds have come a long, long way in the past couple of decades. Here, we take a look at how to provide inclusion on the playground and beyond.
News & Events
Recent Industry News
- SFIA Updates Sports & Fitness Info With COVID-19 Response Survey
- Task Force to Lead Senior Living Transformation After COVID-19
- NFHS Offers Guidance on Reopening High School Athletics & Activities
- Pediatricians Offer Guidance to Prevent Drowning
- Minneapolis Named Best City Park System
- IHRSA Outlines Safe Reopening of Clubs Worldwide
- Willamette Falls Trust, MASS Design Group Begin Multi-Tribal Outreach for Historic Riverwalk
- Alliance Collaborative Offers COVID-19 Challenge Course Inspection Grants
- National Park Service Offers Junior Ranger Railroad Program Online
- Three North Carolina Schools Earn Level 1 Status in NFHS School Honor Roll
- Keep America Beautiful Reminds Americans to Dispose of Waste Properly
- IAAPA Accepting Nominations for 2020 Awards
- Prior to COVID-19, Sports & Fitness Industry Showed Solid Growth
- National Trails Day 2020 Goes Virtual
- CPSC Extends Pool Safely Grant Program Deadline
- Rails-to-Trails Points to Economic Value of Great American Rail-Trail
- NFHS Announces High School Water Polo Rules Changes
- Nation's Pediatricians Offer Guidance on School Reopenings
- IHRSA Outlines 4 Areas to Safely Reopen Clubs
- NRPA Offers Benchmarking Data for Parks & Rec in New Report
Recreation Management Magazine
The May 2020 issue includes our new Guide to Aquatic Facility Operations, with advice from aquatic professionals about facility design, equipment and safety. Inside the May issue, we offer a diverse lineup of stories, including a closer look at playground safety surface choices, fitness and wellness in college recreation facilities, and how to make a park or community more bike-friendly.
2020 Buyers Guide
Check out our latest guide to everything you need for your sports, recreation or fitness facility. From aquatic supplies to sporting equipment, from workout machines to park site amenities—and beyond—we've got the most trusted, simple-to-use reference to sports, recreation and fitness products and services in the industry.
Rec Report Newsletter
The Rec Report e-newsletter brings you the most up-to-date ideas and solutions for recreation, sports and fitness facility managers. Every month, we cover the latest and greatest innovations—from programming to facility planning, from research and trends to the newest products—to help you make your facility a success.
Webinar Educational Series
Recreation Management's Webinar Educational Series connects you with the brightest stars in the field of managed recreation, sports and fitness facilities to provide an in-depth look at some of the top issues and challenges in the field today. Join us to learn more about practical solutions to common problems, as well as new developments and innovations in the industry.
2019 State of the Industry
Find out the latest trends in managed recreation, sports and fitness facilities. We surveyed more than 1,4000 industry professionals and summarized their responses in this annual must-read report.