January 2026 - PRB+ Magazine

Longer Than A Year

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Editor's Notes 5 min read

How We Do Things Everywhere

In a rainbow barn packed with a hundred campers and forty counselors, a 16-year-old CIT with electric-blue hair performed what felt like the final poem of her childhood.

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Camps 5 min read

Future Readiness

As communities face frequent climate events, social disruptions, and infrastructure challenges, civic architecture is being reimagined as a front line of resilience.

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Rec Facilities 5 min read

Making Theater A Camp-Ready Team Sport

Growing up outside Columbus, Ohio, Daniel Robey was a summer camp kid. Church camp. Scout camp. Scout camp counselor. Program director. He even taught scout leaders to lead camps. Starting in middle school, the camp kid was also a theater kid. He now teaches high school theater in Worthington, Ohio.

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Camps 6 min read

Guiding Our Youth

Parks and recreation professionals often see their roles as providing spaces and opportunities for people of all ages to stay connected, discover new things, and reach their highest potential. However, one age group is notoriously hard to reach: teens and tweens.

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Programming 5 min read

The 12-Month Aquatic Playbook

Every aquatic professional knows the sinking feeling of a pool closure. Members are frustrated, schedules are disrupted, and budgets are drained by emergency fixes. Too often, maintenance is reactive, something done only when equipment fails.

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Rec Facilities 4 min read

The Core Four

My dad used to tell me that if you can’t explain to someone what you do during a short elevator ride, your business is too complicated.

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Columns 3 min read

The Beauty Of Handwritten Letters

In this post-truth era of AI-generated text and images, it seems quaint to consider the beauty of handwritten letters. But just as film photography is experiencing a renaissance, so are handwritten letters, especially among young people.

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Camps 6 min read