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Understanding the Agency-Foundation Relationship: The Role of Nonprofit Foundations in Delivering Local Park and Recreation Services

Journal of Park and Recreation Administration, 2021
Inadequate funding is a common and longstanding concern for local public park and recreation agencies. Traditionally, these services are funded predominantly through tax-based allocations, supplemented by other streams such as earned revenue, dedicated ...
N. Pitas, Samantha L. Powers, A. Mowen
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Examining the Agency-Foundation Relationship in Local Park and Recreation Services

Journal of Park and Recreation Administration, 2021
Local park and recreation agencies supply a variety of community-based services, often at little or no direct cost to users. To supplement tax-based allocations, many agencies rely on partnerships with park foundations, nonprofit organizations that ...
N. Pitas, Samantha A. Powers, A. Mowen
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A Case Study of a Successful Park and Recreation Voter Referendum

Journal of Park and Recreation Administration, 2023
Although other sources exist, tax-based funding accounts for the majority of operating budgets for NRPA member agencies. To keep pace with ongoing maintenance and service needs, and to increase agency capacity to provide services into the future, many ...
N. Pitas   +3 more
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Recreation on the Battlefield: Planning for Shifting Visitor Use at Monocacy National Battlefield

Journal of Park and Recreation Administration, 2023
Outdoor recreation is increasing worldwide, driving recreationists to seek new sites for active leisure pursuits. Recreational use at sites of cultural significance (i.e., historic battlefields) may conflict with their primary legislated purpose ...
Chris A. B. Zajchowski   +5 more
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[Organization of the work of the «Healthy Moscow» pavilions in order to conduct preventive examinations of the adult population in park areas, squares and recreation areas of the city of Moscow].

Problemy sotsial'noi gigieny, zdravookhraneniia i istorii meditsiny, 2023
In modern conditions of global threats caused by infectious risks, the importance of programs and preventive examinations of the working-age population is increasing, which make it possible to identify groups of people at increased risk in the formation ...
A. S. Bezymyanny, E. N. Mingazova
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Coordinating and Standardizing Outdoor Recreation Supply and Demand Databases to Facilitate Management and Promote Conservation, Health, and Accessibility

Journal of Park and Recreation Administration, 2022
Recreation opportunities exist as a system at multiple scales and are offered by a variety of recreation providers sometimes with different goals and objectives. Incremental and disparate planning across providers can lead to mismatched supply and demand
W. Morse, L. Cerveny, D. Blahna
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Marketing Recreation Services in the Changing Landscape of Race and Ethnic Relations

Journal of Park and Recreation Administration, 2019
The changing landscape of race and ethnic relations in the U.S. has influenced how members of racial and ethnic groups use leisure spaces, engage in leisure activities, and interact with community agencies. These current issues necessitate changes in how
L. N. Camarillo, M. Stodolska, K. Shinew
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Local Policy-Makers’ Opinions Regarding Park and Recreation Services

Journal of Park and Recreation Administration, 2019
Local government officials represent influential funding stakeholders for park and recreation services. Research suggests that officials may differ in their perceptions of public services based on their status (i.e., elected, appointed) and type of ...
Samantha L. Powers   +5 more
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