Sponsored by Shade 'n Net

Outdoor spaces serve as hubs for recreation, learning, and building community. However, ensuring these areas are safe for all visitors—especially children—requires thoughtful consideration of UV protection. Shade structures play a pivotal role in mitigating risks and enhancing outdoor enjoyment, but not all shade systems are created equal.

Sponsored by Greenfields Outdoor Fitness

For those who love the outdoors, connecting with others, and increasing their strength and mobility, Thompson Park in Bellflower, Calif., is the perfect place to visit! With their brand new gym designed by Greenfields Outdoor Fitness, community members of different ages, abilities, and fitness goals can come together to work out. 

Sponsored by CXT Inc.

Access to clean and safe restrooms is no longer just a luxury, but an essential, expected amenity in public parks. Indeed, clean restrooms, as a source of comfort and convenience, can help park visitors be more at ease, and encourage frequent and lengthy visits.

Sponsored by Tangent Technologies

Tangent Materials focuses on sustainable solutions for the recreation industry, specifically through their use of recycled plastic lumber. This material is crafted from recycled plastics, making it an environmentally friendly alternative to traditional wood.

Sponsored by Icon Shelter Systems

In parks, on campuses, along streetscapes and in locations where sports and other gatherings take place, shelters and shade structures play major roles and serve many purposes. And while they fulfill a variety of needs, they can also make attractive and aesthetically pleasing additions to public locales, offering form as well as function and attracting users to these spaces. 

Sponsored by ActionFit by UltraSite

Developers and manufacturers of modern fitness equipment, in concert with trail and park designers, have taken the essential elements of indoor exercising outdoors, a trend that has surged since the COVID-19 pandemic, providing community members of all ages and abilities with diverse options to stay physically active. 

Sponsored by RenoSys

Whether you’re looking to transform your old pool, with its rough, cracked surface and leaky pipes, or you want to ensure your new pool is built to last from the start, reinforced textured commercial grade PVC pool membranes offer a cost-effective, long-lasting solution. 

Sponsored by Icon Shelter Systems

With global temperatures on the rise, more attention is being given to the dangerous effects of heat islands. 

Sponsored by Water Odyssey

Kiddie pools were popular in public parks a few decades ago and were installed for toddlers who were too small to swim in larger pools. Unfortunately, with the rise of new aquatic trends, these areas have become dead zones in many parks. Kiddie pools tend not to draw a lot of interest, as they are just stagnant bodies of water with little playability.