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departments
12 We Are Parks and Recreation
„	NRPA Welcomes Five New Members to 2024-2025 Board of
Directors 12
„	Adding Life and Light to Omaha's Riverfront 14
„ The Next Generation of Leaders 16
„	NRPA Premier Members: Get Your Free NRPA Facility Market
Report 17
18 Research
Perspectives on Automated Counting Technologies
Dianne K. Palladino, Ph.D.
19 Park Pulse
Parks and Recreation Is Supported by Data
48 Operations
„ Tailoring Recreation and Aquatic Center Design 48
„ Ensuring Equitable Trail Access 49
„ Creative Field Layouts for More Sports in Less Space 50
51 Products
52 Park Essentials
55 Advertiser Index
56 Park Bench
Special Olympics Tennis Program Takes the Gold in Lake Oswego
Jan Wirtz
columns
8 Perspectives
Seeing the Forest and the Trees
Kristine Stratton
10 Editor's Letter
We Have the Power to Lift All Boats
Vitisia Paynich
20 Advocacy
It Takes a Village
Christian Miller
22 Health and Well-Being
Empowering Older Adult Wellness
Al Kushner
24 Equity
How We Put the 'Unity' in 'Community' at the 60+ Activity
Center
Bryn McCornack
26 Environmental Resilience
Measuring Environmental Sustainability
Dianne K. Palladino, Ph.D., and Michele White, CAE, IOM
28 Law Review
Is a County Parks Firearm Prohibition Constitutional?
James C. Kozlowski, J.D., Ph.D.
During the past decade, park and
recreation departments provided more than
1.8 billion meals to children in need.
Cover image:
Photo of Ben Franklin
Parkway in Philadelphia
by Tawana Frink, Adobe
Stock. Inset photo
courtesy of Rebuild
Philadelphia.
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