Parks and recreation departments handle a lot more programs and face a lot more challenges than many people may realize. So, here are a few things that newly elected officials should know about this department as they step into their role.
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New facilities aren’t bad, but they do present a problem when we can’t afford to maintain them after they’re built.
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Kansas City is known for its beautiful fountains, but Parks and Rec says the city doesn’t have the funds to maintain this source of civic pride.
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Rather than building new parks, it’s time we #DoTheMath on the ones we’ve already got.
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Learn how Stronger Denton—a Denton-based, Strong Towns Local Conversation—took an incremental approach to invest in a park in downtown Denton.
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She’s smart, she’s motivated and she’s 100% dedicated to helping her town of Pawnee, IN be the best it can be.
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For a city to get there, current priorities need to be realigned and everyone -- from the mayor, the city engineer, the maintenance worker and everyone in between -- needs to be working to get more value out of our existing investments.
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