California Parks & Recreation magazine, Winter 2017, Vol. 73, No. 1

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2017 CPRS CONFERENCE & EXPO PREVIEW .........................................8 The CPRS Conference & Expo is returning to Sacramento February 28-March 3, 2017.

Read about the educational sessions, networking opportunites, special events and expo hall highlights that are available to you at the annual conference.

CREATING A PLAY SPACE JUST ABOUT ANYWHERE...........................28 Editor Stephanie Stephens, CAE Executive Director Managing Editor John Glaeser Director of Communications Advertising Melonie Zarzuela Assistant Advertising Manager CALIFORNIA PARKS & RECREATION (ISSN 0733-5326) is published quarterly by the California Park & Recreation Society, Inc., 7971 Freeport Blvd., Sacramento, CA 95832-9701. Opinions expressed in credited articles are those of the author and not necessarily those of the society. Subscription rate is $30.00 per year and is included in membership dues. Individual subscriptions apart from CPRS membership are available only to colleges, libraries and members of CAPRCBM. Single copy price for all other issues is $7.50 for members and $12.50 for nonmembers. Periodicals postage paid at Sacramento, California, and at additional mailing offices. POSTMASTER: Send address changes to CALIFORNIA PARKS & RECREATION, 7971 Freeport Blvd., Sacramento, CA 95832-9701. Send manuscripts, query letters and artwork to John Glaeser. Advertising materials should be forwarded to the address above or call 916/6652777. Guidelines for submitting articles and advertising rates are available from same address, or from the CPRS website (www.cprs.org). ©2017, California Park & Recreation Society, Inc.

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Essentials of the Parks and Recreation Profession

by Kristi McClure Huckaby • CPRS President

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ne of my greatest professional honors has been to ser ve as your CPRS President! I am extremely grateful for the opportunity to serve in this prestigious role. I have truly enjoyed meeting the many talented and inspiring professionals who bring a wealth of knowledge and expertise to the field of parks and recreation. The professionalism of CPRS members: sharing their knowledge, trends and best practices, ultimately provides to our enire membership. In turn this benefits the communities we serve and improves their quality of life, making parks and recreation an essential service to our communities.

One of my goals as President this year was to demonstrate to those within our profession, who are not yet members, the importance and opportunities that a CPRS membership brings. It was extremely rewarding personally to offer a CPRS membership to a new member, as I knew each dollar spent would bring back a higher return in the investment of advocacy, education, networking and resources for that individual. As in the social media world, it is referred to as pay it forward. Can you imagine the possibility and the strength of our membership by paying it forward?

Throughout the year, I have had an opportunity to speak at District, Section and Region Trainings. The topic of the training was Succession Planning, Mentoring and Coaching: The Key to Staff Development. Succession planning is essential for our profession, agencies, boards, and the emerging leadership and intelligence of our younger professionals holding

important positions on our District and Section Boards throughout the state. Furthering opportunities for growth are important (as purpose is important to individuals), understanding the organization needs and how your employees’ growth can help meet those needs are essential and rewarding for the individuals.

Recently, I was asked to provide 1-2 line quotes about what CPRS means to you and how you have benefitted from it. As members, please take a moment to reflect on your experiences with CPRS. What does it means to you and how have you benefitted from it? At this point, you should be smiling and reflecting on a memorable time through networking or training with CPRS. For me, I wasn’t sure I could capture it in 1-2 lines. As my involvement has become such a big part of who I am, CPRS is my third place in life, the first being my family & friends and second my work.

What does CPRS mean to you and how you benefit from it?

“As a longstanding member of CPRS, a lifelong parks and recreation professional, and your current CPRS President, I have experienced firsthand that CPRS has the ability to connect, educate and empower its members to meet their personal and professional goals. Participating in this amazing organization has broadened my education, resources, networks and advocacy... ultimately helping me be the best I can be while I serve my community”.

An opportunity waits for you and your teams to receive those benefits continued on page 66

Kristi McClure Huckabee is the 2016-17 CPRS President and Director of Recreation at the City of Chula Vista.

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2016-2017 BOARD OF DIRECTORS PRESIDENT Kristi McClure Huckaby City of Chula Vista 276 Fourth Avenue, Chula Vista, CA 91910 619/585-5618 • kmcclure@chulavistaca.gov PRESIDENT-ELECT Jim Wheeler San Francisco Recreation & Park District 501 Stanyan Street, San Francisco, CA 94117 415/831-6833 • James.Wheeler@sfgov.org VICE PRESIDENT Henry Perezalonso Town of Danville 233 Front Street, Danville, CA 94526 925/314-3454 • hperezalonso@danville.ca.gov SECRETARY-TREASURER Tara Gee City of Roseville 316 Vernon Street, Roseville, CA 95678 916/774-5253 • tgee@roseville.ca.us REGION 1 REPRESENTATIVE (Dist 1, 2, 3) Cindy Bagley City of Rohnert Park 5401 Snyder Lane, Rohnert Park, CA 94928 707/588-3452 • cbagley@rpcity.org REGION 2 REPRESENTATIVE (Dist 4, 5, 6) Traci Farris City of Ceres 2701 Fourth Street, Ceres, CA 95307 209/538-5682 • traci.farris@ci.ceres.ca.us REGION 3 REPRESENTATIVE (Dist 7, 8, 15) Sarah Reid City of Reedley 100 N. East Avenue, Reedley, CA 93654 559/637-4203 • sarah.reid@reedley.ca.gov REGION 4 REPRESENTATIVE (Dist 11, 13, 14) Tom Boecking City of San Gabriel 250 S. Mission Drive, San Gabriel, CA 91776 626/308-2875 • TBoecking@sgch.org REGION 5 REPRESENTATIVE (Dist 9, 10, 12) Corey Lakin City of Los Alamitos 10911 Oak Street, Los Alamitos, CA 90720 562/430-1073 ext. 500 • clakin@cityoflosalamitos.org COUNCIL OF SECTIONS REPRESENTATIVES (Aquatics, Development & Operations, Recreation Supervisors and Recreation Therapy) Tom Hellmann Cosumnes Community Services District 9014 Bruceville Road, Elk Grove, CA 95758 916/405-5631 • tomhellmann@csdparks.com (Administrators, Aging, and Educators) Lydie Gutfeld City of Mission Viejo 200 Civic Center, Mission Viejo, CA 92691 949/470-3004 • lgutfeld@cityofmissionviejo.org Please contact any Board Member with questions or comments

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2017 CPRS Conference Committee has your Perfect Combination for Success!

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he 2017 CPRS Conference Committee has been hard at work to bring the perfect combination of diverse education sessions, great exhibitors in the EXPO Hall, unique networking opportunities and fun social activities to meet all your expectations for an amazing conference! February 28 to March 3 - get ready to learn from the best and make new connections that will help you be your best!

Education Patrick Larkin Program Team Leader

There are over 100 education sessions to choose from that will address difficult conversations and topics to teach you strategies and skills to take your leadership to a new level. Our committee is especially excited about a new education series called “Conversations That Matter” that opens the door to having difficult but necessary conversations which allow organizational growth and advancement. The Com8

mittee was thoughtful and inclusive in its search for parks and recreation professionals to craft the educational sessions and overall program this year.

The committee invited and received feedback from Administrators, HR support staff, specific recreation programmers like sports, seniors, aquatics, youth development and special events, customer service staff and commissioners to create a curriculum that speaks to your needs and wants for more information and skill development.

This year several intensive sessions will be offered: NAYS Youth Sports Administrators Academy; a Park Development and Operations Symposium: A “Hands-On” Experience; The Mini SuperCal; Riding the Wave into the Future: Best Practices and New Ideas in Aquatics; and

“Wellness 360,” An Interactive Experience on Ways to Implement Your Wellness Program. These intensive sessions will drill down into specific areas of interest so you are able to polish your skills or learn new approaches from experienced and award-winning professionals in the field.

Ready to learn? We hope so!

Experience Alexa Pritchard Attendee Experience Team Leader

Our team focused on an attendee experience that is aimed at expanding networking opportunities and social activities that enhance your growth as a professional. Ok, and adding in a little fun as well!

Find a few of your soon-to-be favorite experiences here….

“Rookie Session” – This session is aimed at first time CPRS Conference attendees and will focus on a few simple tips and tricks to make the most of the conference experience.

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CPRS Conference & Expo “Welcome Reception” – The event that kicks off all the fun of the conference ahead.

Connect with old friends and make a few new ones.

Don’t miss out on this great reception, sponsored by PlayCore.

“Coffee with a Colleague” - Where you connect with colleagues over coffee to get advice on challenging issues or to learn more about someone’s career path advancement.

“Wake Up Wellness” – Join the fun of a morning walk through Capitol Park on Thursday & Friday mornings.

A surefire way to energize yourself for the great day ahead.

Toss in conversations over lunch, meeting new vendors in the Expo hall and those fun activities CPRS has planned in their booth and you’re sure to leave with a few experiences to remember.

Expo Stephanie House Expo Hall Team Leader

The ‘heart’ of our conference, this year’s Expo Hall returns better than ever. We’re hosting over 200 companies in Expo Halls A & B, representing all things parks and recreation. Come learn from experts in the field, find new innovations in equipment, or just to say hello to longtime friends. There will also be FREE lunch and prize drawings. Who doesn’t want to win some cash or a dream vacation?! And don’t forget about the silent auction that benefits the CPRS Scholarship Foundation! The Silent Auction is a big hit year after year with 40+ exhibitors donating a variety of items for delegates to bid on. Bring your checkbook or credit card to help us raise money for student scholarships – the past few years have brought in an aver-

age of $4,000 – let’s see if we can put that to shame in 2017. CRPS will be located in booth #623 so be sure to stop by and say hi to the staff, board and Section leaders that will be holding down the fort.

You’ll also be able to get an up close and personal look at our award winners in the Best of the Best showcase area in the 1000 aisle. See you in the Expo Hall!

Your CPRS Conference Committee is excited to be offering these new and unique opportunities to learn and grow. CPRS Conference + YOU = A Perfect Combination!

Logistics Jill Nunes Logistics Team Leader

While not the ‘sexiest’ of the four conference committee teams, our crew does play a pretty important role in making sure your education and experiences run well! Scheduling volunteers, ensuring signs are pointed in the right direction and keeping things humming in the command center are just a few things we’ll be taking care of. It takes an army, and we’re the front line.

Looking forward to having you in Sacramento!

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Two Conference Rookies on the Upcoming Conference “If you do what you love, you’ll never work a day in your life.”

Like many others, I have spent my life trying to figure out what I want to be “when I grow up.” I have always enjoyed volunteering and helping out in the community and am passionate about what I do. I really enjoy where my career has taken me the last few years, working for parks and recreation, and it dawned on me that this was my calling! I am a full time Administrative Specialist at Cosumnes CSD and love the variety of things I get to do and the opportunities that have been brought my way, I am also pursuing my Recreation and Park Management degree at CSU Sacramento.

One of my favorite inspirational quotes is “You can never know a lot but you can always do a lot.” So, when I was asked to be on the planning committee for the CPRS conference, I wasn’t sure what to expect but I dove in head first. I have heard about the CPRS conference and all that it has to offer and was curious to see firsthand how everything comes together. I was nervous to be there with others who have more experience at this than me but I was also excited for an opportunity to try something new. I love meeting new people and it sounded like a great chance to network while having some fun at work… what all parks and recreation employees do best.

It was really amazing to see all the time and energy that various volunteers contribute to reviewing the potential session entries. I really appreciated the inside glimpse into

seeing what different kinds of programs, activities and special events each agency offers. I learned a lot by talking to others and saw how their different expertise affected what topics they were interested in for conference sessions. Throughout the different meetings, I heard many entertaining stories about past conferences.

I am really looking forward to being an attendee at conference.

I have my eye on a few of the sessions that I got to review and can’t wait to see all of our planning committee’s results come to life. I am definitely interested in checking out some of my professor’s and colleague’s sessions and I am excited to see friends from different agencies, network and see the latest and greatest innovative things coming to our parks.

It is going to be inspiring to see the parks and recreation field in a different perspective and I can’t wait to see how all of our agencies come together to help us all “make lives better.” See you at conference!

Growing up we are constantly exposed to new experiences and the world is a fresh, exciting place that frequently presents us with opportunities to learn. Unfortunately, those opportunities can become fewer and farther between as we age, and that is why I am looking forward to the upcoming CPRS Conference and Expo.

This is my first time attending the conference, so I am anxious to get outside of my comfort zone and absorb as much material as possible.

Besides experiencing something new, I am particularly interested in seeing this year’s conference come to life because I had the opportunity to volunteer with the CPRS program committee. I reviewed many of the sessions that will be presented at this year’s conference while serving in this capacity, and having come from a background of sports programming, I am hopeful that my input has a positive im-

pact on other attendees involved in youth and adult sports.

For me personally, I am most intrigued by the prospect of learning more about park development and maintenance.

My current role with the Cosumnes CSD is more administrative than previous positions, and I am fascinated by the processes used to create and allocate public resources such as parks and athletic fields. Because of this, I plan on attending several sessions dealing with these topics in order to catalyze my professional development in this area.

Having said all that, I fully expect the people I meet at conference to be as important as the information I receive.

The CPRS Conference and Expo is a rare occasion to network with hundreds of like-minded professionals, and the prospect of connecting and learning from the experiences of others is what I’m most excited about. Who knows, perhaps I will meet you there!

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Kavita Takhar Administrative Specialist Cosumnes Community Services District

Josh Branco Recreation Coordinator Cosumnes Community Services District WINTER 2017 • CALIFORNIA PARKS & RECREATION

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Rules of the “Stoop” The 3 Simple Steps for Connecting with the “Other” Chris Bashinelli

9:15 a.m. - 11:00 a.m.

Wednesday, March 1, 2017 Sacramento Memorial Auditorium, just across the street from the Sacramento Convention Center This enthusiastic session will set the stage for the conference theme “Parks & Recreation: A Perfect Combination.” We welcome with excitement our dynamic keynote speaker Mr. Chris Bashinelli. Join Bash on this interpersonal expedition to “stoops” around the world.

What does it mean to respect people no matter where they come from, what nationality they are, or how they treat you? Chris grew up in Brooklyn, with the world on his stoop. His friends shared 13 backgrounds - Jewish, Muslim, Catholic, Korean, Irish, Italian, Russian, and Puerto Rican- to name a few. By finding our metaphorical “stoop” or “place of common ground”- in our work place - be it a Mongolian wrestling dojo or a South Dakota Ranch - we can strengthen any relationship.

Bash’s mission in life is to create a Culture of Compassion. The fire behind his unquenchable thirst for change, stems from the life of his parents. An Actorturned-Activist, he throws himself into high-stakes scenarios on TV with no holds barred. He has harvested Buffalo with Native Americans in Pine Ridge, walked miles for clean water in Haiti and worked side by side with individuals from countless corners of the Earth. With humor and humility, Chris presents us with a new way of looking at the world.

Parks Make Life Better!® State Capitol Rally Wednesday, March 1, 2017 11:15 a.m. – 12:15 noon North Steps of the State Capitol Legislator awareness of the value of parks and recreation is one of CPRS’ primary goals. Help spread the value of parks and recreation by joining your fellow attendees as we march to the State Capitol and let legislators hear our rallying cry – Parks Make Life Better!®

A new legislature convened in January and two park bonds have been introduced; the timing for this rally could not be better!

Attendees and agencies are encouraged to carry banners or signs (nothing over 30” without prior approval) proclaiming Parks Make Life Better!® and wear their agency shirts, hats and jackets.

See you at the capitol!

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Conversations that Matter

A Journey To Being Good Enough NOW! Friday brings us an opening session, followed by breakout sessions and then a closing session. Meet Jessica Pettitt… our Conversations That Matter expert and your ‘no more excuses!’ coach for the week!

Jessica will kick us off as the emcee of our Opening General Session Wednesday morning and you’ll learn she is funny – with a point. Throughout your week, you’ll have the opportunity to meet Jess in person during ‘Office Hours’ for a personalized conversation about something you may be struggling with. Friday finds us all engaging in specific ‘Conversations that Matter’, offering you an opportunity to learn from one another on various trending issues. You’ll wrap up the week with NO MORE EXCUSES, ready to have even more great conversations and move your department, agency and your SELF forward!

This ‘Conversations that Matter’ journey will help you:

Conversations that Matter Schedule ‘Office Hours’ with Jess

• Challenge assumptions

• Move past excuses

• Engage in tough conversations

• Get things done NOW

Our Ultimate Outcomes: feel comfortable and confident in having difficult conversations; gain exposure to tools that help tackle a situation and allow you to move on; identify tools to get teams in same mental space/comfort zone; walk away with new perspectives, feeling collaborative and ready to tackle hard situations.

Wednesday, 12:30 – 2:30 pm CPRS Booth, Expo Hall Thursday, 12:30 – 2:30 pm CPRS Booth, Expo Hall Thursday, 4:00 – 5:00 pm Info Central, Registration Area

Opening Session - Conversations that Matter Friday, 8:30 a.m. - 9:30 a.m.

Friday Sessions

• an explanation on how to become comfortable with what to say and how to say it (when most people struggle)

Friday, 8:30 a.m. - 9:30 a.m.

“Conversations That Matter” Plenary Session with Jessica Pettitt Friday, 9:45 a.m. - 10:45 a.m.

Choose from: Homeless Services as a Park & Recreation Priority? or How Do Other Departments See Us? (Better Relationships with Other Departments) Friday, 11:00 a.m. - Noon Choose from: Competing for Attention: Supervisors vs. Cell Phones or How Safe is Safe—Preventing Workplace Violence Friday, 1:30 p.m. - 3:00 p.m.

Closing Session

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We’re going to start our day with Jessica Pettit! With over a decade in the business of stirring up important conversations, Jess knows a thing or two about making change. Your take-aways are: • a deep understanding of one of the most fundamental leadership skills -- how to hold important conversations with others

Closing Session “It’s Grow Time—How do I Still Move My Organization Forward?”

