From climbing and bouldering walls to ropes courses, challenge courses and obstacle courses, there's a tremendous range of adventure out there for the taking. Find out more about how to best manage these types of amenities, from getting folks interested to keeping them coming back for more.

Parks do a tremendous service to the communities that surround them. They provide a place to relax, to play, to get active, to interact with friends, families and community members, to see a concert—to get involved, in big ways and small.

Before starting here at Recreation Management, I worked for a different publisher, where we had a standing weekly meeting every Monday morning. At that meeting, six or seven of us would gather around the table to talk about all of the projects we were working on. We brainstormed new ideas, got plans rolling and conducted post-mortems on projects that had been completed.

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.

The Oklahoma City Tennis Center at Will Rogers Park recently added an award-winning tennis structure housing six regulation courts. The new building brings the OKC Tennis Center to 36 total courts.

Taking sports from a seasonal affair to a year-round offering has gotten a lot easier as manufacturers of fabric structures have continued to innovate new design options.

Every fitness floor should feature some standard and expected fitness equipment, like treadmills, stationary bikes and elliptical trainers. But you can appeal to a wider variety of users if you add more choices to the mix.

The New York Red Bulls team training facility in East Hanover, N.J., was the first facility in the country to be Environmentally Certified by the Sports Turf Managers Association (STMA). Two weeks later, their stadium in Harrison, N.J., became certified as well.

When it comes to indoor sports and fitness surfaces, options abound, from synthetic vinyl and rubber surfaces and tiles to hardwood flooring. Learn more about your choices and their benefits, as well as what to expect over the long run.