Always lots of
things going on and happening.
Keeping pace with the latest trends, trying to re-invent popular
offerings, on top of scheduling and putting them together is one
CHALLENGING job and then to do it 4 Times a Year – Amazing.
Let us be part of that process!
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Power
Programming
Three months before the next season, fall, winter, spring,
summer, your department will receive a trends quarterly update
that will provide you with insight into the latest patterns and
preferences as well as emerging directions. BUT, it also comes
with action-oriented suggestions for your department to
implement. It’s like a four times a year checkup!
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$525 |
Introductory Price: $525
(less then the cost of a premium coffee per day with similar
powerful results = uplifted programs and consumer satisfaction)
The Trust
for Public Lands,
an outstanding source for data and stats related to parks and
recreation, has issued a new report on the Health Benefits
associated with our professional. The report contains four
different sections:
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Parks
Support Physical Activity for Health
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Parks
and Greenways Increase Health in Newer Communities
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Benefits of Parks and Greenways to Psychological and Social
Health
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End
Notes with citations for all studies or reports referenced
Physical
Activity for Health
section includes:
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ways
in which physical activity improves health
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lack
of physical activity and the relationships to obesity and
poor health
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costs
of obesity
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obesity and its impact on life expectancy
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lack
of parks space as hindrance to health
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pack
access inequitably distributed
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community gardens and health
Parks and
Greenways Increase Health in Newer Communities
features
the following topics:
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development patterns that discourage physical activity
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biking
and walking for health
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greenways for healthy living
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reducing air pollution and global warming
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reducing accidents and mental stress
Benefits
of Parks and Greenways to Psychological and Social Health
cites a number of benefit areas:
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exposure to nature and greenery and health
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parks
as therapy for attention deficit disorder
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exposure to nature promotes coping and health
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exposure to green space and health
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benefits for play and brain development
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social
health of communities
-
community involvement
A special
thanks to Trust for Public Lands for its continued fine efforts to
identify and pull together information related to the far reaching
benefits of parks and recreation. See the report in its entirety at
http://www.tpl.org/content_documents/HealthBenefitsReport_FINAL_010307.pdf
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