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Parks & Recreation back issues
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Something for everyone.(Up Front)(recreational development)(Editorial)
June 1, 2009... It's June! And after what has been a particularly chilly--and soggy--spring in the mid-Atlantic region, I'm thrilled to finally have some warm, dry, outside time to walk, explore, and clean up my overgrown gardens. But I have to admit that this month's feature articles leave me longing for...
Stepping out for trails funding: it's time for Congress to realize that public park and recreation programs are also transportation programs.(Advocacy Update)
June 1, 2009... With the enactment of the Intermodal Surface Transportation Act in the early 1990s, Congress first recognized that our nation's transportation infrastructure was more than just highways and included funding for trails as part of the surface transportation bill. Subsequent surface...
Potomac Heritage Trail: winding ribbon of American history.
June 1, 2009... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED]
"You mean you want us to go in the water?" squeaks a surprised 12th grader, peering warily into the murky C&O Canal in Great Falls Park, Maryland, just north of Washington, D.C. She and her fellow students--most wearing outfits better suited to a night on the town...
Life on a boat: trading "stuff" for freedom.
June 1, 2009... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED]
Jaye Lunsford leans back on the settee in her home and lists the occupations of her Annapolis, Maryland, neighbors.
"Let's see," she says. "A friend here was a district court judge. There are a couple of computer professionals, there are two financial planners,...
What would citizens say is the most meaningful thing your agency has done during a natural disaster?(SOUND OFF)
June 1, 2009... A COUPLE OF WINTERS AGO we had an ice storm that lasted several days. The wind chill factor was minus 40 degrees. Interstate 80 closed down for a few days, and our agency housed several individuals in our facilities. The emergency response team was well received by nonresidents, interstate...