Friday, 1:30 p.m. - 3:00 p.m.

This Town Hall Format, moderated by Jessica Pettitt will include panelists: Marie Knight, Director, City of Long Beach Ana Alvarez, Deputy General Manager, East Bay Regional Park District Phil Ginsburg, General Manager, San Francisco Recreation & Park Department and Brian Albright, Director, County of San Diego.

Jessica will moderate with these panelists who are consistently tasked with tackling sensitive conversations at work.

These panelists will model great talking points about sensitive areas in the workplace. We’ll ask and you ask during this Town Hall Format. Example conversations we can tackle together include: • Wage increase impacts to scheduling

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• park users without permits

• staff who feel entitled

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Special Events Where Networking Is Key Are you a CPRS Conference Rookie?

Welcome Reception

Wake Up Wellness!

Attending your first CPRS Conference can be a great opportunity to learn new things, meet new people and re-energize your passion for parks and recreation. It can also be frightening and overwhelming. Learn some simple tips and tricks to make your conference experience more enjoyable while maximizing the opportunities conference has to offer.

Attend the Rookie Session to:

Included in your full conference registration Peanut butter and jelly. Macaroni and Cheese. Sonny and Cher. All PERFECT combinations! Join us Wednesday evening and celebrate coming together at our Welcome Reception, sponsored by our friends at PlayCore. Finger foods, libations, and friends will all combine for an evening of fun and surprises. We look forward to seeing you!

A walk through Capitol Park is a great way to start your CPRS conference day! Come on out and join your colleagues for a leisurely or brisk one mile walk. Feeling a little adventurous?

You can run the loop and do circuit training along the way. Signs will be posted with different exercises every quarter mile. This will be sure to reenergize your body and mind for a great day of education sessions.

Wednesday, March 1 8:00 a.m. - 9:00 a.m.

3rd Floor Convention Center

• Navigate the conference brochure

Wednesday, March 1 6:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m.

Cafeteria 15L

Thursday, March 2 and Friday, March 3 7:00 a.m. - 8:00 a.m.

State Capitol Grounds

• Receive a tutorial on the CPRS Conference app • Better understand the educational sessions, intensives, tours, expo hall, socials and more!

• Learn networking tips and tricks

Mayor’s Reception Thursday, March 2 5:30 p.m. – 7:00 p.m.

Sacramento City Hall, First Floor Lobby 915 I Street, Sacramento

Networking Reception Hosted by City of Sacramento Mayor Darryl Steinberg You are cordially invited to meet Sacramento’s newest leader, Mayor Darrell Steinberg! This event is open to all conference attendees who bring an elected official or board member with them. Light hors d’oeuvres and a cash bar will be available at this evening meet and greet. Please RSVP to Janet Albritton at janet@cprs.org.

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Coffee with a Colleague

Thursday, March 2 and Friday, March 3 7:30 a.m. ‘til the conversations end Registration Area, 3rd Floor

Have you ever experienced this – you are attending the CPRS conference and, while there are a lot of great sessions, there are none that seem to address a hot topic you are experiencing within your community or agency? You overhear someone from another agency talking about the very same issue – you engage in a conversation – and it’s awesome! Not only have you now expanded your network, you’ve had a great dialog about an issue that you thought you alone were experiencing, AND, you’ve gained a new perspective and approach for dealing with the issue. It made your conference experience!

Coffee with a Colleague is just that place where you can exchange information and network around whatever issues you’d like to chat about. Grab a cup o’ joe and meet other interested professionals in the Registration Area (3rd floor), Thursday and Friday mornings starting at 7:30am. Topics are up to you, though we will have a few ‘conversation starters’ available, should you need them.

We look forward to chatting with you!

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Discover What’s New In The Parks & Recreation Field While Touring The Expo Hall

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xplore the largest one-stop shopping extravaganza for park and recreation professionals in California. The expo is the place to be for food, silent auction items and cash drawings. It is the place to learn about the newest trends in park and facility amenities, programs and design.

With over 200 vendors, you have a store of resources to find solutions to your most difficult problems.

Attendees can visit the expo on Wednesday and Thursday and enjoy a complimentary lunch. The Expo’s grand opening will be held Wednesday, March 1, 12:00 noon to 5:00 p.m. and includes lunch. Thursday the Expo runs from 9:00 a.m.

to 3:00 p.m.; lunch will be from 12:30 p.m. to 2:30 p.m.

The silent auction returns to support the California Foundation for Parks & Recreation Scholarship Fund. Many incredible items will be available for attendees to bid on.

Visit the vendor booths to find the variety of items which last year included: iPods, FitBits, gift certificates, digital cameras and gift baskets.

The drawings for cash and the grand prize vacation trip will also be returning this year. The drawings are for registered attendees only and you must be present in the Expo Hall to win.

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Atlas American LLC Heavy duty Stainless Steel Vandal Resistant Toilet Paper Dispensers, Mirrors, Soap Dispensers & Restroom Accessories.

BCI Burke Company LLC At Burke creating a playground means creating memories, a space for gathering, interaction and exercise.

Berliner Seilfabrik State of the art play structures from the world’s leader in net climbing playground equipment.

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Berry Bowling Systems Designers & builders of artificial lawn bowling greens.

Big Toys - A PlayCore Company Timing, scoring, displays, and scoreboards for all recreational sports.

Blue Rec Cloud based recreation management software.

Book King Software Recreation management software. Affordable cloud technology that is easy to use.

Bownet Sports Portable sports nets, goals and training systems.

Brock USA Shock Pads and base systems for artificial turf fields.

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Cal Poly Experience Industry Management Cal Poly Experience Industry Management’s mission: Advance leadership and knowledge in recreation, parks and tourism.

California Sports Surfaces Manufacturer of acrylic color and cushioned surfacing for athletic and recreational uses of all kinds.

California State University East Bay Hospitality Recreation and Tourism (HRT) California State University Long Beach 4 year university offering Undergraduate and Graduate degrees in Recreation and Recreation Therapy.

California’s Great America Theme park that provides exclusive rates for visits and events.

Callander Associates Landscape architecture.

Capitol Equipment, Inc. Portable equipment shelters. Emergency survival kits.

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Catalina Express Catalina Express provides transportation to Catalina Island daily from Long Beach, San Pedro and Dana Point.

Cemrock Our whimsical and durable interactive themed play sculptures make Cemrock playgrounds one of a kind.

CH Bull Co High reach access for facility maintenance; lift, ladders, step stools.

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CPRS Conference & Expo Doggie Walk Bags Community and park doggie bag dispensers, trash cans and tie handle refill bags.

DTS - Diversified Technical Systems ASTM/EN compliant HeadSAFE Impact Tester - designed specifically for recreation surface testing.

Eaton’s Ephesus Lighting LED lighting for sports fields Environmental Specialty Products Commercial fencing - recycled plastic lumber.

Fin Fun Mermaid Tails and Monofins for Swimming for Kids and Adults.

Challenger Sports Year round soccer camps/clinics, after school programs, preschool aged enrichment classes and British multi sports including cricket, rugby and rounders!

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Clear Comfort Clear Comfort’s pool sanitation system reduces chlorine use and destroys Cryptosporidium for a better pool.

Colorado Time Systems - A PlayCore Company Timing, scoring, displays, and scoreboards for all recreational sports.

CSU Sacramento, Dept. of Rec.,Parks & Tourism Administration CA State University; B.S. and M.S. in Recreation Administration.

Custom Canopies Inc. CCI manufactures and installs quality commercial fabric shade canopies, umbrellas and shade sails.

CXT Precast Concrete Buildings Precast concrete restrooms, concession stands, utility buildings and showers, all ADA accessible.

Dahlin Group Architecture Planning Architecture and planning services.

Columbia Cascade Company Makers of TimberForm playground equipment and outdoor fitness systems, site furniture and bicycle security products.

DASH Platform DASH Platform is an uncomplicated all-in-one solution to manage sports and recreation organizations.

Communication Rental Service We rent, sell and service Digital and Analog two-way radios plus accessories/ repeaters nationwide.

Dave Bang Associates Specialists in equipping parks, playgrounds, site furnishings, shade shelters & athletic facilities since 1979.

Community Works Design Group Providing the most incredible park planning services in the world!

David Volz Design Professional landscape architectural design services.

Counsilman-Hunsaker Feasibility studies, master planning, design engineering, and operational services for aquatic centers.

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FlexGround Recreational safety surfacing: playgrounds, sport court surfacing, splash pads and pool decking.

Fluidtrol Process Technoligies, Inc. Manufacturer of highly engineered and expertly crafted aquatic basket strainers, reducers and float valves.

Fountain People/Water Odyssey - A PlayCore Company Manufacturer of commercial fountain & aquatic play equipment, specializing in custom creations and design services.

Frank and Grossman Landscape Contractors, Inc. We are a commercial landscape maintenance and construction company.

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Franklin Sports, Inc. Buy direct! Broad range of baseball, soccer, football, basketball, hockey, pickleball and outdoor games equipment.

Freenotes - A PlayCore Company Outdoor musical instruments... Free note’s allure draws in children and adults alike, to play and to enjoy, creating a full sensory experience.

Fun Express Crafts, art supplies, educational items, active play, camp and seasonal items at discounted prices.

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Gates + Associates Gates + Associates is a landscape architecture firm, specializing in urban design, master planning and place-making.

Grand Slam Safety LLC Indoor/outdoor safety containment fencing for Baseball, Softball, Soccer & Lacross.

Greenfields Outdoor Fitness Outdoor Fitness Equipment.

GreenFields USA Synthetic Turf Systems.

Gro-Power, Inc. Natural based fertilizer and soil conditioners for parks and sports fields.

HAI, Hirsch & Associates, Inc. Landscape architectural and park planning.

The HLA Group Landscape Architects & Planners Landscape architectural design and consulting.

Hunter Industries Irrigation.

Imagen Agency We are promotional marketing agency that produces custom branded apparel, promotional products, and print.

Impact Canopies USA Impact offers indoor and outdoor branding solutions as custom canopies, banners, flags, inflatables and more.

Innova Champion Discs Leading manufacturer of disc golf discs, targets, and accessories.

Innovative Playgrounds Co. LLC Sales designs, and project management for BCI Burke playground equipment, safety surfacing, shade structures, and fitness/sport/site amenities.

International Mulch Company Recycled rubber mulch/bark.

IZone Imaging Custom high pressure laminate graphics and signage.

Key Log Rolling The synthetic Key Log(r) brings safe, fun and challenging log rolling to any aquatic site.

Kidz Love Soccer Non-competitive instructional soccer classes and camps for children ages 2-12.

Knorr Systems, Inc. - A PlayCore Co. Aquatic equipment and service company specializing in water treatment, filtration systems, high efficiency heating systems, pool covers and deck equipment.

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No Fault Sport Group, LLC Recreation and playground rubber surfacing.

NSP3 Supplier & installer of outdoor shade structures, playground equipment, surfacing & site amenities.

Omega II Omega II Fence Systems.

KOMPAN Playgrounds & Fitness Solutions KOMPAN is a world leader in the design of innovative commercial playgrounds and fitness equipment.

The KYA Group An industry specialist in surface solutions & sustainable plantscapes supported by management, design & maintenance services.

L.A. Steelcraft Products Outdoor Sports Equipment Manufacturer.

Landscape Structures Playground equipment, outdoor music, shade, site furnishings.

LEADSUN LEADSUN provides world leading modular, all-in-one, clean, safe, reliable, solar LED OFF-grid outdoor lighting solutions.

Lincoln Aquatics Distributors of commercial swimming pool and aquatic supplies since 1954.

Little Tikes Commercial Playground equipment solutions from traditional to customs. Everything you need to make your project unique.

LPA, Inc. Architecture, landscape architecture, interiors, master planning, graphic design, structural engineering, mechanical/ plumbing engineering, electrical engineering, civil engineering.

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Maximum Solutions Recreation Management Software.

Outdoor Creations, Inc. Manufacturer of precast concrete site furnishings including picnic tables, bbq’s, benches, receptacles and signs.

Medieval Times Dinner and Tournament Medieval themed dinner and tournament.

Palm Springs Aerial Tramway World’s largest rotating tram cars take visitors to 8,516” and the Mt. San Jacinto State Park.

Melton Design Group Landscape Architecture & Planning.

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PDPlay All your playground needs from play equipment, & safety surfacing to canopies and custom outdoor learning environments.

Miracle Recreation Commercial play equipment for public use.

PerfectMind Parks & recreation membership management software to grow with your community.

Mity-Lite, Inc. Industry leader in lightweight, durable tables and chairs.

MJB Corporation for Victor Stanley, Inc. Quality site furniture for public spaces, made in the USA. Introducing sensor integrated litter receptacles.

Most Dependable Fountains Manufacturer of vandal resistant, maintenance free outdoor drinking fountains, bottle fillers, showers, misters, pet fountains, etc.

Murdock Mfg. Water coolers, hydrants, drinking fountains.

Musco Sports Lighting Musco specializes in the design and manufacture of sports lighting.

My Bark Co., Inc. Sale of bulk landscape materials & playground safety surfacing.

Neptune-Benson Neptune-Benson, an Evoqua brand, has been synonymous with water filtration and disinfection since 1956.

Pirate’s Dinner Adventure The world’s most interactive dinner show.

Play & Park Structures - A PlayCore Company Since 1976 our mission has centered around developing products & programs that promote physically active play for all abilities.

PlayCore Playcore helps build stronger communities around the world by advancing play through research, education, and partnerships. We infuse this learning into our complete family of brands through best in class planning, programs and products t PlayMax Surfacing, Inc. Manufacture and install rubber playground safety surfaces and tiles.

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Precision Concrete Cutting Precision Concrete Cutting is the global leader in sidewalk asset management, specializing in sidewalk inspection and repair.

Public Restroom Company The Public Restroom Company is a design/build specialist for “odor free” park restroom buildings.

PW Athletic Mfg. Manufacturer of top-quality athletic, park & site equipment since 1919.

RecDesk Software Cloud-based software that radically simplifies Parks & Recreation management.

Rocky Mountain Sunscreen Sunscreen lotion and sprays in cost effective bulk containers.

ROMTEC, Inc. Pre-Engineered Restroom and Park Structures.

RRM Design Group Park, trail and open space design firm; landscape architecture, architecture, planning and engineering.

RWP Landscape Materials RWP FIBER FALL - Impact attenuating and ADA wheelchair accessible engineered wood fiber for playground safety surfacing.

S & S Worldwide One stop shopping arts, crafts, games, sporting goods and STEM. Safe 2 Play - Certified Matters Certified playground safety inspections, safety surface impact testing on playgrounds and sports fields.

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SCI Consulting Group Opinion research, P218 special taxes, levy administration, impact fees, demographic studies.

SCMAF Professional training and education; insurance services; sports competitions and rules for youth and adults.

Security Lines US Portable all-in-one multi surveillance camera starting at $4995.

Shade ‘N Net An American leader in quality, custom and standard commercial shade structures, sails and umbrellas.

RecEnroll RecEnroll: Increase participation and manage your operations with our cost-effective recreation management system.

ReCPro Software Recreation Management Software Solutions.

ReliaPOLE Inspection Services Co. RISC provides inspection and remediation services for your area and sports lighting structures.

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RHA Landscape Architects-Planners, Inc. Park and sports facility design, park renovation, historical site design, consensus building, synthetic turf expertise.

Richard Fisher Associates Professional landscape architectural services and water ordinance compliance for public agency facilities and streetscapes.

RJM Design Group, Inc. RJM Design Group assists communities by designing sustainable, creative, and fun Community Inspired Spaces.

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SofSurfaces Inc. Rubber tile solutions for playground, fitness facility and architectural applications.

Stageline Mobile Stage Manufacturer of mobile hydraulic stages, sales and rental.

SpectraTurf Playground and recreational surfacing, SpectraTurf can take care of all your surfacing needs.

Stonehenge Signs, Inc. Proudly providing world class engraved natural stone signs for park entry monuments since 1978.

Spectrum Aquatics - A PlayCore Company Spectrum aquatics is your resource for commercial pool and competitive swimming products.

StructureCast Precast Concrete Restroom, Concession and Storage Buildings.

SVA Architects, Inc. SVA Architects is a full-service architectural firm committed to creating sustainable environments for our communities.

Spikeball Inc. Spikeball: Incredible 2v2 sport that can be played anywhere and everywhere!

Sybertech Waste Reduction In-ground trash containers, self watering planters, dog house stations & bags.

Techline Sports Lighting Innovative indoor and outdoor sports lighting systems.

Tension Structures Tensioned Fabric Shade Structures.

Terracon Consultants, Inc. Aquatic design and swimming pool engineering, geotechnical engineering, materials testing & inspections, environmental engineering.

Tri Active America American made outdoor exercise equipment for parks and recreation, community centers, senior centers and more.

Trueline Construction & Surfacing Inc. Sports court resurfacing.

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Ultimate RB, Inc. Ultimate RB, Inc. is an American manufacturer of recycled rubber surfacing products for both indoor and outdoor uses.

UltraPlay - A PlayCore Company Affordable commercial playground equipment for children of all ages.

UltraSite - A PlayCore Company UltraSite, a PlayCore Company, is the leading manufacturer of site furnishings and park amenities.

United States Tennis Association - Northern California Partner with the USTA to bring tennis to your students. No courts required!

USA Shade USA Shade offers shade solutions for everything under the sun!

Verde Design, Inc. Landscape architecture and civil engineering services.

Vermont Systems, Inc. Vermont Systems provides Premier Recreation & Parks Management, browser based, software with unparalleled support.

Vortex Aquatic Structures Int’l Aquatic play solutions.

Water Design, Inc. Specializing in the design and engineering of decorative and recreational water features since 1960.

Water Technology, Inc. World Leaders in Aquatic Planning, Design and Engineering.

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Willdan Group, Inc. Willdan assists public agencies in the design and master planning of parks and recreation facilities.

