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Playgrounds, Wellness, and Physical Equipment
Parks and recreation areas provide free options for healthy activity to individuals and families alike. This area contains resources applicable to maintenance of playgrounds, wellness circuits, and other types of physical equipment within our parks.
Playgrounds with Purpose
Aubrea Bandfield
Read about how your playgrounds support a child’s emotional, physical and social development.
Smart Controls Optimize Park and Recreation Operations
Josh Gaunt
Technology can help you with your operations.
Staying on Track with Facility Maintenance
Mary Helen Sprecher Sportsfield Management Online
Don’t run away from Track and field issues. Read about them here.
Climber Safety; Know the Ropes
Berliner Play Equipment Informational
Short guide on rope safety and maintenance.
Overview of Pennsylvania’s Recreational Use of Land and Water Act
Andrew M. Loza and Debra Wolf Goldstein, Esq., Justin Hollinger, Esq.
Agencies' rights on public use.
Designing and Maintaining a Pool Maintenance Plan
Michelle Gable, AFO, CPO
A design a maintenance plan for your pool.
From Software to Systems: How AI will Re-shape Parks & Recreation
Birju Kadakia
Artificial Intelligence (AI) is here. Can it help your department?
How to Layout and Line a Football Field; Paint in one Hour
Creenbird videos
Need to line a field? Learn how in this video.
