I clicked off the online meeting, opened a Microsoft Word document and took a minute to capture the highlights of the conversation.
As I re-read and saved my notes, I smiled. This had been the fourth playground designer I’d interviewed in the last week and one thing was becoming crystal clear—COVID-19 is going to forever change the way folks gather, recreate, and play. These changes were already showing up in playground design and are now rippling through the rest of parks and recreation operations.