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Creating A Play Space Just About Anywhere

We believe that play is the sign of a healthy community. When children spend time outside, climbing trees or on their bikes, we know several things: adults feel

By Suzanna Law Co-Founder Pop-Up Adventure Play Team http://popupadventure playgrounds.wordpress.com

comfortable letting their children roam, children know their neighbors, and everyone feels able to make use of public space for their own pleasure.

All photos courtesy of Suzanna Law of Pop-Up Adventure Play

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hat’s more, we believe that playing outside is a catalyst for healthy communities. Children are our most vulnerable citizens, and when their rights to participate and enjoy public space are assured, everyone benefits. These beliefs are behind all of the work we do.

Our background is in UK-based playwork, a professional approach to supporting children’s play, with its roots in the post-WWII adventure playground movement and an absolute focus on valuing play for its own sake. Play is an instinct we all share, and a drive we must pursue. For people of all ages, there are so many barriers to play — fear of public space, fear of strangers, tight schedules and hard responsibilities, even the simple fear of looking ridiculous. The best way we have found to overcome these barriers is to set aside time, space and materials, and to give explicit permission to play.

Here, we say, is an opportunity to imagine and explore.

Here, we promise, is a chance to take creative risks without judgment. We provide recycled materials that cost nothing, making it easy for us to give this permission and mean it.

The pop-up adventure playground model that we developed can help ourselves and our neighbors overcome barriers to play, together.

The idea is simple, bringing together people and materials for play in a public space and applying the very basics of playwork practice. Anyone can register for free through our website [https://popupadventureplaygrounds.wordpress. com/welcome/pop-up-adventure] and get support in organizing their own. It began as a little idea, in response to the combination of barriers we saw most often in the US. We wanted to spark new conversations around risk, freedom and connection, and to celebrate play.

We held the first pop-up adventure playground in 2007, in New York City’s Central Park. It was part of a much larger festival and thousands of people came to visit the areas run

by Disney, LEGO, Sesame Street and others. To one side, tucked beneath the trees, we filled a space with all sorts of scrap — cardboard boxes, a sofa cover, several broken plastic blinds, a mountain of acorns and a wok. We had also brought friends to welcome parents and help out any children who asked. We had brought duct tape and several garbage bags for later.

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In that little area, hundreds of people played. They built houses and cut windows to peer through at their neighbors, and when they grew bored with that, they connected the houses together in one long tunnel.

Children positioned themselves at different points: one handed out tickets which another took, and an older child poked his head in through a window in the middle “to make sure they’re all doing ok.” Towers rose and fell, tipped over slowly by children giggling hysterically. They cut fabric into superhero capes and saved the bystanders. They dribbled pebbles through long cardboard tubes and discovered that acorns rolled into a wok make a sound like miniature thunder.

Over that afternoon, dozens of adults came to shake our hands. Some said it felt familiar, to see children playing in this way. Others said it was like nothing they’d ever seen and did we know when the next event would be? It seemed we were onto something, so we put some information online.

Perhaps, we thought, other people are facing these barriers of time, fear, space and money. Maybe they’d like this idea. Now it is seven years later, and there are independent organizers of pop-up adventure playgrounds in seventeen countries around the world, in cities such as Bogota, Los Angeles, Cairo, San José and Hong Kong.

We are still doing community organizing around play, but now our “neighborhood” is the internet.

Each little ping that comes through our social media tells a similar story. It starts with the epiphany that play is important. Next is sadness, because play is not widely valued and the person feels alone in their new belief. Third comes a fervent search for more information about play, and their reaching out to us and saying “I’m so glad I found you.”

This is also my story. As a teenager I knew that play was much more important than people were willing to admit but was dismissed as being childish and immature. After years of searching for like-minded people, I finally discovered playwork and my life has never been the same.

Perhaps we were in the right place at the right time, but as our tiny organization logged into our first social media account, it seemed like we were starting a brand new adventure. Most play projects of the time were still focused locally, concentrating on meeting the needs of their immediate community. It was only a matter of days before the first messages began to come through in response to our photos: “How can I do this in my community?”

Since that moment, we have been connecting people all over the world to the field of playwork and to each other.

Just as a playworker makes themselves available for play, our organization has opened its arms out to everyone, welcoming them to come and hang out. Six years on, we have a growing following on four different social media platforms with a

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It is no secret that we love play, but we know firsthand how isolating it can be. The limitless possibilities of the internet mean that we are never truly alone in our quest for play so just come and say hello — we are always here.

It started with an email from across the globe. A simple request, a shared vision and a common goal — Playful Communities. Playwork is often stumbled upon “by accident,” although people are generally guided there by a combination of thoughts, feelings, and discussions with like-minded people.

Bellelli Education, based in San José, Costa Rica reached out to Pop-Up Adventure Play in 2008. They sought some reassurance in their quest and hoped to connect their childcentered philosophy to that of playwork from across the Atlantic. From that initial exchange, something sparked, connected, grew and flourished.

Today, driven by that same group of people, both Bellelli and Pop-Up alike, have come a long way in their quest to support children, families, organizations and interested parties in the promotion and development of dedicated time and space that is child-led, goalless and fun.

Bellelli, with both long distance and in-person support from our team, has hosted almost 30 pop-up adventure playgrounds (which they call PopAps) within their local communities. Over the years these events have grown in both size and understanding. Pop-up adventure playgrounds create a point of reference, a purpose, a trigger that brings people together in a positive way. They open up lines of communication and provide various levels of opportunity for people to contribute whenever or however they can. Some people organize, some bring resources, some stories and others food, but sometimes people just bring themselves, and that, for some communities is a huge deal.

In addition to the almost 30 play events, our team has supported both Bellelli and their local community partnerships with a tailored professional development workshop as part of the 2015 World Tour while also supporting over ten students through the online Playworker Development Course.

Play isn’t just “What children do:” it isn’t just “messing about.” It is an energy that is within us all, waiting for a space, an opportunity and the permission to spark the circuit and begin to flow.

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The Benefits of Child Directed Play When children play this way, they...

• Figure out things for themselves • Learn how to take healthy risks • Find innovative ways to think about the world and how it works, based on their own self-led, intrinsically motivated interests • Practice necessary skills such as overcoming obstacles, creative problem solving (on their own or with other children), communicating their feelings effectively with others, and working with those who may have difference points of view • Experience the joy of self discovery, the thrill of being able to pursue their own creative ideas without the fear of failure that usually arises when there is one, predetermined way to be “right” or to “win” Many children do not have the opportunities they need for child-directed play. You can help to provide more childdirected play opportunities just by keeping these four key P.L.A.Y. Ideas in mind:

the constant valuing of work and productivity above all else.

Pop-Up Adventure Play and the pop-up adventure playground model have opened up an opportunity for us to talk about all of this, and to help people start making changes in their local neighborhoods, professional settings, and in their own lives. Over seven years, we have found that this process creates its own unanticipated community, introducing new friends and bringing us around the world to visit them.

Each time we share a meal and a story, or steal a moment of awe-inspiring discussion between playful engagements, we see how the shared and human instinct to play connects us across enormous distances and differences.

No matter who we are, where we live, what we have done before and what may happen in the future, play is something that can keep us together. To enter most fields of work, you need specialist knowledge, specific jargon and sometimes even fancy equipment. To discuss play, we can simply ask for you to think back to when you were a child, or help you get started playing now. Play reminds us that it’s never too late to experience the fun of creativity, to glue or smash or cut or tape. We all have the ability to send and receive cues for play, to become once again fluent in a language where communication can be as simple as throwing a ball, pulling up a chair to the table, or just sending a little email. We’re ready when you are — come and play.

Permission

To support child-directed play, give children permission by making sure they have downtime every day – time with no adult-directed activities. Some children may need encouragement, “It’s okay. Just play!”

Loose Parts

Loose parts are simple, everyday materials that children can change and use as they please (e.g., cardboard boxes, paper towel tubes, paper bags, crayons, fabric sample, etc.).

Just add tape or glue and kids will do the rest!

A Safe Space

Children need a place where they feel safe to play freely and get messy! An old sheet or towel on the floor can help to create a safe space inside where children can play and create with tape, glue, and crayons. Draped across chairs, the sheet makes a place to hide. If possible, you can bring materials outside to a porch or the playground.

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Children are experts in their own play. One of the ways to support play is to simply watch and listen. When invited, play along! If children ask for help (e.g., cutting a window in a cardboard box), lend a hand! By showing that you support their play without taking over, you offer your children a priceless gift.

Part of the “The Amazing Benefits of Child-Directed Play” resource on the Pop-Up Play Adventures Website: https://popupadventureplaygrounds.files.wordpress. com/2012/07/amazing-benefits-en.pdf

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Where the Wild Things Play

Joseph Straus, 6, rides a zip line at the Berkeley Adventure Playground, where kids can “play wild” in a half-acre park that has a junkyard feel.

All photos courtesy of David Gilkey of NPR

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Braden Swenson wanders into a semi-rickety wooden shed on his search for gold, treasure and riches.

“Is there any tweasure in here?” he asks in the endearing dialect of a 4-year-old. “I’ve been looking everywhere for them. I can’t find any.” The proto-pirate toddler conducts a quick search, then wanders away to continue his quest elsewhere.

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hat could almost be the motto for the Adventure Playground.

This half-acre of dirt and quirky chaos hugging the Berkeley Marina on San Francisco Bay is ranked among the most innovative and creative places for kids to play in the U.S. It’s got a semi-orderly, beachside junkyard feel. Nothing fancy or slick.

Grab a bucket and brush: Kids can paint on almost anything here, except each other. Grab some wood and nails; it’s hammer time.

Parker Swenson, 12, and his 7-yearold cousin, Tyler, have spotted some long tubes of sturdy plastic. “I dare you to go inside one and I’ll push you down the slide.”

“Yeah!” Tyler yells.

They climb in: The tubes are perfect for barreling down the modest hill here into the dirt below.

“Whoa, that was so awesome! I’m going again,” yells Tyler.

There are only a handful of these “wild playgrounds” in the country.

They embrace the theory that free, unstructured play is vital for children and offer an antidote to the hurried

Ten-year-old Deion Jefferson and 7-year-old Samuel Jefferson push and roll a piece of culvert piping down a hill. lifestyles, digital distractions and overprotective parents that can leave children few opportunities to really cut loose.

“It’s really central that kids are able to take their natural and intense play impulses and act on them,” says Dr. Stuart Brown, a psychologist and the founding director of the National Institute for Play.

Children need an environment with “the opportunity to engage in open, free play where they’re allowed to selforganize,” he adds. “It’s really a central part of being human and developing into competent adulthood.”

Brown says this kind of free-range fun is not just good; it’s essential. Wild play helps shape who we become, he says, and it should be embraced, not feared.

Some educators advocate “dangerous play,” which they say helps kids become better problem solvers.

In Europe there are lots of these kinds of free-range public playgrounds.

They flourished after World War II. Europeans more readily embraced spaces for children to engage in what developmental psychologists like to call “managed risk.”

But in the U.S. today there are barely a half-dozen. There are the Anarchy Zone in Ithaca, N.Y., which is just two years old, and a handful of others including a few in New York City.

This one in Berkeley is run by the city’s parks and recreation department.

It’s funded largely by docking fees from the adjacent marina.

But, in many ways, this is Patty’s place. “I’ve been involved here at the adventure playground since its inception — about 35 years,” says Patty Donald, the playground’s longtime coordinator.

Donald has been on a crusade to promote kid-driven, hands-on play.

“A lot of people learn by touching and feeling and doing, and they excel that way,” she says. “People drive two, three hours to come here.”

Five staff members handle everything from replenishing the zip line’s dirt landing zone to facilitating woodpainting and other play activities.

They keep a careful — yet mostly distant — eye on the children and what they’re doing. If kids turn in wood with splinters or with a nail sticking out — called a “Mr. Dangerous” — they can earn paint and tools.

“You got it! Yay, Aly!” one staffer yells to a young girl as she makes her way across an old surfboard precariously balanced on a barrel.

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Fear of litigation is certainly an issue. But there are other factors, too, experts say. Among them are safety-obsessed, overprotective parents shepherding hyperscheduled children, and the fact that in America’s cities and suburbs, play itself is in decline.

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Wait a minute, I ask: What do you mean there are parents who don’t know how to play with their kids? I’m imagining awkward, distracted parents, fiddling with their iPhones because they don’t get that they can actually interact with their children.

“Probably 75 percent of the parents that come in do that,” Donald says.

“The cellphone probably is the biggest problem we have. The parents are standing here, they’re physically here.”

But ... they’re not really present, she says.

‘Like A Pillow’

“This is awesome; this is a neat little place,” says Dave Davirro. He and his 11-year-old son, Nicholas, are in from Hawaii visiting relatives in California.

He says kids need more places like this. “They’re tearing down swings in my city,” because they’re dangerous,

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Davirro says. “We’re way overprotective. I want my child to experience that, you know, there is some danger in everything.”

Right now, father and son are checking out the zip line. It’s a huge draw at the Adventure Playground, and the rule is kids go first.

Any child over 6 can just let it rip, sliding right into a pile of dirt. “You know, to fall in the dirt like this is just great!” says Davirro.

At its apex, the line is about 8 or 9 feet off the ground. There’s no net.

I cautiously climb the zip line’s wooden ladder to a waiting area that’s kind of like the crow’s nest of a ship.

It overlooks the bay, all blue, calm and sunshine this day.

But the kids up here are not taking in the view. All eyes are on me.

Six-year-old Rhiannon Edison seems annoyed that an adult is encroaching on the Good Ship Zip Line.

“Wait, why are you here?” Edison asks skeptically.

I tell them I’m here to do a story on the playground. The kids nod. The adult with the fuzzy microphone can

stay. For now.

I ask them what they like about this place, and get a host of answers: “The zip line.”

“It’s nice how you can build your own things.”

“I like how you can land in the dirt, but the dirt is really soft. It’s so soft that it just feels like a pillow to me.”

Enough talk — one of them zips away, down into that soft pile of sand.

Now it’s my turn. With all my recording gear, what could possibly go wrong? I ask a little girl, a zip line pro, for advice.

“Point your feet towards the dirt so that the sand doesn’t get in your underwear” she says, adding, “and have fun.”

The kids give me a bon voyage countdown in unison. Swoosh.

The ride is quick, fast and fun. My recording gear gets a little sandy and roughed up, like it used to when I was reporting from the Middle East.

Don’t tell the NPR engineering shop, but I just might have to ride that zip line again.

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ne doesn’t need to look far to understand that play and recreation bring communities together in a variety of meaningful ways. Even if you aren’t up on the latest research, a trip to the local park playground reveals families engaged in active behavior, sounds of pure joy, and smiles on all the faces you see. Play projects uniquely build social capital, physically enhance a space, and provide memorable experiences families hold for years to come. Ask an adult about their favorite playground memory, and it will generally revolve around physically conquering a piece of equipment for the first time, being independent with their friends, or a favorite game or activity that they took part in.

The research is clear-play has a multitude of critical benefits to build healthier communities. Play is an integral part of children’s growth and development, and essential for healthy physical, social, and intellectual development. Children learn about the world around them through self-created experiences where they are free to express their creativity, individuality, and imagine new worlds.

Today, park and recreation leaders are seeking innovative ways to encourage active healthy behavior in parks. People in our profession are on the front line, battling some of the most complicated challenges our country faces, including obesity, sedentary lifestyles, screen time, and social inequities. Through the Parks Make Life Better® campaign, the 525 park and recreation agencies are raising awareness of the benefits of parks and recreation throughout California and the status of parks and recreation as an essential community service. Through a recent partnership with PlayCore, and their GameTime brand, California Park & Recreation Society (CPRS) joined in a common goal to promote health and wellness across communities through research-based best practices and the development of National Demonstration Sites - outdoor environments that greatly enrich and enhance the quality of life where citizens of California live, work, and play. Through the Parks Make Life Better® Statewide Training and Action Grant program, California agencies had the opportunity to attend professional development sessions held throughout the state, learn research-based best practices about the design, implementation, and programming of play spaces, and apply for grant funding to bring their visions to life. As a result, seven park and recreation agencies were awarded Healthy Play Action Grants, sponsored by GameTime, and are moving play forward with model demonstrations to engage their community and inspire others to use play as a catalyst to build healthier and happier communities. Their efforts demonstrate how investing in play results in positive outcomes, grows social capital, and builds stronger communities through the power of play.

The program launched at the 2015 CPRS Conference with the goal of sharing initial outcomes at the 2016 CPRS Conference in Long Beach. Data collection and outcomes will continue to be collected over the course of the year, to be shared in 2017. Initially, PlayCore and CPRS joined forces to execute state-wide professional development across communities in an effort to create opportunities for professionals to partner, network, and/or collaborate on health and wellness initiatives, as well as provide continuing education credits, researchbased educational resources, and advocacy/consulting services to help parks and recreation professionals expand their knowledge and turn research into action.

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open to park and recreation professionals, community health and wellness partners, local non-profits, or other stakeholders that had an interest in health and wellness. Over the course of several months, the CEU approved and research-based education sessions on various topics surrounding play and recreation were held, collectively providing over 450 hours of continuing education to nearly 150 park and recreation professionals across the five regions. The purpose of the training events was to provide quality professional development opportunities surrounding the latest research and best practices to promote community health and wellness through outdoor play and recreation spaces. Education sessions focused on topics such as inclusive play, engaging children with nature, and promoting physical activity for multigenerational users. Attendees also had the opportunity to learn more about the action grant and funding opportunities, while taking away valuable resources and information to help them successfully complete and submit their grant application.

