Illinois Park & Recreation Association’s commercial member, Team REIL/Park and Recreation Supply of Union, IL, worked with Matthew McConaughey in Houston, TX building a playground for hurricane Katrina victims who now live on Angel Lane.
Ten members of Team REIL, a distributor and installer of Miracle playground equipment, departed Union, IL in August to travel […]
Shellie Voburgh, a resident of Elburn, is pushing for a brand new park district to be established in the booming far West suburb. Her task of getting a question on the April ‘07 ballot is no easy task and she will need all the help she can get from us professionals in the field.
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This year’s Agency Showcase Competition will be a little bit different from past competitions and the outcome should be pleasing to everyone.
Here are some of the changes being made to the Showcase:
Annual Report Content and Single Catelog Content will be their own categories
The Specific Facility, Event and Program category will be combined and include […]
The Park Management Institute (PMI) provides intensive, in-depth training for park professionals who aspire to advance their career. Initiated in 1979 using a federal grant through the Intergovernmental Personnel Act, the Institute has continually presented practical and humanistic approaches toward park and resource management. Previous Institutes have focused on such topics as basic supervision, communications, […]
During a youth football game in California a parent/coach ran onto the field and tackled one of the youth athletes after apparently making a late hit on his son. The video taken is shocking and the man was arrested on suspicion of felony child abuse, according to an Associated Press article.
A study in the 1990s […]