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Sprague, Kim – Parks and Recreation, 1980
Park and recreation professionals are facing a dual challenge: to offer comprehensive recreation programs for all ages and income levels; and to establish trends, providing opportunities for development and assimilation of new skills and interests into the public's repertoire of leisure activities. (Author)
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, Community Resources, Innovation, Leisure Time
Texas Tech Univ., Lubbock. Dept. of Park Administration and Landscape Architecture. – 1981
Summaries of papers given at a regional training institute on parks and recreation facilities, programs, amd objectives are presented. The purposes of the institute were to encourage professionalism among those who work in parks and recreation, to foster interagency cooperation, and to support colleges that train parks and recreation…
Descriptors: Community Resources, Higher Education, Organizational Development, Park Design
Download full textDupre, Peter; Zivetz, Nancie – 1978
The Caravan House program, the group home for adolescents sponsored by the Palo Alto Adolescent Services Corporation, is described. Included are suggestions for developing a resource file of appropriate recreational and vocational resources. The materials reviewed cover the following areas: (1) group home residents' needs for employment and…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Community Resources, Community Services, Foster Homes
Davidson, Michael E.; Hess, G. Alfred, Jr. – 1985
The Chicago Board of Education operates teacher-staffed, after school playground programs at 59 elementary schools. It also operates and maintains six stadia for interscholastic and amateur athletic events and recreational purposes. This study examined those programs and the use of funds committed to support them. Descriptions are given of the…
Descriptors: Community Resources, Elementary Schools, Elementary Secondary Education, Playgrounds
Texas Tech Univ., Lubbock. Dept. of Park Administration and Landscape Architecture. – 1982
The professional responsibilities of administrators of parks and recreational facilities were emphasized in the keynote address to the twenty-seventh annual conference of the Southwest Park and Recreation Training Institute. The institute was founded with the objectives of fostering the gathering and dissemination of information with reference to…
Descriptors: Community Resources, Conservation (Environment), Environmental Standards, Land Use
Peer reviewedBarkanov, S. – Russian Education and Society, 1995
Presents a concise overview of the summer youth recreation programs and facilities in Russia. Lack of funding represents a problem as does the decline of trade union support. Some private entrepreneurial camps have turned their facilities over to the government. Includes brief descriptions of types of programs and the number of youth served. (MJP)
Descriptors: Community Involvement, Community Recreation Programs, Community Resources, Economic Impact
Lewis, Ray – 1980
Four counties and five adjacent towns are served by the Broadview, Montana (population 100), community education program begun in 1978. A one mill tax levy and a 3-year Mott fund seed grant allowed for tuition courses in 1979-80; in 1981, a $5 per course fee will be charged. The majority of courses are taught in the school and are designed to…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Agency Cooperation, Agricultural Education, Community Education