GameTime followed this education with an opportunity to provide action grants to high quality community projects that align to research-based design best practices and standards-based programs, in an effort to collect meaningful outcomes and provide a vehicle for the communities to serve as a national model. This funding opportunity was ideal for projects that were partially funded, wished to apply research-based practices, and/or hope to expand fully funded projects. Candidates from across the state submitted applications and essays outlining their community’s health and wellness initiatives and specifically share how they planned to utilize the new play destination to help reach their goals. The grant applications were collaboratively reviewed by a variety of representatives with CPRS, PlayCore, and GameTime. While there were a variety of high quality applications, seven communities were chosen to receive funding, with the deadline of completing their projects by spring of 2016. Among other qualifications, applicants had to provide meaningful data about their community goals,

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u Action Grant demographics, provide community input, demonstrate how they would use the space to promote physical activity, and adhere to a timeline geared toward facilitation of research, reporting, and introduction of the winners at the 2016 CPRS conference. Essays included details on the outcomes and data that they would gather in support of the goal for publication of the white papers, in order to collectively communicate the impact that the project had across the state.

The communities chosen were the cities of Bell Gardens, El Segundo, Lakewood, Murietta, Santa Rosa, West Covina, and the County of San Diego. These communities rose to the challenge, providing thorough and effective essays that confirmed their goals, and outlined in detail how their National Demonstration Sites would provide meaningful outcomes to the entire community. They are shining examples of how leaders are thoughtfully implementing best practices, focusing on advocacy, collecting data and outcomes, and bringing recreation opportunities to the people they serve.

Over the course of the next year, the CPRS Healthy Play Action Grant award recipients will continue to collect data at the completed play and recreation sites and gather additional community outcomes to be published in follow up reports. In addition to this initial report, a companion progress white paper will be published and made available through PlayCore and CPRS at the 2017 CPRS Conference, District Conferences, and other applicable venues in an effort to highlight success stories, discuss challenges and barriers, and offer advocacy and inspiration across the state for making play a priority.

To learn more about each community, their goals, mission, vision, values, and National Demonstration Site focus, log on to www.playcore.com/ cprs and download the CPRS Healthy Play Initiatives book. To receive copies of future outcomes data reports from the sites, or to learn how to become a National Demonstration site, contact info@playcore.com.

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Cameron Park Comm. Svcs. District City of Campbell City of Carlsbad Carmichael Recreation & Park District City of Carpinteria City of Carson Central Plumas Recreation & Park District City of Ceres City of Cerritos Chico Area Recreation & Park District City of Chino City of Chino Hills City of Chowchilla City of Chula Vista City of Claremont City of Clovis Coalinga-Huron Recreation & Park District City of Concord Conejo Recreation & Park District Cordova Recreation & Park District City of Corona City of Coronado City of Costa Mesa Cosumnes Community Services District City of Cotati City of Covina City of Culver City City of Cupertino Cypress Recreation & Park District City of Cypress City of Dana Point Town of Danville City of Davis City of Del Mar City of Delano Desert Recreation District City of Diamond Bar City of Dinuba Town of Discovery Bay City of Downey City of Duarte City of Dublin East Bay Regional Park District City of East Palo Alto City of El Cajon City of El Centro City of El Cerrito El Dorado Hills Community Services District

City of El Monte City of Emeryville City of Encinitas City of Escondido City of Exeter Fair Oaks Recreation & Park District Feather River Recreation & Park District City of Folsom City of Fontana City of Foster City City of Fountain Valley City of Fremont City of Fresno Fulton-El Camino Recreation & Park District City of Galt City of Garden Grove Georgetown Divide Recreation District City of Gilroy City of Glendale City of Glendora Green Valley Homeowners Recreation Association Greater Vallejo Recreation District City of Gridley City of Grover Beach City of Hanford City of Hawaiian Gardens City of Hawthorne Hayward Area Recreation & Park District City of Healdsburg City of Hercules City of Hermosa Beach Hesperia Recreation & Park District Highlands Recreation District City of Hughson City of Huntington Beach City of Huntington Park City of Imperial City of Inglewood City of Irvine City of Irwindale Isla Vista Recreation & Park District Jurupa Area Recreation & Park District Jurupa Community Services District Kensington Police Protection & Community Services District City of Kerman County of Kern

City of King City City of Kingsburg City of La Habra City of La Mesa City of La Mirada City of La Palma City of La Puente City of La Quinta City of La Verne City of Lafayette City of Laguna Hills City of Laguna Niguel City of Lakewood City of Larkspur Recreation City of Lathrop City of Lemoore City of Lincoln Livermore Area Recreation & Park District City of Lodi City of Long Beach City of Los Alamitos City of Los Altos City of Los Angeles County of Los Angeles Los Gatos-Saratoga Recreation City of Lynwood City of Madera City of Malibu Town of Mammoth Lakes City of Manhattan Beach City of Manteca County of Marin City of Martinez McKinleyville Community Services District Mendocino Coast Recreation & Park District City of Menifee City of Menlo Park City of Merced City of Mill Valley Mission Oaks Recreation and Park District City of Mission Viejo City of Modesto City of Montclair City of Montebello City of Monterey County of Monterey Monterey Peninsula Regional Park District

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City of Rialto City of Richmond Rim of the World Recreation & Park District Rio Linda Elverta Recreation & Park District City of Rio Vista City of Riverbank City of Riverside County of Riverside Regional Park & Open Space District City of Rocklin City of Rohnert Park Rosamond Community Services District City of Rosemead City of Roseville Rossmoor Community Services District City of Sacramento County of Sacramento City of Salinas Town of San Anselmo City of San Bernardino City of San Bruno City of San Carlos County of San Diego City of San Diego City of San Dimas City of San Fernando City of San Francisco County of San Francisco City of San Gabriel County of San Joaquin City of San Jose City of San Juan Capistrano City of San Leandro City of San Luis Obispo County of San Luis Obispo City of San Marcos City of San Mateo County of San Mateo City of San Pablo City of San Rafael City of San Ramon City of Sanger City of Santa Clara County of Santa Clara City of Santa Clarita City of Santa Cruz County of Santa Cruz City of Santa Fe Springs City of Santa Maria City of Santa Rosa City of Santee Santee Lakes Recreation Preserve City of Saratoga City of Sausalito City of Scotts Valley City of Seal Beach City of Sierra Madre City of Signal Hill County of Solano City of Solano Beach

South Coast Air Quality Management District City of South El Monte City of South Gate City of South Lake Tahoe City of South Pasadena Southgate Recreation & Park District County of Stanislaus City of Stanton City of Stockton City of Suisun City City of Sunnyvale Sunrise Recreation & Park District City of Tahoe City Tamalpais Community Services District Tehachapi Valley Recreation & Park District City of Temecula City of Temple City Templeton Community Services District City of Torrance City of Tracy Truckee Donner Recreation & Park District City of Tulare City of Turlock City of Tustin City of Twentynine Palms City of Ukiah City of Union City City of Upland City of Vacaville County of Ventura City of Victorville City of Visalia City of Vista City of Walnut City of Walnut Creek City of Watsonville City of West Covina City of West Hollywood City of West Sacramento West Side Recreation & Park District City of Westminster City of Whittier Town of Windsor City of Woodland City of Yorba Linda Town of Yountville City of Yuba City City of Yucaipa Out-of-State Agency Brownsburg Parks, Indiana City of Bluffton, Indiana City of Butte-Silver Bow, Montana Clarksville Parks & Recreation, Indiana City of Edmonton, Alberta, Canada Friends of Maryland State Parks City of Franklin, Indiana

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Architerra Design Group 909/484-2800 www.architerradesigngroup.com p. 59

International Mulch Company 866/936-8524 www.internationalmulch.com p. 15

Callander Associates 650/375-1313 www.callanderassociates.com

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John Deere Government Sales 800/358-5010 www.JohnDeere.com/local p. 19

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Jones & Madhaven 805/777-8449 www.jmae.com

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Knott’s Berry Farm 714/220-5166 www.knotts.com

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Lincoln Equipment 800/223-5450 www.lincolnaquatics.com

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MIG 800/790-8444 www.migcom.com

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Capitol Equipment 626/357-3768 www.capitolequipinc.com

Columbia Cascade Co. 800/547-1940 www.timberform.com

Crane Architectural Group 714/525-0363 www.cranearchitecturalgrp.com

David Evans & Associates 909/481-5750 www.deainc.com

David Volz Design 714/641-1300 www.dvolzdesign.com

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Tri Active America 800/587-4228 www.TriActiveAmerica.com

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Public Restroom Company 888/888-2060 www.publicrestroomcompany.com p. 33

Verde Design 408/985-7200 www.verdedesigninc.com

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RHA Landscape Architects-Planners 951/781-1930 www.rhala.com p. 53

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Water Odyssey by Fountain People. Inc. 512/392-1155 www.waterodyssey.com p. 7

Pilot Rock 800/762-5002 www.pilotrock.com

Richard Fisher Associates 714/245-9270 www.RFAland.com

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American Solutions for Business PH: 714/396-1803 FAX: 714/551-2232 400 Princeland Court, Corona, CA 92879 E-Mail: dmeyers@americanbus.com Website: http://home.americanbus. com/ REP: Donna Meyers, Account Representative; Glenn Leonard, Vice President of Sales; Randy Olson, Vice President of Sales Operations SERVICE: Providers of printed documents, promotional products, corporate logo apparel like brochures, uniforms, stationery, catalogs, forms.

Aqua Source (Sacramento) PH: 209/745-6401 FAX: 209/745-7179 P.O. Box 1146, Galt, CA 95632 E-Mail: info@aquasource.com Website: www.aquasource.com REP: Ron Ybarra, President SERVICE: Commercial swimming pool equipment, automated chemical & filtration systems, commercial pool vacuums, heaters, deck equipment.

Aquatic Design Group (San Diego) PH: 760/438-8400 FAX: 760/438-5251 2226 Faraday Avenue, Carlsbad, CA 92008 E-Mail: info@aquaticdesigngroup.com Website: www.aquaticdesigngroup.com REP: Randy Mendioroz, Scott Ferrell, Dennis Berkshire, Justin Caron SERVICE: Programming, planning, design and engineering services for competition, recreation and leisure aquatic facilities.

Arch Pac, Inc. (San Diego) PH: 760/734-1600 FAX: 760/734-1611 1351 Distribution Way Suite 1, Vista, CA 92081 E-Mail: kenmoeller@archpac.com Website: www.archpac.com REP: Ken Moeller, AIA, ASLA SERVICE: Consulting Architects, Landscape Architects, Engineers & Planners specializing in aquatics, pools, and associated architecture.

Architerra Design Group, Inc. (San Bernardino) PH: 909/484-2800 FAX: 909/484-2802 10221-A Trademark Street, Rancho Cucamonga, CA 91730 E-Mail: rkrumwiede@architerradesigngroup.com Website: www.architerradesigngroup. com REP: Richard Krumwiede, President; Gregg Denson, Director of Design; Jeff Chamlee, Director of Production.

SERVICE: Landscape architectural consulting services, new parks, park renovation, and streetscape design & construction documents.

AstroTurf (Whitfield) PH: 706/277-8873 FAX: 706/277-5220 2680 Abutment Road, Dalton, GA 30721 E-Mail: help@astroturf.com Website: www.astroturf.com REP: Sydney Stahlbaum, Director of Sales Support; Jennifer Young, Territory Manager SERVICE: AstroTurf offers synthetic turf systems with proprietary technologies designed specifically for Parks and Recreation needs.

Avalon Amenities, Inc. (Riverside) PH: 951/299-9394 FAX: 951/755-8809 31915 Rancho California Rd, Ste 200324, Temecula, CA 92591 E-Mail: davids@avalonamenities.com Website: www.avalonamenities.com REP: David Skalka, President SERVICE: We represent Victor Stanley site furniture in Southern California.

BCI Burke Co, LLC (Fond Du Lac) PH: 920/933-6711 FAX: 920/921-9566 P.O. Box 549, Fond Du Lac, WI 54936 E-Mail: kmcclanathan@bciburke.com Website: www.bciburke.com REP: Mike Phelan, President SERVICE: BCI Burke has been manufacturing high-quality and innovative playground equipment for 95 years.

Bellinger Foster Steinmetz Landscape Architecture, Inc. (Monterey) PH: 831/646-1383 FAX: 831/373-8653 425 Pacific Street, Suite 201, Monterey, CA 93940 E-Mail: go@bfsla.com Website: www.bfsla.com REP: Mike Bellinger, Principal; Lee Steinmetz, Principal; Elke Ikeda, Associate SERVICE: Parks, trails and open space planning; Design for healthy and sustainable communities.

Berliner Seilfabrik Play Equipment Corporation (Greenville) PH: 864/627-1092 FAX: 864/627-1178 48 Brookfield Oaks Dr. Suite D, Greenville, SC 29607 E-Mail: diana@berliner-playequipment. com Website: www.berliner-playequipment. com REP: Lukas Steinke, CEO SERVICE: State of the art play structures from the world’s leader in net climbing playground equipment.

Blair, Church & Flynn Consulting Engineers, Inc. (Fresno) PH: 559/326-1400 FAX: 559/326-1500 451 Clovis Ave., Suite 200, Clovis, CA 93612-1376 E-Mail: dbriley@bcf-engr.com Website: www.bcf-engr.com REP: Dave Briley, Landscape Architect SERVICE: BC&F provides civil engineering and landscape architecture services for parks, playgrounds, trails and athletic facilities.

Bobcat Company (Cass) PH: 701/241-8700 FAX: 701/280-7860 250 East Beaton Drive, West Fargo, ND 58078 E-Mail: Lee.Jordheim@doosan.com Website: www.bobcat.com REP: Lee Jordheim, Nat Acct./Gov Sales Account Manager; Mike Kozbacher, Government Accounts Manager SERVICE: Bobcat Company provides compact equipment for global construction, industrial, landscaping and agricultural markets.

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Buyer’s Guide u Brock USA (Boulder) PH: 303/544-5800 3090 Sterling Circle, Boulder, CO 80301 E-Mail: jpalubicki@brock-international.com Website: www.brockusa.com REP: Dave Brown, Northwest Vice President SERVICE: shock pads for artificial turf fields.

California Land Management (Santa Clara) PH: 650/322-1181 FAX: 650/322-1194 675 Gilman Street, Palo Alto, CA 94301-2528 E-Mail: clm@clm-services.com Website: www.clm-services.com REP: Eric R. Mart SERVICE: Provides professional park management, security, maintenance, ranger patrol & related services.

The California Parks Company (Tehama) PH: 916/529-1512 FAX: 916/529-4511 2150 Main Street, Suite 5, Red Bluff, CA 96080 E-Mail: mp@calparksco.com Website: www.calparksco.com REP: Marshall Pike, VP - Business Development, Kohn Koeberer, President, Kris Koeberer, VP, Operations.

SERVICE: Recreation Concessions.

California Special Districts Alliance (Sacramento) PH: 916/442-7887 FAX: 916/520-2470 1112 I Street, Suite 200, Sacramento, CA 95814 E-Mail: cathrinel@csda.net Website: www.csda.net REP: Cathrine Lemaire, Member Services Director; Neil McCormick, CEO; Anna Palmer, Member Services Specialist SERVICE: Providing advocacy, education, financing, and risk management services - the premier resource for all special districts.

California State Soccer Association South (Orange) PH: 714/778-2972 FAX: 714/441-0715 1029 S. Placentia Avenue, Fullerton, CA 92831 E-Mail: lsalcedo@calsouth.com Website: www.calsouth.com REP: John Weinerth, CEO; Luis Salcedo, Director of Competition & Membership Development SERVICE: The official state soccer association of USSF providing recreational youth and adult programs, coaching education and referee certification services.

California’s Great America (Santa Clara) PH: 408/986-5873 FAX: 408/986-5855 2401 Agnew Road, Santa Clara, CA 95054 E-Mail: stefan.fursh@cagreatamerica.com Website: www.cagreatamerica.com REP: Stefan Fursh, Sales Executive SERVICE: Theme Park that offers exclusive rates for visits & events.

Callander Associates Landscape Architecture, Inc. (Sacramento) PH: 916/985-4366 FAX: 916/985-4391 12150 Tributary Point Drive, Suite 140, Gold River, CA 95670 E-Mail: bwoodside@cavalleyoffice.com Website: www.callanderassociates.com REP: Brian Fletcher, Principal; Mark Slichter, Principal; Benjamin Woodside, Principal SERVICE: Landscape architects.

Capitol Equipment, Inc. (Los Angeles) PH: 626/357-3768 FAX: 626/359-3121 2718 E. Huntington Drive, Duarte, CA 91010 E-Mail: capitolequipmentinc@yahoo.com Website: www.capitolequipinc.com REP: Joe & Sue Guarrera SERVICE: Portable steel equipment shelters, standard and custom sizes.

Century Products (Orange) PH: 714/632-7083 FAX: 714/632-5470 1144 N. Grove, Anaheim, CA 92806 E-Mail: info@crbtools.com Website: www.centuryrootbarrier.com REP: Tom Smith, President; Diana Bebaeff, Sales Manager; Lisa McCoy, Sales SERVICE: Manufacturer and distributor of landscape materials.

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CH Bull Company (San Mateo) PH: 650/837-8400 FAX: 800/229-2855 229 Utah Avenue, South San Francisco, CA 94080 E-Mail: abull@chbullco.com Website: www.chbullco.com REP: Andy Bull SERVICE: Stocking distributor, Genie lifts, Ridgid, ladders, material handling, safety equipment, including engineered fall protection systems.

Communication Rental Service (Santa Clara) PH: 800/774-6535 x113 FAX: 408/558-2715 978 Rincon Circle, San Jose, CA 95131 E-Mail: Ann@crsrents.com REP: Ann Martin, National Sales Manager SERVICE: We rent, sell and service analog and digital Two-way Radios plus accessories/repeaters nationwide.

Coast Recreation Inc. (Orange) PH: 714/619-0100 FAX: 714/619-0106 3151 Airway Ave, Suite A-3, Costa Mesa, CA 92626-4620 E-Mail: thodges@coastrecreation.net Website: www.coastrecreation.com REP: Tim Hodges, Gregg A. Rogers, Mike Eisert, Chad Barry, Michael Salcido SERVICE: Representing Landscape Structures, playground equipment, Landscape Brands Site Furnishings, and Icon Shelters in Southern California.

