Find out how smart planning from square one, correct installation, as well as regular maintenance and inspections all can add up to a safe play environment.

Looking for ways to get more people into the pool? We offer some handy tips for revitalizing your facility and programming without going off the deep end.

Whether it be a festival or 5K (or both), several key strategies and the right team can help make your special event a success.

The need to fill staff positions has become a common ongoing chore for many fitness facilities. Prudent managers who maintain a reasonable concern for liability risks realize the importance of finding and hiring only qualified staff.

Look around any fitness facility. Exercisers with special needs are everywhere. We’ll focus on equipment needs for four groups: older adults (age 55 and up), pregnant women, people with disabilities, and children and teenagers.

Power outage. These two words can damage the recreation and sports industry on a number of levels.

With its second annual jazz festival fast approaching, the bustling town of Silver Spring, located in Montgomery County, Md., could’ve been stuck singing the blues because its 35,000-square-foot outdoor concert space was not yet a viable venue.

Getting back to nature, even in the heart of a busy metropolis, never has been so easy, especially since the Bronx Zoo—which sits on 265 acres surrounded by New York City—opened its new Butterfly Garden last May.

On any given day the new $2 million Whitetail Park in Lafayette, Colo., is a lively scene for multiple generations and interests. Given the challenge of creating a place that was all things to all people, the park was designed as a hybrid that meets the various needs of the community.