NRPA Provides Aquatic Discounts
The National Recreation and Park Association (NRPA) has unveiled three new member discount programs designed to support aquatic service providers. NRPA has forged relationships with the leading aquatics safety program providers and negotiated savings to help members remain competitive while budgets for aquatic services such as pools and waterparks continue to face constraints.
NRPA Grant to Assist Archery Programs
The National Recreation and Park Association (NRPA) in partnership with the Easton Foundations announced the availability of a new grant program, Discover Archery, for park and recreation agencies. The $160,000 grant program specifically ensures that park and recreation professionals are trained and certified in archery instruction.
Barker Rinker Seacat Earns Nat'l Award
Barker Rinker Seacat Architecture (BRS) of Denver, in association with SFS Architecture of Kansas City, Missouri, has won a national design competition for the $22.5 million Olathe Community Center planned for Olathe, Kansas. BRS will serve as the architect-of-record and design architect, with SFS as associate architect.
Indy Parks Honored With Awards
The City of Indianapolis Department of Parks and Recreation recently received three awards from the Indiana Parks and Recreation Association (IPRA) at the 2012 State Conference in Michigan City.
Exercise Pays Off for Heart Patients
In all parts of the world, the start of a new year inspires adults to give up junk food, join a gym or make healthier choices. For one group, the resolution to become more active could literally be the difference between life and death.
NSPF Offers Training in 2012
The National Swimming Pool Foundation (NSPF) will offer six Instructor Training classes for 2012.
ASBA Members Named Tennis Champions
The American Sports Builders Association (ASBA), the national organization for builders, designers and suppliers of materials for tennis courts, running tracks, synthetic turf fields and indoor and outdoor synthetic sports surfaces, has announced that three Association members were recognized as Champions of Tennis for 2011 by Racquet Sports Industry Magazine in its January 2012 issue.
ACSM Releases Strength Textbook
While the strength and conditioning field has traditionally been unchartered territory for the American College of Sports Medicine, their recent release of the ACSMs Foundations of Strength Training and Conditioning textbook puts the College on the map in this growing field.
CAPRA Program Reaches Milestone
More than 100 park and recreation agencies across the country are now accredited through the Commission for the Accreditation of Parks and Recreation Agencies (CAPRA) the National Recreation and Park Association (NRPA) announced.
44 Campgrounds, RV Resorts Earn an A
Forty-four campgrounds, RV parks and resorts earned all-around A grades in the fourth annual consumer satisfaction survey of campgrounds, RV parks and resorts.
ASBA Honors Distinguishes Sports Fields
The American Sports Builders Association (ASBA), the national organization for builders, designers and suppliers of materials for athletic facilities, has announced the winners of its annual awards. Awards are presented each year to facilities built by ASBA members, which best exemplify construction excellence.
NSPF Offers App for Service Pros
The new Pool Service Manager app from the National Swimming Pool Foundation (NSPF) allows service professionals with an iPhone or iPad to more efficiently manage their business.
ACSM Revises Consensus on Concussions
Team physicians who assess and treat athletes suspected of concussion have new marching orders from the American College of Sports Medicine (ACSM), according to a team physician consensus statement. Under no circumstances should an athlete suspected of, or diagnosed with, a concussion return to play the day of their injury.
Aquatic Health Conference Attendance Up
The eighth annual World Aquatic Health Conference
(WAHC) and Aquatic Physical Therapy Summit held in Seattle, Wash., October 12-14, 2011, drew 410
registrations, an increase of 30 percent over the previous year.