Community Works Design Group (Riverside) PH: 951/369-0700 FAX: 951/369-4039 4649 Brockton Avenue, Riverside, CA 92506 E-Mail: tim@comworksdg.com Website: www.comworksdg.com REP: Tim Maloney SERVICE: Landscape architects, park planning and design.

Columbia Cascade Company (Multnomah) PH: 503/223-1157 FAX: 503/223-4530 1300 S. W. Sixth Avenue, Ste. 310, Portland, OR 97201-3464 E-Mail: hq@timberform.com Website: www.timberform.com REP: Steve Kirn, Sales Mgr.; Ted Jonsson, Gordon, Jake and Josh Jurgenson, ParkPacific, Inc., 888/460-7275, FAX 925/210-0944; Reg and Deborah Nations, Pacific Site Complements, 888/770-7483, FAX 949/606-8697 SERVICE: TimberForm & PipeLine playground and outdoor fitness equipment, TimberForm site furnishings and CycLoops & CycLocker bicycle management products.

Commercial Aquatic Services, Inc. (Orange) PH: 877/794-6227 FAX: 877/794-6329 1121 N. Hawk Circle, Anaheim, CA 92807 E-Mail: info@swimcas.com Website: www.swimcas.com REP: David Woodland, President, Heather Woodland, Director of Operations SERVICE: Sales, service, repairs and bulk chemicals for commercial pools.

Cornerstone Studios, Inc. (Orange) PH: 714/973-2200 FAX: 714/973-0203 106 W. 4th, 5th Floor, Santa Ana, CA 92701 E-Mail: info@csstudios.com Website: www.csstudios.com REP: Don Wilson, ASLA SERVICE: Park planning, trail design, irrigation master planning, plan checking, sports field design, visual resource analysis.

Counsilman-Hunsaker (Saint Louis) PH: 310/734-2282 10733 Sunset Office Drive, Suite 400, Saint Louis, MO 63127 E-Mail: info@chh2o.com Website: www.chh2o.com REP: Doug Cook, PE SERVICES: Aquatic design, engineering and consulting, programming, Facility Impact studies, existing facility evaluations, and feasibility studies.

Crane Architectural Group (Orange) PH: 714/525-0363 FAX: 714/525-9826 110 E Wilshire Ave # 300, Fullerton, CA 92832-1934 E-Mail: rcrane@cranearchitecturalgrp. com Website: www.cranearchitecturalgrp.com REP: Rick Crane, Owner SERVICE: Architectural services: community centers, senior centers, sports complexes, concession stands, park restrooms, ADA improvements.

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u Buyer’s Guide Dahlin Group Architecture Planning (Alameda) PH: 925/251-7200 FAX: 925/251-7201 5865 Owens Drive, Pleasanton, CA 94588 E-Mail: marketing@dahlingroup.com Website: www.dahlingroup.com REP: Gregor Markel, Principal/Senior Architect; Stephanie Fujimura, Sr. Project Manager; Elaine Moal, Business Development Manager SERVICE: Architectural and planning services with a passion for placemaking, including community, senior, recreation, and aquatic centers.

DASH Platform (King) PH: 800/881-6515 9040 Willows Road NE, Suite 102, Redmond, WA 98052 E-Mail: sales@DASHPlatform.com Website: http://www.dashplatform.com REP: Don Amick, VP of Sales; Larry Mana’o, VP of Marketing & Business Development, Janna Chow, Marketing Director SERVICE: DASH Platform is an allinclusive, easy-to-use software solution that allows staff to manage facilities and programs.

Dave Bang Associates, Inc. (Orange) PH: 800/669-2585 FAX: 800/729-2483 P.O. Box 1088, Tustin, CA 92781 E-Mail: pete@davebang.com Website: www.davebang.com REP: Pete Stokes SERVICE: Suppliers of high-quality park, playground, athletic equipment & site equipment since 1979.

David Evans and Assoc. Inc. (San Bernardino) PH: 909/481-5750 FAX: 909/481-5757 4200 Concours, Ste 150, Ontario, CA 91764-7976 E-Mail: ksr@deainc.com Website: www.deainc.com REP: Kim Rhodes, Chris Giannini, Greg Clark SERVICE: Multidisciplinary firm specializing in landscape architecture, civil and transportation engineering, surveying, and construction management.

David Volz Design Landscape Architects, Inc. (Orange) PH: 714/641-1300 FAX: 714/641-1323 151 Kalmus Drive, Suite M-8, Costa Mesa, CA 92626 E-Mail: plevitus@dvolzdesign.com Website: www.dvolzdesign.com REP: David Volz, Landscape Architect, Leed AP; Gary Vasquez, Landscape Architect; Eric Sterling, Landscape Architect SERVICE: Award winning park planners and sports facility experts! DVD provides assistance with project planning budgets.

Deschamps Mat Systems (Essex) PH: 973/928-3040 FAX: 973/928-3041 218 Little Falls Road, Unit 7, Cedar Grove, NJ 07009-1277 E-Mail: assistant@mobi-mat-dms.com Website: www.mobi-mat.com REP: Alex Girard, Area Sales Manager, Thierry Darche, Director of Operations SERVICE: We develop, manufacture and distribute state-of-the-art Mobility Solutions.

Disneyland Resort (Orange) PH: 714/956-6448 FAX: 714/956-6864 1150 W. Magic Way, P.O. Box 3441, Anaheim, CA 92803 E-Mail: frank.hilberg@disney.com Website: www.disneyland.com REP: Frank Hillberg, Principal Safety Professional SERVICE: Theme Park/Family Recreation and Entertainment.

Doggie Walk Bags (Orange) PH: 949/200-1148 FAX: 949/200-1149 1005 Brioso Drive, Costa Mesa, CA 92627 E-Mail: rondi@thedogbag.com Website: www.doggiewalkbags.com REP: Rondi Alderman, Sales & Marketing Manager SERVICE: The original Blue tie handle bags, dispensers & trash cans for pet waste pick up.

Eagle Sports & Awards Company (Los Angeles) PH: 310/384-2540 FAX: 818/886-5554 19918 Bryant Street, Winnetka, CA 91306 E-Mail: eaglemanelliot@hotmail.com Website: www.eaglesports.org REP: Elliot Heffler, Owner SERVICE: Silk-screening, embroidery, awards, banners, advertising & promotional specialties.

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Buyer’s Guide u EcoFert, Inc (Orange) PH: 562/552-4034 1237 S. Wright St., Santa Ana, CA 92705 E-Mail: cbarsam@ecofert.org Website: www.ecofert.org REP: Steven A. Hunt, Director of Business Development; Lou Franson, President; Steve Hagy, Director of Operations SERVICE: Landscape care solutions through a full service program utilizing organic based amendments applied through fertigation systems.

Environmental Specialty Products (Riverside) PH: 951/371-5792 P.O. Box 77806, Corona, CA 92877 E-Mail: EnvironmentalSP@sbcglobal.net Website: www.environmentalspecialtyproducts.com REP: Jim Chew, Owner; Steve Coluin, Regional Manager-Bedford Tech.

SERVICE: Recycled plastic lumber - structural & non-structural decking, fencing, posts, picnic tables etc.

Ewing Irrigation Products (Maricopa) PH: 602/437-9530 FAX: 602/437-0446 3441 E. Harbour Drive, Phoenix, AZ 85034 E-Mail: tnoonan@ewing1.com Website: www.ewing1.com Main Address For Magazine Listing: 3441 E. Harbour Drive Phoenix, AZ 85034 (602) 437-9530 Fax (602) 437-0446 wgorowitz@ewing1.com REP: Michael Haymore, Regional Manager; Bill Snider, Regional Manager; Tom Noonan, Water Efficiency Sales SERVICE: The largest family owned distributor of landscape and irrigation products in the country.

Exeloo Public Restrooms (San Luis Obispo) PH: 800/676-5290 P.O. Box 13310, San Luis Obispo, CA 93406 E-Mail: solutions@exeloo.com Website: www.exeloo.com REP: Alex Carter, Business Development Manager SERVICE: Exeloo is the complete public restroom solution. Providing custom prefabricated units for every situation.

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Flexground (Placer) PH: 916/275-3588 2029 Opportunity Drive, #3, Roseville, CA 95678 E-Mail: swalsh@flexground.com Website: www.flexground.com REP: Sandi Walsh, General Manager California SERVICE: FlexGround is the premier provider of rubberized poured in place and recreation surfacing.

Franklin Sports Inc. (Norfolk) PH: 781/573-2334 FAX: 781/341-3646 17 Campanelli Parkway, Stoughton, MA 02072 E-Mail: csavage@franklinsports.com Website: www.franklinsports.com REP: Cliff Savage, Vice President of Special Markets SERVICE: Broad range of general sporting goods and outdoor games.

Fun Express LLC (Douglas) PH: 800/228-2003 FAX: 288/228-1002 4206 S. 108th Street, Omaha, NE 68137 E-Mail: orders@funexpress.com REP: Josh Mason, Business Development Rep.; Jerry Venner, Director of Sales SERVICE: Crafts, art supplies, educational items, active play, camp and seasonal items ad discounted prices.

Gates & Associates (Contra Costa) PH: 925/736-8176 FAX: 925/838-8901 2671 Crow Canyon Road, San Ramon, CA 94583 E-Mail: kelley@dgates.com Website: www.dgates.com REP: Todd Young, Principal; Chuck Gardella, Sr. Associates; Vanessa Lindores, Associate SERVICE: Landscape Architecture.

Glass Architects (Sonoma) PH: 707/544-3920 FAX: 707/544-2514 200 E Street, #100, Santa Rosa, CA 95404 E-Mail: eglass@glassarchitects.com Website: www.glassarchitects.com REP: Eric M. Glass, AIA SERVICE: Architectural design and master planning. Specializing in indoor and outdoor aquatic, community and recreational facilities.

Gold Bug Park and Mine (El Dorado) PH: 530/642-5207 FAX: 530/642-5238 2635 Gold Bug Lane, Placerville, CA 95667 E-Mail: fjacobi@cityofplacerville.org Website: www.goldbugpark.org REP: Frank Jacobi, Maintenance & Operations Specialist; Charlie Basham, Development committee - President SERVICE: Gold Bug Park is Gold Rush History! Offering mine tours, gem panning, blacksmith, stamp mill, museum, and hiking trails.

Grand Slam Safety Fence System (Contra Costa) PH: 925/997-6266 130 Alcosta Court, San Ramon, CA 94583 E-Mail: jeanette@grandslamsafety.com Website: www.Grandslamsafety.com REP: Jeanette Lewis Chamberlain, West Coast Sales Director, Bob Lyndaker, President, Bob Chamberlain, VP Marketing/Sales SERVICE: Design, manufacture indoor/ outdoor safety fencing system-permanent or removable for multi-sport parks-baseball, softball, little league.

Greenfields Outdoor Fitness (Orange) PH: 888/315-9037 FAX: 866/308-9719 2617 West Woodland Drive, Anaheim, CA 92801 E-Mail: info@greenfieldsfitness.com Website: www.greenfieldsfitness.com REP: Please call to find a rep in your area.

SERVICE: Outdoor fitness equipment.

Gro-Power, Inc. (San Bernardino) PH: 909/393-3744 FAX: 909/393-2773 15065 Telephone Avenue, Chino, CA 91710 E-Mail: gropowerinc@verizon.net Website: www.gropower.com REP: Brent Holden, President; David Diehl, Sales Representative; Jack Engberg, Sales Representative SERVICE: Go “green” with Gro-Power products. They’re safe for the environment and naturally conserve water.

Group 4 Architecture Research + Planning, Inc. (San Mateo) PH: 650/871-0709 FAX: 650/871-7911 211 Linden Ave, South San Francisco, CA 94080 E-Mail: dmerkes@g4arch.com Website: www.g4arch.com REP: Dawn Merkes, President, Andrea Will, Architect, Associate; Jonathan Hartman, Architect, Associate SERVICE: Architectural, research and planning services.

GSM Landscape Architects, Inc. (Napa) PH: 707/255-4630 FAX: 707/255-7480 1700 Soscol Avenue, Suite 23, Napa, CA 94559 E-Mail: gretchen@gsmlainc.com Website: www.gsmlainc.com REP: Gretchen McCann, President; Michael Rosales, Staff Landscape Architect; Bart Ito, Project Manager SERVICE: Award winning landscape architectural design for parks, sports fields, recreational and educational facilities throughout California.

HAI, Hirsch & Associates, Inc. (Orange) PH: 714/776-4340 FAX: 714/776-4395 2221 E. Winston Rd. #A, Anaheim, CA 92806 E-Mail: pat@hailandarch.com Website: www.hailandarch.com REP: Patrick Hirsch, President SERVICE: Landscape architecture, park planning, master plans, sports facilities, redevelopment & public work projects.

Harris Design (Alameda) PH: 510/647-3792 FAX: 510/647-3712 755 Folger Avenue, Berkeley, CA 94710 E-Mail: office@hd-la.com Website: www.hd-la.com REP: Bill Harris, Principal SERVICE: Creative, community-based planning & design from concept through construction. Parks, trails, master plans, sports facilities, open space.

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The HLA Group Landscape Architects & Planners, Inc. (Sacramento) PH: 916/447-7400 FAX: 916/447-8270 2600 Capitol Avenue, Suite 120, Sacramento, CA 95816-5928 E-Mail: scanada@hlagroup.com Website: www.hlagroup.com REP: Steven Canada, ASLA; Greg Hauser, ASLA SERVICE: Landscape architecture and planning emphasizing parks and recreation, urban design, community design and land planning.

Hunter Industries (Placer) PH: 916/899-9437 P.O. Box 1005, Meadow Vista, CA 95722 E-Mail: don.franklin@hunterindustries. com Website: www.hunterindustries.com REP: Donald D. Franklin, Northern Calif.

Specification Manager; Lynda Wightman, Industry Relations Manager; Daniel Kamieniecki, So. Calif. Specification Manager SERVICE: Irrigation Manufacturer - MP Rotator, Sprays, Rotors, Smart Controllers, Valves, Drip.

ID Edge, Inc. (Boulder) PH: 303/665-0405 FAX: 303/665-4026 1849 Cherry Street #10, Louisville, CO 80027 E-Mail: dlippoldt@idedge.com Website: www.idedge.com REP: Dianne Lippoldt, Operations Manager SERVICE: ID provides photo ID, key fob, wristband, and reusable name tag solutions to the parks and recreation industry.

Imagen Agency (Los Angeles) PH: 626/593-9618 346 W. Foothill Blvd., Monrovia, CA 91016 E-Mail: partners@imagenagency.com Website: www.imagenagency.com REP: Paul Bower, CEO; Ken Leslie, CFO SERVICE: We are promotional marketing agency that produces custom branded apparel, promotional products, and print.

Impact Canopy (Riverside) PH: 951/674-1441 FAX: 951/674-1443 22600 Temescal Canyon Road, Corona, CA 92883 E-Mail: denisec@impactcanopy.com REP: Denise Conway, Marketing SERVICE: Your source for custom canopies, branded flags, signs, custom inflatables and other event branding solutions.

Innovative Playgrounds Company LLC (Los Angeles) PH: 877/732-5200 FAX: 562/693-5199 12407 East Slauson Avenue, Unit D, Whittier, CA 90606 E-Mail: info@innovativeplaygrounds. com Website: www.innovativeplaygrounds. com REP: Alvino Larios, President SERVICE: Sales, designs, and project management for BCI Burke playground equipment, safety surfacing, shade structures, and fitness/sport/site amenities.

International Mulch Company (Saint Louis) PH: 314/373-1163 2280 Schuetz Road, St. Louis, MO 63146-3420 E-Mail: justinc@internationalmulch.com Website: www.internationalmulch.com REP: Justiny Coliny, Director of Sales SERVICE: Manufacturer of recycled rubber mulch and molded rubber products.

IZone Imaging (Bell) PH: 254/778-0722 FAX: 254/778-0938 2526 Charter Oak Dr., Suite 100, Temple, TX 76502 E-Mail: mike@izoneimaging.com Website: www.izoneimaging.com REP: Mike MacEachern, Owner/CEO; Grady Brown, President; Michael Dean, Director of Sales & Production SERVICE: Sign Solutions and Customer High Pressure Laminate (CHPL) graphic panels and decorative surfaces.

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Hermann Design Group, Inc. (Riverside) PH: 760/777-9131 FAX: 760/777-9132 78365 Highway 111, PMB 332, La Quinta, CA 92211 E-Mail: chris@hdg-inc.com Website: www.hermanndesigngroup.com REP: Chris Hermann, President/CEO, Kristin Moore Hermann, Managing Director/CFO, Jose Estrada, Project Manager/Vice President SERVICE: Landscape architecture, planning and project management for community parks, sports parks and dog parks.

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Buyer’s Guide u J2 Engineering, Inc. (Fresno) PH: 559/251-5600 5234 E. Pine, Fresno, CA 93727 E-Mail: accounting@j2eng.com Website: www.j2eng.com REP: James Flynn, President SERVICE: Forensic engineering firm.

Jacobs, Inc. (Sacramento) PH: 916/929-3323 FAX: 916/929-1772 1050 20th Street, Suite 200, Sacramento, CA 95811 E-Mail: jeff.townsend@jacobs.com Website: www.jacobs.com REP: Jeff Townsend, Principal SERVICE: Landscape architectural and engineering design services for parks, recreation and open space projects.

Jacobsen (Sacramento) PH: 704/614-4550 1060 National Drive, Suite 1, Sacramento, CA 95835 E-Mail: apowers@textron.com Website: www.jaconbsen.com REP: Shane Chaplin, Pro Turf Territory Sales Rep. SERVICE: Jacobsen, Turfco, Smithco, Cushman, Ventrac products. Turf equipment, mowing equipment, etc.

