As a college student majoring in Recreation and Park Administration (with an emphasis in Therapeutic Recreation) at Illinois State University, Carolyn Nagle's first "real" job in the recreation industry was directing the first summer day camp program for the Limestone Township Park District in Illinois.

Building on a base of swim lessons, municipal aquatic facilities have grown their offerings to provide far more. Here's how design teams have innovated to bring more to community pools and aquatic centers.

Kristyn Wong-Tam was raised in a working class, immigrant family where money was hard to come by.

Aquatic facilities come with a lot of working parts that need to be kept running effectively. Staying on top of a wide range of maintenance requirements is essential to maintaining a safe environment for swimmers, as well as protecting your investment in your facility.

When Dawson Hughes was a kid, and when he wasn't in school, he was always participating in sports.

A new app is giving students, faculty, staff and alumni at SUNY New Paltz greater control over their exercise, while providing fitness and recreation facilities important information to help create a better exercise experience.

When Seminole County Sports Complex, a 15-field sports facility that hosts baseball, softball, soccer and lacrosse, in Sanford, Fla., opened in the spring of this year, it also came with a state-of-the-art LED lighting system.

If your community has a waterfront—whether along a river or lakefront, an abandoned quarry or a beach—you've got the ability to develop an amenity that will draw visitors for some passive and active recreation.

Brian Zimmerman's entry into the field of recreation began with an undergraduate education, having studied agricultural science-soils at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.

A new solution is enabling this recreation center to streamline its use of resources and save energy, and money.