August 2020

13 Articles

A Trail Runs Through It

I punched the code into the garage door box, waited impatiently for it to open, grabbed my bike, shut the door and took off down the North Coast Inland Trail next to our temporary home in Oberlin, Ohio.

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Publishers Note 2 min read

Getting Down And Dirty

As the program director at a rural university in the Mississippi Delta, I am challenged in finding innovative and unique methods to subsidize an academic outdoor-recreation education program.

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Programming 7 min read

TrailBlazers Unite

When park visitors share their ideas, the results can be amazing.

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Parks 4 min read

A Reflective Respite

The benefits of spending time outdoors have long been documented by writers and naturalists.

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Parks 4 min read

The Self-Concept Model

Any life is empty without good memories. Past successes tend to represent an individual’s happiest times.

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Programming 4 min read

From Yawn Lawn To Bark Park

This overnight-success story was actually years in the making. The new Bark Park at Shane Kelly Park in the city of

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Sports Fields 6 min read

Turn A Disability To An Ability

Have you ever thought of helping veterans with disabilities get out of the house and do something they may have done as kids or pre-military?

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Programming 2 min read

Detailed Disinfection

Talk to anyone in the professional cleaning industry and most will say things will not be the same in the post-COVID-19 world.

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Rec Facilities 4 min read

Tell Your Story

Technology is ingrained into our everyday lives. We have more information at our fingertips than every generation had before us.

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Columns 4 min read

Stepping Up To The Plate

I really enjoy sharing insights to the youth-sports world every month in this space.

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Columns 4 min read

Bring Down The Walls Of Fear

I sat at a table, enjoying a break from holiday shopping at the mall, and you were sitting just a table away.

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Columns 5 min read

August 2020 This-N-That

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This N That 4 min read