JetMulch (Santa Cruz) PH: 866/306-8524 FAX: 831/462-2126 P.O. Box 1667, Capitola, CA 95010 E-Mail: info@jetmulch.com Website: www.jetmulchinc.com REP: Phil Reiker, President/Manager SERVICE: Blown-In Mulch and ASTM certified playground materials.

Jones & Madhavan (Ventura) PH: 805/777-8449 FAX: 805/777-8489 100 E Thousand Oaks Blvd Ste 211, Thousand Oaks, CA 91360-8134 E-Mail: nachi@jmae.com Website: www.jmae.com REP: Nachi Madhavan, AIA; Doug Jones, PE. SERVICE: Planning, architecture & engineering services for public aquatic facilities.

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Jumpstart Sports Southern California LLC (Orange) PH: 614/989-4016 29132 Ridgeview Dr, Laguna Niguel, CA 92677 E-Mail: rrhodehamel@jumpstartsports.com Website: www.jumpstartsports.com Rep: Rick Rhodehamel, Managing Member; Rick Hart, Member SERVICE: We offer youth sports programs focused on fun and learning rather than competition.

Keenan & Associates (Los Angeles) PH: 310/212-3344 FAX: 310/787-8838 2355 Crenshaw Blvd., Suite 200, Torrance, CA 90501 E-Mail: tcaton@Keenan.com Website: www.keenan.com REP: Betti Paquale, Assistant Vice President SERVICE: Loss Control Services, training and playground inspections and program consulting.

Key Log Rolling (Hennepin) PH: 763/544-0047 626 Mendelssohn Avenue North, Golden Valley, MN 55427 E-Mail: julie@keylogrolling.com Website: www.keylogrolling.com REP: Julie Colby, Administrative Assistant; Abby Hoeschler, President, Emily Ward, Director of National Sales and Program Development SERVICE: Key Log Rollling is a safe, fun and challenging activity for any aquatics program.

Kidz Love Soccer (Marin) PH: 408/774-4629 FAX: 888/391-5114 500 Tamal Plaza, Suite 504, Corte Madera, CA 94925 E-Mail: info@kidzlovesoccer.com Website: www.kidzlovesoccer.com REP: Peter Stanley SERVICE: Age-appropriate youth soccer instruction. Classes and camps for children 2-12 years of age.

Knorr Systems, Inc. (Orange) PH: 714/754-4044 FAX: 714/754-7791 2221 S. Standard Ave, Santa Ana, CA 92707 E-Mail: nicholec@knorrsystems.com Website: www.knorrsystems.com REP: Mike Smith, Director of Sales SERVICE: Knorr Systems: quality aquatic equipment and services including: water treatment, filtration, recreation, maintenance, service contracts.

KOMPAN, Inc. (Pierce) PH: 530/680-3401 29 Kilbannan, Ladera Ranch, CA 92694 E-Mail: megcha@kompan.com Website: www.kompan.com REP: Megan Chase, Sales Manager, KOMPAN SERVICE: KOMPAN designs age-appropriate and high-quality playground products combining stringent environmental standards and exceptional play value.

KTU + A Planning & Landscape Architecture (San Diego) PH: 619/294-4477 FAX: 619/294-9965 3916 Normal Street, San Diego, CA 92103 E-Mail: kurt@ktua.com Website: www.ktua.com REP: Kurt Carlson, Principal; Cheri Blatner, Senior Associate; Sharon Singleton, Principal SERVICE: We Provide Award Winning Landscape Architectural Planning and Design Services for Parks and Recreation Facilities.

The KYA Group (Orange) PH: 714/659-6477 FAX: 714/586-5526 1522 Brookhollow Drive, Suite 3, Santa Ana, CA 92705 E-Mail: lynne.lees@thekyagroup.com Website: www.KYASurfacing.com REP: Lynne Lees, Marketing and Personal Relations Manager SERVICE: Industry specialist in surface solutions and sustainable plantscapes supported by project management, design and maintenance services.

L.A. Steelcraft Products, Inc. (Los Angeles) PH: 626/798-7401 FAX: 626/798-1482 PO Box 90365, Pasadena, CA 911090365 E-Mail: info@lasteelcraft.com Website: www.lasteelcraft.com REP: James Holt, President SERVICE: Equipment Manufacturer: Playgrounds, schools, fiberglass tables & benches, court & field equipment, bike racks, flagpoles & site amenities.

LDA Partners, LLP (San Joaquin) PH: 209/943-0405 FAX: 209/943-0415 222 Central Court, Stockton, CA 95204 E-Mail: ewohle@ldapartners.com Website: www.ldapartners.com REP: Eric Wohle, Partner SERVICE: Architectural Services.

Lincoln Aquatics (Contra Costa) PH: 925/687-9500 FAX: 925/680-2825 2051 Commerce Avenue, Concord, CA 94520 E-Mail: sales@lincolnaquatics.com Website: http://www.lincolnaquatics.com REP: Charles Luecker, President & CEO Lincoln Aquatics, (Orange) 182 Viking Avenue, Brea, CA 92821 PH: 714/990-6015, 800/223-5450, FAX 714/990-4130 E-Mail: ahickman@lincolnaquatics.com Website: http://www.lincolnaquatics.com REP: Andrea Hickman, Office Manager SERVICE: Distributors of commercial swimming pool equipment, chemicals and aquatic supplies since 1954.

LPA, Inc. (Sacramento) PH: 916/772-4300 FAX: 916/772-4330 431 I Street, Ste. 107, Sacramento, CA 95814 E-Mail: ksullivan@lpainc.com Website: www.lpainc.com (Orange) 5161 California Avenue Suite 100, Irvine, CA 92617, 949/261-1001, Fax: 949/260-1190 REP: Kevin Sullivan, Principal (Roseville Office) Steve Kendrick, Principal (Roseville Office) Heather Van De Zilver, Business Development (Irvine Office) SERVICE: Sustainable design solutions in architecture, landscape architecture and planning for community centers, aquatics and parks.

MAIS Software 48 Mary Street, Porty Moody, BC V3H 1Z4 PH: 604/917-0339 E-Mail: sipema@maissoftware.com Website: www.maissoftware.com REP: Saskie Ipema, VP of Software Solutions; Terry Jones, Sales Executive SERVICE: Parks & Recreation solution that improves managing your services, inside your organization, and within your community.

Melton Design Group (Sacramento) PH: 530/899-1616 309 Wall Street, Chico, CA 95829 E-Mail: greg@meltondg.com Website: www.meltondg.com REP: Greg Melton, Principal SERVICE: Landscape architecture, providing design services for parks. Sports complexes, skateparks & masterplans.

We focus on providing personal service.

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u Buyer’s Guide Meyer & Associates Architecture (Orange) PH: 949/380-1151 FAX: 949/380-8117 23265 South Pointe Drive, Suite 102, Laguna Hills, CA 92653 E-Mail: meyerarch@earthlink.net REP: Randall K. Meyer SERVICE: Architecture/Landscape Architecture; New/Renovated recreation facilities; Community/Senior Centers; Park Restrooms; Facility Repair; ADA Improvements.

Mia Lehrer + Associates (Los Angeles) PH: 213/384-3844 FAX: 213/384-3833 185 S. Myers St, Los Angeles, CA 90033 E-Mail: jan@mlagreen.com Website: www.mlagreen.com REP: Jan Dyer, Principal; Jeff Hutchins, Principal; Brendan Kempf, Project Designer SERVICE: Landscape architecture.

MIG, Inc. (Alameda) PH: 510/845-7549 FAX: 510/845-8750 800 Hearst Ave., Berkeley, CA 94710 E-Mail: sallym@migcom.com Website: www.migcom.com REP: MIG Pasadena: 626/744-9872, MIG Fullerton: 714/871-3638, MIG Davis: 530/753-9606, MIG Riverside: 951/787-9222, MIG San Diego: 619/677-2003, MIG Sonoma: 707/282-9008, MIG Menlo Park: 650/327-0429 REP: Susan Goltsman, Tim Gilbert, Mathew Gaber, Steve Lang, Jim Pickel, Lauren Schmitt, Joan Chaplick, John Baas SERVICE: Landscape architecture and recreation and environmental planning for parks, open space and the public realm.

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Miracle Playground Sales/Miracle Recreation (Riverside) PH: 800/264-7225 FAX: 877/215-3869 9106 Pulsar Ct, Ste C, Corona, CA 92883-4632 E-Mail: sales@miracleplayground.com Website: www.miracleplayground.com REP: Kevin Spence SERVICE: Innovative playground equipment, playground safety surfacing; park shelters & gazebos; tables, benches & athletic equipment & splashpads.

Miracle Playsystems Inc. (Contra Costa) PH: 800/879-7730 FAX: 510/893-2163 PO Box 263, Alamo, CA 94507 E-Mail: kit@miracleplaygroup.com Website: www.MiraclePlayGroup.com REP: Kit Stevens, President; Tracey Adams, Project Designer SERVICE: Play equipment design, distribution and specialty contracting firm serving all of central and Northern California.

Most Dependable Fountains, Inc. (Shelby) PH: 800/552-6331 FAX: 901/867-4008 5705 Commander Dr., Arlington, TN 38002-0587 E-Mail: info@mostdependable.com Website: www.mostdependable.com REP: Vince McGrory, Sales; Anita Beachum, Sales SERVICE: Outdoor drinking fountains, pet fountains, showers, misters, play towers, hydrants, jug fillers, handwash stations & grills.

MRC (San Francisco) PH: 800/922-0070 FAX: 732/974-0226 505 Montgomery St, Ste 1100, San Francisco, CA 94111 E-Mail: MRC@gametime.com Website: www.mrcrec.com REP: Brian Gates, Vice President of Sales; Doris Harpain, Design Consultant; Leo Seavey, Design Consultant SERVICE: Provide & install GameTime playgrounds; safety & Turf surfacing; spray parks; outdoor fitness; site amenities & more.

Knott’s Berry Farm is one of Southern California’s most popular theme park destinations. At Knott’s, fun is always in season with dozens of rides, shows, and attractions.

Knott’s is also home to the only outdoor water park in Orange County, Knott’s Soak City Waterpark.

Youth programs are available that target different ages and interests.

KNOTT’S BERRY FARM

SOAK CITY WATERPARK

Group rate $32

Group rate $23

(per person, age 3+) Minimum of 15 required.

(per person, age 3+) Minimum of 15 required.

Ask about catering options available for groups of 50+.

Knott’s Berry Farm Youth Sales Department 714.220.5166 • YouthSales@Knotts.com Cedar Fair Entertainment Company® ©2016 Cedar Fair, L.P. KB17-060

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Buyer’s Guide u Musco Sports Lighting (Orange) PH: 949/754-0503 FAX: 949/754-0637 4 Jenner, Suite 100, Irvine, CA 92618 E-Mail: mike.marchetti@musco.com Website: www.musco.com REP: Michael Marchetti, Karin Pekala, Michael Higgins, Michael Winfrey, Paul Austad SERVICE: Providing sports lighting solutions for your budget, for the environment.

NSP3 a Division of Park Associate Inc. (Shasta) PH: 530/244-6116 FAX: 530/246-0518 1555 Tahoe Court, Redding, CA 96003 E-Mail: cindy@nspx3.com Website: www.nspx3.com REP: Cynthia Cooper, CEO; Dena Carter, President SERVICE: Supplier & installer of outdoor shade structures, playground equipment, surfacing & site amenities.

Pacific Design Concepts/Little Tikes Commercial - Southern California PO Box 1909, Huntington Beach, CA 92647 PH: 714-846-4885 FAX: 714-846-3485 E-Mail pacificdzn@aol.com Website: www.littletikescommercial.com REP: Scott Muscolo SERVICE: Accessible outdoor playground equipment including unique theme playscapes and park service equipment.

My Bark Co., Inc. (San Joaquin) PH: 209/786-4042 FAX: 209/786-4043 P.O. Box 932, Linden, CA 95236 E-Mail: mybarkco@me.com Website: www.mybark.net REP: Mary Yelton, President SERVICE: ReadyPlay, EWF from virgin forest wood, bark products, colored enhanced mulches and soil amendments.

NUVIS (Orange) PH: 714/754-7311 FAX: 714/754-7346 3151 Airway Avenue, Suite J-3, Costa Mesa, CA 92626 E-Mail: rstone@nuvis.net Website: www.nuvis.net 5 Crow Canyon Ct. #110, San Ramon, CA 94583 (Contra Costa County) REP: Leslee A. Temple, FASLA, President, (714) 754-7311 SERVICE: NUVIS landscape architecture - over 40 years of design solutions for people, environments, and experiences worldwide.

Pacific Park and Playground, Inc. (Ventura) PH: 805/581-0252 FAX: 805/581-5959 6166 Goshen Street, Simi Valley, CA 93063 E-Mail: scott@pacparkplay.com Website: www.PacParkPlay.com REP: Scott Muscolo, Owner; Cindy Grabow, Playground Design & Sales; Kate Little, Regional Sales & Marketing Manager SERVICES: Providing park and playground products and services to Southern California cities, counties, schools, churches and others.

Neptune-Benson, Inc. (Kent) PH: 401/821-2200 FAX: 401/821-7129 6 Jefferson Dr., Coventry, RI 02816 E-Mail: dlritchotte@neptunebenson.com Website: http://www.neptunebenson. com/ REP: Matthew Moriarty, Sales Representative SERVICE: Leading Manufacturer of aquatic filtration systems for waterparks, aquatic centers featuring the Defender Regenerative Media Filter.

NGI Sports a Division of River City Athletics (Hamilton) PH: 775/544-6306 FAX: 423/499-8882 2807 Walker Road, Chattanooga, TN 37421 E-Mail: cbrisbin@ngisports.com Website: www.ngisports.com REP: Cory Brisbin, West Coast Sales; Richard Burke, CEO/COO SERVICE: Nova Pro tennis and track is your guaranteed solution. Specializing in innovation for sports construction.

Noll & Tam Architects (Alameda) PH: 510/649-8295 FAX: 510/649-3008 729 Heinz Avenue, Suite 7, Berkeley, CA 94710 E-Mail: annika.dukes@nollandtam.com Website: www.nollandtam.com REP: Janet Tam, Principal SERVICE: Architectural design, programming and planning for recreation/ community/senior centers and other civic buildings.

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O’Dell Engineering (Stanislaus) PH: 209/571-1765 x102 FAX: 209/571-2466 1165 Scenic Drive, Suite B, Modesto, CA 95350 E-Mail: ckennedy@odellengineering. com Website: www.odellengineering.com REP: Chad Kennedy, Principal Landscape Architect; Randall O’Dell, Owner SERVICE: Multi-disciplinary firm providing landscape architecture, civil engineering, land surveying and 3D laser scanning.

Outdoor Creations, Inc. (Shasta) PH: 530/337-6774 FAX: 530/337-6675 2270 Barney Road, Anderson, CA 96007 E-Mail: ODC@outdoorcreations.com Website: www.outdoorcreations.com REP: Scott Puhlman SERVICE: Precast concrete site furnishings, includes picnic tables, benches, BBQs, fire pits, planters, signs and concrete products for outdoor use.

Pacific Park At the Santa Monica Pier (Los Angeles) PH: 310/260-8744 x253 FAX: 310/899-1826 380 Santa Monica Pier, Santa Monica, CA 90401 E-Mail: cmendez@pacpark.com Website: www.pacpark.com REP: Sarah McCann, Marketing Sales Manager SERVICES: Family amusement park located at the Santa Monica Pier.

PDPlay (San Diego) PH: 760/597-5990 FAX: 760/597-5991 2458 South Santa Fe Avenue, Vista, CA 92084 E-Mail: sales@pdplay.com Website: www.PDPLAY.com REP: John Ogden, President SERVICE: California manufacturer of commercial play structures, site furnishings, and poured-in-placed rubberized surfacing.

Pentair Water Commercial Pool and Aquatics (Lee) PH: 919/566-8332 FAX: 919/566-8910 1620 Hawkins Ave., Sanford, NC 27330 E-Mail: mike.fowler@pentair.com Website: www.pentaircommercial.com REP: Mike Fowler, Commercial Marketing Manager; Justin McCollum, Territory Sales Manager SERVICE: Manufacturer of commercial products and accessories from controllers, pumps, lighting, filters, UV and VFD. PerfectMIND PH: 604/983-0620 110-980 West 1st Street, North Vancouver, BC C7P 3N4 E-Mail: pei.thong@perfectmind.com Website: http://www.perfectmind.com/ REP: Vahia Shababi, VP Business Development and Marketing SERVICE: PerfectMind is a cloud-based Parks & Recreation management software to help grow communities of all sizes.

PIER 39 (San Francisco) PH: 415/705-5500 FAX: 415/981-8808 P.O. Box 193730, San Francisco, CA 94119-3730 E-Mail: jodi@pier39.com Website: www.pier39.com REP: Jodi Cumming, Manager, Travel Industry Sales SERVICE: PIER 39, San Francisco’s Premier Bay Attraction, includes 110 shops, 13 restaurants and numerous attractions.

Pilot Rock Site Products R.J. Thomas Mfg. Co., Inc. (Cherokee) PH: 800/762-5002 FAX: 712/225-5796 P.O. Box 946, Cherokee, IA 51012-0946 E-Mail: pilotrock@rjthomas.com Website: www.pilotrock.com REP: Customer Service Dept.

SERVICE: Manufacturing and direct sales of park grills, picnic tables, benches, campfire rings, trash receptacle holders, etc.

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u Buyer’s Guide PlaceWorks (Alameda) PH: 510/848-3815 FAX: 510/848-4315 1625 Shattuck Avenue 3rd Floor, Berkeley, CA 94709 E-Mail: melissa@dceplanning.com Website: www.dceplanning.com REP: Isabelle Minn, Principal; Melissa Erikson, Associate Principal; C.C. LaGrange, Associate SERVICE: Landscape architecture, parks, trails, open space planning, community facilitation, environmental planning for healthy, sustainable communities.

PlayCore (Hamilton) PH: 423/425-3168 FAX: 423/425-3124 401 Chestnut Street Suite 410, Chattanooga, TN 37402 E-Mail: info@playcore.com Website: http://www.playcore.com/ REP: Anne-Marie Spencer, VP Marketing; Bob Farnsworth, CEO; Lisa Moore, VP Strategic Services SERVICE: PlayCore helps build stronger communities by advancing play through research, education, partnerships, and products.

Playcraft Direct, Inc. (Josephine) PH: 888/571-7640 FAX: 541/244-2196 123 North Valley Dr., Grants Pass, OR 97526 E-Mail: sales@playcraftdirect.com Website: www.playcraftsystems.com REP: Kurt Krauss, CEO; Toney Lewis, Sales Manager SERVICE: Seller of playground equipment (commercial type).

Playground Inspection, LLC (Los Angeles) PH: 888/293-7889 FAX: 818/578-3408 P.O. BOX 16654, Encino, CA 914166654 E-Mail: jim.a.stein@gmail.com Website: http://www.inspectorplayground.com REP: Jim Stein SERVICE: Independent inspector, surface impact testing with Triax, early childhood certified, playground inspections, compliance certificates, insured.

Playgrounds Unlimited (Santa Clara) PH: 408/244-9848 FAX: 408/244-9847 980 Memorex Drive, Santa Clara, CA 95050 E-Mail: mikea@playgroundsunlimited. net Website: www.playgroundsunlimited.com REP: Michael Altieri, CEO; Joe Mendes, President SERVICE: Construction services; site preparation; play equipment; water play; shade shelter installation; Pour-inplace & synthetic turf safety surface.

PlayMax Surfacing, Inc. (Riverside) PH: 951/250-6039 FAX: 951/356-6550 1950 Compton Avenue #111, Corona, CA 92881 E-Mail: cwolf@playmaxsurfacing.com Website: www.playmaxsurfacing.com REP: Chris Wolf, General Manager; Rick Denney, Installation Manager; Jim Weaver, Project Manager SERVICE: Manufacture and install rubber playground safety surfaces and tiles.

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PlaySafe, LLC (Bernalillo) PH: 505/899-9532 PO Box 66056, Albuquerque, NM 87193-6056 E-Mail: playsafe@play-safe.com Website: www.play-safe.com REP: Sam “Butch” DeFillippo SERVICE: Playground audits, maintenance training, strategic master plan development, feasibility studies, expert witnesses & recreation program development.

PolyMenders (Sacramento) PH: 916/757-9133 FAX: 916/348-0868 3229 Elkhorn Blvd., Suite 10, North Highlands, CA 95660 E-Mail: ron@polymenders.com Website: www.polymenders.com REP: Ronald Kipp, Owner SERVICE: PolyMenders specializes in mobile repair of plastic playground equipment. Save money by repairing, not replacing.

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Buyer’s Guide u Public Restroom Company (Douglas) PH: 888/888-2060 FAX: 888/888-1448 2587 Business Pkwy., Minden, NV 89423 E-Mail: info@publicrestroomcompany.com Website: www.publicrestroomcompany.com REP: Chuck Kaufman, President; Kathy Kaufman, Advertising Mgr.; Chad Kaufman, V.P. Sales; Marie Hunt, Sales Administration; Pat McBride, Sales; Katie Kaufman, Project Development Manager SERVICE: Public Restroom Company is a design build specialist for “odor free, vandal resistant, park restroom and concession buildings.

QK (Fresno) PH: 559/733-0440 FAX: 559/435-2905 6051 N. Fresno Street, Fresno, CA 93705 E-Mail: mike.ratajski@qkinc.com Website: www.quadknopf.com REP: Michael Ratajski, Project Manager/ Senior Planner; Dan Garver, Landscape Architect SERVICE: Land planning, policy planning, landscape architecture, urban design, civil engineering, environmental planning, biology, surveying, construction management.

Rainout Line (Los Angeles) PH: 888/255-6110 FAX: 813/425-9008 501 18th Street, Santa Monica, CA 90402 E-Mail: stephen@rainoutline.com Website: www.RainoutLine.com REP: Stephen Bickle, President SERVICE: Online notification system for rainouts, schedule changes, venue closures. Text, email, web, phone, and more!

REC1 (Fulton) PH: 800/335-1863 12460 Crabapple Road, Ste 202 #111, Alpharetta, GA 30004 E-Mail: info@rec1.com Website: www.rec1.com REP: Landon Schenk, President SERVICE: Web and mobile program registration, facility rentals, point-ofsale, memberships, leagues, ticketing, and more.

RecDesk Software (Middlesex) PH: 860/467-4325 300 Plaza Middlesex, Middletown, CT 06457 E-Mail: mike.morris@recdesk.com Website: http://recdesk.com/ REP: Mike Morris, President; Todd McEvoy, Director of Sales SERVICE: RecDesk provides a Radically Simplified recreation management software platform that is cloud-based and mobile-ready.

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RecEnroll (San Mateo) PH: 650/346-1442 205 De Anza Blvd #244, San Mateo, CA 94402 E-Mail: sujatha@recenroll.com REP: Sujatha Marsden, Principal; Lee Hinde, Software Developer SERVICE: RecEnroll: Increase participation and manage your operations with our cost-effective recreation management system.

RecWest Outdoor Products, Inc. (Los Angeles) PH: 818/735-3838 FAX: 818/735-9612 31316 Via Colinas, #118, Westlake Village, CA 91362 E-Mail: mike_b@recwest.com Website: www.recwest.com REP: Mike Bennett, President SERVICE: Representing Landscape Structures Inc., DuMor Site Furnishings.

ReliaPOLE (Montgomery) PH: 281/259-7000 32628 Decker Prairie Road, Suite 1, Magnolia, TX 77355 E-Mail: pdenson@polesafety.com Website: www.polesafety.com REP: Parker Denson, Account Manager - Lighting SERVICE: RISC provides professional inspection and remediation services for area and sports lighting structures.

RHA Landscape Architects Planners, Inc. (Riverside) PH: 951/781-1930 FAX: 951/686-8091 6800 Indiana Avenue, Suite 245, Riverside, CA 92506 E-Mail: rha@rhala.com Website: www.rhala.com REP: Randy Hlubik, President; Doug Grove, Principal SERVICE: Park & sports facility planning, LEED certified, water conservation design, community consensus building, park rehabilitation.

Richard Fisher Associates (Orange) PH: 714/245-9270 FAX: 714/245-9275 2001 East First St., Ste 160, Santa Ana, CA 92705 E-Mail: rfisher@rfaland.com Website: www.rfaland.com REP: Richard Fisher, President SERVICE: Professional consulting services for parks & recreation facilities, master planning/design, construction management, landscape maintenance/water management.

RJM Design Group, Inc. (Orange) PH: 949/493-2600 FAX: 949/493-2690 31591 Camino Capistrano, San Juan Capistrano, CA 92675 E-Mail: bob@rjmdesigngroup.com Website: www.rjmdesigngroup.com No. California Office: 601 University Ave. Suite 181, Sacramento, CA 95825 PH: 916/570-2050 FAX 916/570-2233 email: john@rjmdesigngroup.com REP: Bob Mueting, Larry Ryan (Southern CA - Corporate Office) John Courtney (Northern CA Office) SERVICE: Park and Sports Facility Master Planning and Design; Park and Recreation Master Planning; Landscape Architecture; LEED Certified; Community Consensus Building.

Robert A Bothman, Inc. (Santa Clara) PH: 408/279-2277 FAX: 408/279-2281 2690 Scott Blvd, Santa Clara, CA 95050 E-Mail: vhamilton@bothman.com Website: www.bothman.com REP: Brian Bothman, Vice President, Business Development; James C. Moore, VP Construction; Joan Padillo, Preconstruction Services SERVICE: General engineering & building contractors, site development, heavy engineering, structural & architectural concrete, landscape & irrigation.

Robertson Industries, Inc. (Maricopa) PH: 602/707-6884 FAX: 602/340-0402 2414 W 12th Street, Suite 5, Tempe, AZ 85281 E-Mail: scorral@totturf.com Website: www.totturf.com Northern California: 1354 14th Street, Oakland, CA 94607 Southern California: 16059 Foothill Blvd, Irwindale, CA 91706 REP: Robertson Recreational Surfaces, a Playcore company, Richard Hawley, Corp VP of Sales/GM, Phone: 800-858-0519, Fax: 602-340-0402 SERVICE: Robertson Industries, Inc. sells, manufacturers and installs safety surfaces - TotTurf and TotTurf Synthetic Plus.

ROMTEC, Inc. (Douglas) PH: 541/496-3541 FAX: 541/496-0803 18240 North Bank Road, Roseburg, OR 97470 E-Mail: compliance@romtec.com Website: www.romtec.com REP: Timothy D. Boagan, President; Travis Olson, Sales Person SERVICE: Design, build and install recreational structures ie: restroom buildings, concessions, kiosks, pavilions, storage buildings, gatehouses, cabins, sidewalk restrooms etc.

Ross Recreation Equipment Company, Inc. (Sonoma) PH: 707/538-3800 FAX: 707/538-3826 100 Brush Creek Road #206, Santa Rosa, CA 95404 E-Mail: info@rossrec.com Website: www.rossrec.com REP: Ewing Philbin, Jon Bawden, Casey Hilbert, Alex Hailey & Kris Routh - serving areas across Northern CA. SERVICE: 40 years of providing superior products and service with attention to quality, safety and design.

Roy Klopping Enterprises (San Bernardino) PH: 562/696-5780 FAX: 623/388-2966 18380 Lemon St, Hesperia, CA 92345 E-Mail: royjklopping@yahoo.com Website: www.Klopping-Hardie.com REP: Roy Klopping, Owner/CEO; Frank Klopping, VP, Sales; Steve Klopping, VP, Production SERVICE: Natural turf restoration machine conditions and restores athletic fields and baseball infield Lips.

Royston, Hanamoto, Alley & Abey (Marin) PH: 415/383-7900 FAX: 415/383-1433 225 Miller Avenue, Mill Valley, CA 94941 E-Mail: Tegan@rhaa.com Website: www.rhaa.com REP: Cordy Hill, Principal SERVICE: Landscape architecture, site planning, master planning, urban design, and recreation planning services locally, nationally and internationally.

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u Buyer’s Guide RRM Design Group (San Luis Obispo) PH: 805/543-1794 FAX: 805/543-4609 3765 South Higuera Street, Suite 102, San Luis Obispo, CA 93401 E-Mail: jcferber@rrmdesign.com Website: www.rrmdesign.com REP: Jeff Ferber, Principal SERVICE: RRM Design Group designs award-winning recreation areas by collaborating with people who use them.

S & S Seeds (Santa Barbara) PH: 805/684-0436 FAX: 805/684-2798 6155 Carpinteria Avenue, Carpinteria, CA 93013 E-Mail: jimc@ssseeds.com REP: James Culley, Sales Manager, Ben Miller, David Gilpin, General Manager SERVICE: Custom seed mix design, Turfgrasses, natives, revegetation wild flowers, erosion control products, native sod, contract growing.

RWP Landscape Materials (Los Angeles) PH: 877/476-9797 FAX: 909/868-1162 1313 E Phillips Blvd, Pomona, CA 91766-5431 E-Mail: hank@rwpmulch.com Website: www.rwpmulch.com REP: Hank Egigian, General Sales Manager; Patti Mashikian, Sales Associate; Chris Kiralla, President SERVICE: RWP FIBER FALL-Impact attenuating and ADA wheelchair accessible engineered wood fibers for playground safety surfacing.

Safe 2 Play - Certified Matters (Alameda) PH: 925/999-0117 7320 Parkwood Circle, Unit B, Dublin, CA 94568 E-Mail: cdFaitel@sbcglobal.net Website: www.PlaygroundSafetyInspections.net REP: Craig Faitel, Owner SERVICES: Certified playground safety inspections, safety surface impact testing on playgrounds & sports fields.

SafePark (Orange) PH: 800/734-4882 FAX: 959/588-9776 23052 Alcalde Drive, Suite C, Laguna Hills, CA 92653 E-Mail: jamey@safepark.com Website: www.SafePark.com REP: James, Clark, Founder, CEO; Dave Sale, Field Operations Manager; Charles Froeming, Lead CPSI SERVICE: Playground Audits, Inspections, Impact Testing-Traix-2010, Playground maintenance, repair, complete certified playground refurbishment and upgrades.

Safeplay By Design, Inc. (Sacramento) PH: 916/647-0912 9666 Sheldon Road, Elk Grove, CA 95624-9437 E-Mail: david@spease.com Website: www.spease.com REP: David Spease, Landscape Architect SERVICE: Certified Playground Safety Inspections, inspection programs, safety training, ADA inspections and Landscape Architectural services.

Safety Play, Inc. (Los Angeles) PH: 888/878-0244 FAX: 888/878-0244 7095 Hollywood Blvd #1308, Los Angeles, CA 90028 E-Mail: safetyplay@mindspring.com Website: http://www.safetyplay.net/ 7095 Hollywood Blvd. #1308, Los Angeles, CA 90028 REP: Scott Burton SERVICE: Playground audits, inspection tool kits, expert witness, safety manuals, safety classes, planning/design services, safety signs/labels.

San Francisco Giants (San Francisco) PH: 415/972-1603 FAX: 415/972-1852 24 Willie Mays Plaza, San Francisco, CA 94107 E-Mail: alustbader@sfgiants.com Website: www.sfgiants.com REP: Alexis Lustbader, Director of Guest Services & Tours; Randy Gomez, Director of Maintenance SERVICE: Home of the San Francisco Giants baseball team, as well as ballpark tours and public or private events.

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Mackay Park will be developed on a 2.9-acre portion of the former Mackay Elementary School property. The remaining portion of the school site has been redeveloped and features a new residential community. The park design was derived through community meetings conducted by HAI with area residents, and meeting with City staff, Park Commission and City Council. The new park will feature both active and passive recreation, user-friendly activities and utilize sustainable materials and technology. All products and materials will be recyclable, irrigation system will be State of the Art conforming to the Landscape Ordinance (AB1881), native plantings in all non activity areas, lawn areas to be less than 30% of the project area for water conservation, solar lighting for the walkways and park lighting to reduce power consumption, stabilized DG walking paths and exercise station to promote heart healthy actives, universally accessible children play areas, half court basketball for active recreation, small restroom building, group and individual picnic facilities to promote family activities, public art area, small parking lot, and a aesthetically pleasing streambed (bio filtration system) that will capture all storm water run-off allowing water infiltration in to the subterranean surface of the park.

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Schmidt Design Group, Inc. (San Diego) PH: 619/236-1462 FAX: 619/236-8792 1111 Sixth Avenue, Suite 500, San Diego, CA 92101 E-Mail: info@schmidtdesign.com Website: www.schmidtdesign.com REP: Glen Schmidt, President; Jeff Justus, Senior Associate SERVICE: Landscape architecture, park planning, and design that balances artistic expression with environmental sensitivity.

SCI Consulting Group (Solano) PH: 707/430-4300 FAX: 707/430-4319 4745 Mangels Blvd., Fairfield, CA 94534 E-Mail: gerard.vansteyn@sci-cg.com Website: www.sci-cg.com REP: Gerard Van Steyn, President; John Bliss, Senior Engineer; Blair E. Aas, Senior Planning Consultant SERVICE: New revenue feasibility studies, ballot measures, assessment district formations and administration.

Shade ‘N Net (Maricopa) PH: 800/290-3387 FAX: 602/484-7919 5711 West Washington, Phoenix, AZ 85043 E-Mail: rudy@shade-n-net.com Website: www.shade-n-net.com REP: Rudy Martinez, President; JJ Morse, Sales Rep SERVICE: Tension cable breathable fabric shade structures/vents out heat/88% sun blockage/97% UV ray protection.

Shaw Sports Turf (Gordon) PH: 706/625-7906 FAX: 770/795-1159 185 S. Industrial Blvd, Calhoun, GA 30701 E-Mail: jessie.weaver@shawinc.com Website: www.shawsportexe.com REP: Cassie Colhran, Brand Manager SERVICE: Synthetic Turf field manufacturer and provider.

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Siegfried Engineering, Inc. (San Joaquin) PH: 209/943-2021 3244 Brookside Rd., Suite 100, Stockton, CA 95219 E-Mail: pjs@siegfriedeng.com Website: www.siegfriedeng.com REP: Paul Schneider, Vice President, P.E. SERVICE: Design and engineering firm specializing in civil and structural engineering, landscape architecture, surveying, and planning.

Sof Surfaces Inc. PH: 800/263-2363 x224 FAX: 519/882-2697 4393 Discovery Line, Petrolia, ON N0N 1R0 E-Mail: e.chartrand@sofsurfaces.com Website: www.sofsurfaces.com REP: Brennan Prins, President; Margie Thomas, Sales Associate SERVICE: SofTILE’s patented KrosLOCK edge and 5 year drop height performance guarantee make SofTILE is the logical choice for playground surfacing.

Southern California Municipal Athletic Federation (Los Angeles) PH: 626/448-0853 x16 FAX: 626/4485219 P.O. Box 3605823 Lexington Gallantin Road, South El Monte, CA 91733 E-Mail: timIttner@scmaf.org Website: www.scmaf.org REP: Tim Ittner, Executive Director SERVICE: Professional training, education and networking; insurance services; sport rules, training and competition for youth and adults.

Splash Kingdom Waterpark & Big Air Trampoline Park (San Bernardino) PH: 909/335-7275 x222 1101 California Street, Redlands, CA 92374 E-Mail: Lianne@splashkingdom.net Website: www.splashkingdom.net REP: Lianne Leiss, Director of Sales SERVICE: Twenty acre waterpark with attractions for all ages. Also has Big Air Trampoline Park on site.

Spohn Ranch, Inc. Custom Skate Parks (Los Angeles) PH: 626/330-5803 FAX: 626/330-5503 6824 S. Centinela Avenue, Los Angeles, CA 90230 E-Mail: info@spohnranch.com Website: www.spohnranch.com REP: Aaron Spohn, Kirsten Bradford www.trueride.com SERVICE: Skate park design, construction, operation and insurance. The leader in responsible skatelite, concrete and hybrid parks.

SportaFence Marketing Enterprises, LLC (Sacramento) PH: 916/715-6287 P.O. Box 340994, Sacramento, CA 95834 E-Mail: dgentry@sportafence.com Website: www.sportafence.com REP: Dan Gentry, President; Joan Drayton, CEO/CFO; Alan Mitchell, Sales Agent SERVICE: Professional grade portable fencing 6’ x 10’ with 8-gauge coated wire and retractable wheels.

Sportaflex (Maricopa) PH: 800/511-3596 FAX: 480/209-1455 P.O. Box 2451, Mesa, AZ 85214 E-Mail: tgoodin@sportaflex.com Website: www.sportaflex.com REP: Terry Goodin, President; Arnie Silverman, Sales Director, Western Region SERVICE: Portable sport fencing for parks and schools. We turn fields into stadiums.

Sportdecals Sports & Spirit Products (Mc Henry) PH: 800/435-6110 2632 6th Street, La Verne, CA 91250 E-Mail: mgomez@teamwear1.com Website: www.sportdecals.com REP: Steve Sunderland, Vice President of Sales; Martin Gomez, Outside Sales Rep. SERVICE: Uniforms for teams, spiritwear, rec league wear, fan wear, staff wear, program wear.

Sports Turf Solutions (Monterey) PH: 831/484-2138 FAX: 831/484-2139 29001 Falcon Ridge Road, Salinas, CA 93908 E-Mail: pwood@turftest.com Website: www.turftest.com REP: Parker Wood SERVICE: Athletic field safety testing specializing in G-max testing of synthetic and natural turf sports fields.

SSA Landscape Architects, Inc. (Santa Cruz) PH: 831/459-0455 FAX: 831/459-0484 303 Potrero Street, 40-C, Santa Cruz, CA 95060 E-Mail: steve@ssala.com Website: www.ssala.com REP: Steven Sutherland, Principal SERVICE: Award winning parks & recreation master planning, community workshops/consensus building, construction documentation/administration.

Stonehenge Signs (Plumas) PH: 916/201-3570 PO BOX 387, Quincy, CA 95971 E-Mail: stonehengesigns@gmail.com Website: www.stonehengesigns.com REP: William Jacks, CEO SERVICE: Proudly providing world class engraved natural stone signs for park entry monuments since 1978.

StructureCast (Kern) PH: 661/833-4490 FAX: 661/280-5626 2800 22nd Street, Bakersfield, CA 93301 E-Mail: anna@structurecast.com Website: http://www.structurecast.com/ REP: Larry Turpin, Sales Manager SERVICE: Precast-pre engineered restroom & concession buildings.

SVA Architects, Inc. (Orange) PH: 949/809-3380 FAX: 949/809-3381 3 MacArthur Place, Suite 850, Santa Ana, CA 92707 E-Mail: jcheng@sva-architects.com Website: www.sva-architects.com REP: Robert Simons, AIA, President & Partner; Judy Cheng, MBA, LEED AP, Associate Partner SERVICE: SVA Architects is a full-service architectural firm committed to creating sustainable environments for our communities.

SyberTech Waste Reduction Ltd. PH: 888/888-7975 FAX: 314/289-2192 P.O. Box 3009 - 33191 First Avenue, Mission, B.C. V2V1G0 E-Mail: rmitchell@swrl.com Website: www.swrl.com REP: Rob Mitchell, President; Shawn Martin SERVICE: Our in-ground trash system, self-watering planters and other products greatly save operational costs.

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u Buyer’s Guide Techline Sports Lighting, LLC (Travis) PH: 800/500-3161 FAX: 512/977-8882 15303 Storm Drive, Austin, TX 78734 E-Mail: jt@sportlighting.com Website: www.sportlighting.com REP: Jim Thomas, Regional Sales Rep; Rodney Hawthrone, President SERVICE: Indoor/outdoor sports lighting solutions.

Terracon (Contra Costa) PH: 925/609-7224 FAX: 925/609-6324 5075 Commercial Circle, Suite E, Concord, CA 94520 E-Mail: noah.smith@noanderson.com Website: www.noanderson.com REP: Noah Smith, Principal Engineer; Patricia Soto, Aquatic Designer, Project Manager; Watt Lei, Staff Engineer SERVICE: Aquatic design and swimming pool engineering, geotechnical engineering, materials testing and inspections, environmental engineering.

ThermaGreen Environmental PH: 416/782-5837 FAX: 416/782-2190 180 Bartor Road, Toronto, ON M9M 2W6 E-Mail: Blu@thermagreen.com Website: www.thermagreen.com REP: Heather Bradley, Inside Sales; Blu Alexander, Director of Business Development; Jeremy Michel, COO SERVICE: ThermaGreen Environmental™ manufactures innovated shock and drainage pads for artificial sportsfield and playground surface systems.

TMT Enterprises, Inc. (Santa Clara) PH: 408/432-9040 FAX: 408/432-9429 1996 Oakland Road, San Jose, CA 95131 E-Mail: matt@tmtenterprises.net Website: www.tmtenterprises.net REP: Matt Moore, Operations Manager; Eric Buckelew, Sales Manager SERVICE: Bulk material supplier: Baseball surfaces, playground materials, top dress sand, topsoil, soil mixes, decomposed granite, organics.

Trueline (Riverside) PH: 951/817-0777 FAX: 951/817-0770 1651 Market St., Ste B, Corona, CA 92880 E-Mail: trueline40@gmail.com Website: http://gotrueline.com/ REP: Ed Kruse, Owner SERVICE: Resurfacing of tennis courts, basketball courts, game courts, playgrounds, striping, installation of equipment and refurbishment.

Turf Star, Inc. (Alameda) PH: 800/585-8001 FAX: 510/785-3576 2438 Radley Court, Hayward, CA 94545 E-Mail: chuckt@turfstar.com Website: www.turfstar.com REP: Chuck Talley, Sales Manager, 800/585-8001 x7928, FAX 800/2411997 SERVICE: Commercial mowing equipment & irrigation.

USA Shade & Fabric Structures (Dallas) PH: 214/905-9500 FAX: 214/905-9514 8505 Chancellor Row, Dallas, TX 75247 E-Mail: kbusam@usa-shade.com Website: www.usa-shade.com REP: Keith Busam, Vice President of California Sales SERVICE: USA Shade! We offer shade solutions for everything under the sun!

Verde Design, Inc. (Santa Clara) PH: 408/985-7200 FAX: 408/985-7260 2455 the Alameda, Suite 200, Santa Clara, CA 95050 E-Mail: derek@verdedesigninc.com Website: www.verdedesigninc.com REP: Derek McKee, Principal; Corbin Schneider, Sr. Project Manager SERVICE: Multi-disciplinary office of landscape architects and civil engineers with a focus on community projects.

VivoAquatics (Los Angeles) PH: 818/952-2121 FAX: 818/952-2122 825 South Primrose, Suite H, Monrovia, CA 91016 E-Mail: willan@vivoaquatics.com REP: Willan Johnson, CEO SERVICE: VivoAquatics provides clients with aquatic equipment and brand standards, the implementation of leading edge chemical automation equipment, and ongoing operational support & remote monitoring.

Vortex Aquatic Structures Int’l (Riverside) PH: 514/694-3868 FAX: 514/335-5413 9106 Pulsar Ct, Ste C, Corona, CA 92883-4632 E-Mail: info@vortex-intl.com Website: www.vortex-intl.com REP: Kevin Spence, General Manager SERVICE: Vortex designs and manufacturers Aquatic Playground Solutions: Splashpad®, ElevationTM multilevel interactive structures, PoolplayTM and Spray pointTM. Water Odyssey By Fountain People, Inc. (Hays) PH: 512/392-1155 FAX: 512/392-1154 P.O. Box 807, 4600 Hwy. 123, San Marcos, TX 78667-0807 E-Mail: cthomas@fountainpeople.com Website: www.waterodyssey.com REP: Bill Hachmeister, AFO, National Sales Manager SERVICE: Leading manufacturer of aquatic playground and fountain equipment.

Water Technology, Inc. (Dodge) PH: 920/887-7375 FAX: 920/887-7999 100 Park Ave., Beaver Dam, WI 53916 E-Mail: info@wtiworld.com Website: www.watertechnologyinc.com REP: Stephen Crocker, Principal, PH: (920) 887-7375, FAX (920) 887-7999, www.wtiworld.com SERVICE: Aquatic planners, designers and engineers. Portfolio includes waterparks, resort/hotel pools, aquatic centers, YMCAs and competition pools Waterline Technologies (Orange) PH: 714/564-9100 FAX: 714/564-9700 620 North Santiago Street, Santa Ana, CA 92701 E-Mail: hwatters@waterlinetech.com Website: www.waterlinetechnologies.com REP: Harry Watters, Branch Manager, Sarah Ortiz, Territory Sales Manager, Chaz Haltom, Territory Sales Manager SERVICE: Wholesale dist. for swimming pool & water treatment.

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PH: 250/712-3393 FAX: 250/861-4814 1451 B. Ellis Street, Kelowna, BC V1Y 2A3 E-Mail: marketing@waterplay.com Website: www.waterplay.com REP: Mike Wright, Director of Sales SERVICE: Waterplay is a world-wide provider of aquatic play features, slide activity centers, urban water features and water management systems.

West Coast Arborists, Inc. (Orange) PH: 714/991-1900 FAX: 714/956-3745 2200 E. Via Burton Street, Anaheim, CA 92806 E-Mail: vgonzalez@wcainc.com Website: www.wcainc.com REP: Victor Gonzalez, Director of Marketing; Patrick Mahoney, President; Andy Trotter, Vice President-Field Operations SERVICE: WCA provides public agencies, school districts, and colleges with urban forestry management and maintenance services.

Whitewater West Industries Ltd PH: 604/273-1068 FAX: 604/273-4518 6700 McMillan Way, Richmond, BC V6W 1J7 E-Mail: whitewater@whitewaterwest.com Website: www.whitewaterwest.com REP: Steve Brinkel, Vice President and General Manager of Parks & Recreation SERVICE: WhiteWater is the global leader in waterpark design, engineering, manufacturing and installation.

Who Built Creative Builders Inc. (Sonoma) PH: 707/763-6210 FAX: 707/658-2513 P.O. Box 5207, Petaluma, CA 94955 E-Mail: Jana@whobuilt.biz Website: www.whobuilt.biz REP: Jana Gebhardt, Owner SERVICE: Installation of play equipment and athletic equipment.

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Recognition Fresno parks chief steps down; search for replacement begins http://www.fresnobee.com/ news/local/article121887863.html

By Tim Sheehan tsheehan@fresnobee.com

Manuel Mollinedo, who brought an awareness of community diversity and helped the city reach

an agreement with local schools to open playgrounds to the public on weekends, has resigned as director of Fresno’s Parks, After-School, Recreation and Community Services Department.

Mollinedo, 70, was hired as PARCS director in May 2014, and Friday, December 16 was his last day on the job. He stepped down for family reasons

and is joining his wife in Sonoma County, where the couple have a home, City Manager Bruce Rudd said.

In his 2 1/2 years in Fresno, “Manuel was very effective in bringing in a better level of structure,” Rudd said, “because for a number of years we were somewhat fragmented in some of the programs that we were still providing” after significant budget cuts to the department.

Mollinedo also worked to make sure that programs at the city’s parks, community centers and pools “better reflect and meet the needs of the diverse community that we serve,” Rudd said.

“He recognized that each of our community centers is a little bit different in terms of the neighborhoods they serve.”

Rudd added that one of the areas where Mollinedo improved the staff’s diversity was in the ranks of its lifeguards and swimming instructors at the city’s swimming pools in differ-

ent neighborhoods across Fresno.

Mollinedo also played a key role in negotiations among the city and the Fresno Unified and Central Unified school districts to reach joint-use agreements that opened school playgrounds for the public’s use for picnics and recreation on weekends to augment the city’s available park space.

Under those agreements, two elementary schools in the Central Unified district and 14 elementary, middle and high schools in Fresno Unified have been opened.

All but three of the school sites are south of Ashlan Avenue, and in areas that have been identified as underserved by the city’s parks. The schools represent between 350 and 400 acres of green space for weekend residential recreation.

But Mollinedo’s signature accomplishment, Rudd said, “was carrying home the new Cultural Arts District Park to the

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u Spotlight finish line, making sure it got finished on time and on budget.”

The city broke ground on the new park at Calaveras and Fulton streets, at the north end of downtown Fresno, in May, and formally opened it Dec. 1.

It cost of about $1.4 million, most of which came from state grants. The park covers more than 33,000 square feet and includes a performance stage and three canopies with colorful motion-detection lighting.

A new assistant parks director, Kristina Chamberlin, joined the city staff earlier this month and is expected to provide some stability during an interim period while Rudd conducts a search for Mollinedo’s replacement. “I have one or two people I’d like to talk to about the position; otherwise, we’ll do another national recruitment.”

Before coming to Fresno, Mollinedo was the director of zoos in Honolulu, San Francisco and Los Angeles; it was during his tenure as executive director of the San Francisco Zoo that an escaped tiger killed one man and mauled two other people in January 2008.

But Rudd said Mollinedo’s experience running the parks department in Los Angeles in the 1990s was what made him an attractive hire for Fresno to help the department recover from the deep budget cuts inflicted in the aftermath of the recession.

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CRPD Appoints New District Administrator The Cordova Recreation and Park District announces the appointment of Patrick Larkin as its new District Administrator. The CRPD Board of Directors unanimously selected Larkin after an extensive national search and approved his employment agreement at the December 21, 2016 Board

meeting. Larkin officially began his service on Tuesday, January 17, 2017.

“We are pleased to have someone with such vast experience in parks and recreation join us at CRPD,” said Board of Directors Chair Terri Leimbach. “We are confident he will work diligently to keep the District moving forward to even greater things in the future.”

Larkin comes to the District with a background of more than 16 years in administration, public service and park and recreation, including his most recent position as Recreation Superintendent for the Cosumnes Community Services District (CCSD) in Elk Grove, California. As Recreation Superintendent, Larkin

oversaw 20 full-time and 150 part-time staff. In his more than 11 years with CCSD, Larkin has developed award-winning youth and community programs, managed capital and community improvement projects and fostered critical partnerships and relationships in the community.

Previously, Larkin served in leadership roles with the Cities of Palo Alto and Sunnyvale.

Larkin has also been recognized as a regional and state leader in parks and recreation, including CPRS. Larkin graduated with a Bachelor’s degree in Communications and a minor in Sociology from Central Connecticut State University.

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President’s Message, continued from page 6 I mentioned, just ahead. The 2017 CPRS Conference and Expo - February 28 – March 3, in Sacramento, Parks & Recreation. A Perfect Combination! Be sure you are planning to attend. With more than 100 education sessions with creative ideas and new tools, you can develop a concept for new project in your community and network with fellow professionals.

One of the benefits of CPRS has been to broaden my network… there is not enough space in my article to describe the amazing talent of the professionals who I serve with on the CPRS Board of Directors. At the beginning of the year, the CPRS Board of Directors developed a Board Work Plan aligning with the Ends Polices of the Board. In June 2016, the Board of Directors launched a state-wide review of the bylaws for which Districts and Sections operate under. The purpose of this task force was to ensure alignment with the State by-laws, which is the overarching operating framework; and to educate the District and Section members of the operational framework provided through these by-laws.

I am very proud of the hard work and efforts thus far by the Districts, Sections, Board of Directors, and Task Force Chairs Tara Gee, Secretary and Treasurer, and Henry Perezalonso, Vice President.

At our December CPRS Board of Directors meeting, we had a number of special guests join us, including Pilar Alcivar McCoy, Legislative Chair and Doug Houston, Legislative Advocate to discuss our advocacy program and talk about how the board can become more proactive as we move into the new session in 2017, especially with a proposed new Park Bond. As members, and as advocates for parks and recreation as an essential service,

Buyer’s Guide, continued from page 63 Willdan Group, Inc. (Orange) PH: 714/940-6300 FAX: 714/940-4935 2401 E. Katella Ave #300, Anaheim, CA 92806 E-Mail: jhidalgo@willdan.com Website: www.willdan.com REP: John Hidalgo, Principal Project Mgr. SERVICE: Willdan assists public agencies in the design and master planning of parks and recreation facilities.

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WLC Architects, Inc. (San Bernardino) PH: 909/987-0909 FAX: 909/980-9980 8163 Rochester Ave, Ste 100, Rancho Cucamonga, CA 91730 E-Mail: george@wlcarchitects.com Website: www.WLC-architects.com REP: George Wiens SERVICE: WLC Architects provides sustainable architectural/planning services for recreational projects, including community/senior centers, gymnasiums & theaters.

I urge you to become more involved in our advocacy effort, personally and/or professionally, as the louder the voice, the stronger the message… CPRS Legislative Committee Conference calls are accessible to all. Any member can join the next call. Simply contact Janet Albritton at CPRS Janet@cprs.org or 916 665-2777 for the call in number and passcode. Pilar Alcivar McCoy, as a Past President of CPRS, retired parks and recreation professional, you continue to amaze me by your ability to lead, inspire and encourage advocacy for our profession! Thank you for all you do in leading the charge, as I know I speak for many, you are a GREAT one to follow!

As my Presidential year comes to a close at the end of this year’s CPRS conference in Sacramento, I am inspired by the many talented and passionate people I have met on these state board the past three years and those serving you above and beyond in our Districts and Sections across the state. You’re in great hands with the leadership of the board, incoming President Jim Wheeler, and the newly elected state board. I have been honored to serve in the presidential series with the leadership of our Executive Director Stephanie Stephens and her talented team of CPRS HQ staff. I want to personally thank the CPRS Board of Directors and CPRS staff for your support this year. I truly can’t thank you enough for your help and support.

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