Calfornia Parks & Recreation, Vol. 68, No. 1 by Alisha Herriott

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PARKS &RECREATION www.cprs.org

OFFICIAL MAGAZINE OF THE CALIFORNIA PARK & RECREATION SOCIETY

Volume 68, Number 1 • Winter 2012

2012 Conference! Don’t Miss It! page 8

Succession Planning Leading to Change or Changing to Lead? page 30

Co-Branding - It Works! page 36

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City of Martinez opens new aquatic center Vision achieved within budget goals

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New facility a community success – 1000% increase in use. The new Rankin Park aquatic complex replaced three aging, ineﬃcient pools. Arch Pac consolidated multiple uses into two pools, and used energy-eﬃcient materials and equipment to keep operating and maintenance costs low. The result: a versatile, multi-use facility that operates with the same budget as the old complex – but with much higher community use. “Participation has increased 10 times over the old complex,” says Recreation Supervisor Patty Lorick. “The community is very proud of this facility. We’re getting an outstanding return on our investment.”

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PARKS &RECREATION WINTER 2012 • VOLUME 68, NUMBER 1 www.cprs.org From the President

Long Beach is again hosting the California & Pacific Southwest Recreation & Park Training Conference. Nearly 3,000 park and recreation professionals will gather March 20-23, 2012 to “Empower, Engage, Explore.” You will not want to miss this conference! It is the place to be for top-notch educational sessions, unique networking opportunities and seeing new trends in park and recreation products and services.

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CONFERENCE HIGHLIGHTS! YOU DON’T WANT TO MISS THIS CONFERENCE........................... 8 A brief look at the upcoming conference in Long Beach, March 20-23. The theme “Empower, Engage, Explore” exemplifies just why you need to attend the conference: to learn, network and visit the West’s largest park and recreation Expo Hall.

Editor Jane H. Adams 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 the Fall Directory issue is $25.00 for members and $65.00 for nonmembers. 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). © 2012, California Park & Recreation Society, Inc.

Welcome to Long Beach.................................................................................................................. 8 General Session Promises High Energy......................................................................................... 12 Special Events Add Networking, Education and Fun................................................................... 14 Networking Opportunities Give You A Chance to Expand Your Peer Resources....................... 16 Discover The Newest Products and Services in the Expo Hall...................................................... 18 SUCCESSION PLANNING - LEADING TO CHANGE OR CHANGING TO LEAD?.......................... 30 The park and recreation profession will soon be experiencing a large departure of top-level management which will cause a ripple of people moving up in leadership positions. Now is the time to start planning for the change. AN OPPORTUNITY FOR CO-BRANDING..................................................................................... 36 A look at how to promote your agency and the Parks Make Life Better!® brand by examining other successful co-branding efforts in other industries. THREE EASY EXAMPLES TO IMPLEMENT THE BRANDING CAMPAIGN IN YOUR COMMUNITY.............................................................................................................. 40 If you are struggling to come up with ideas to implement the Parks Make Life Better!® branding campaign, here are three very easy ideas park and recreation agencies are doing right now. NEW WAVE OF SOCIAL MEDIA TOOLS TO MARKET PROGRAMS, FACILITIES AND EVENTS............................................................................................................................. 48 Location based systems combine smart phones, GIS and the internet to create social media applications that you can leverage to your agency’s advantage.

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Conference Is Your One-Stop Shop by Pilar Alcivar McCoy • CPRS President

ow that a new year is upon us, it’s time to look ahead to the annual CPRS conference, more formally known as the California & Pacific Southwest Recreation and Park Training Conference. This annual gathering of parks and recreation professionals from California and the Pacific Southwest states is a wonderful opportunity to learn from experts, each other, and exhibitors. Through networking with colleagues and friends, visiting the exhibit hall and attending education sessions, I always get reengaged and energized about the work we do. I can attest that my enthusiasm for my daily work is ‘ratcheted up’ a notch after attending the conference! The promise CPRS makes to its members is to provide career development, networking, resources, and to be the public advocate for California’s park and recreation professionals. The annual conference is definitely YOUR one-stop shop for this! The conference gives you the knowledge to adapt to economic pressures and a rapidly changing workplace through sessions like “How to Build and Maintain Successful Collaborations” and “Emerging Models – If Not Now, When?” You will also have access to resources that improve your ability to communicate the value of parks and recreation to decision makers and the general public during the “Parks Make Life Better!® All Conference Roundtable.” This session will be a time to share strategies that have worked in other agencies so

you don’t have to reinvent the wheel. There are onsite tours to aquatic facilities, parks, and facilities to see firsthand how other agencies are operating.

Vendors ARE Resources

But resources aren’t found only in the educational sessions as oftentimes casual conversations yield a wealth of ideas. Take time and walk through the Exhibit Hall and chat with the vendors. These vendors are underappreciated for what they know about the issues we have to deal with. They are knowledgeable about how agencies process, plan, and evaluate. Even if you don’t have a particular need or upcoming project, it’s good to become familiar with the products and services available to you. One day, that information will come in handy!

Networking IS Learning

Conference is YOUR opportunity to network across agency boundaries and disciplines. Simply sitting across from someone at a lunch table in the Exhibit Hall will result in learning something you can use in your agency, even when the other person works across the state or in another area of the profession. This year we are inaugurating our first Pub Crawl on Thursday night which will give you an opportunity to meet professionals from around the region and win prizes! continued on page 78

Pilar Alcivar McCoy is the 2011-12 CPRS President and Community Services Director for City of Signal Hill. 6

2011-2012 BOARD OF DIRECTORS PRESIDENT Pilar Alcivar McCoy City of Signal Hill 2175 Cherry Ave., Signal Hill, CA 90755 562/989-7320 • palcivar@cityofsignalhill.org PRESIDENT-ELECT Darin Loughrey City of Irvine P.O. Box 19575, Irvine, CA 92623 949/724-6642 • dloughrey@ci.irvine.ca.us VICE PRESIDENT Michelle Lacy City of Orinda 22 Orinda Way, Orinda, CA 94563 925/253-4202 • mlacy@cityoforinda.org SECRETARY-TREASURER Anna Bielecki City of Gilroy 7351 rosanna Street, Gilroy, CA 95020-6141 408/846-0460 • anna.bielecki@ci.gilroy.ca.us REGION 1 REPRESENTATIVE (Dist 1, 2, 3) Derek Schweigart City of Concord 1950 Parkside Drive., MS#16, Concord, CA 94519 925/671-3289 • dschweigart@ci.concord.ca.us REGION 2 REPRESENTATIVE (Dist 4, 5, 6) Nick Calubaquib City of Morgan Hill 17555 Peak Avenue, Morgan Hill, CA 95037 408/310-4241 • nick.calubaquib@morganhill.ca.gov REGION 3 REPRESENTATIVE (Dist 7, 8, 15) Stephanie House West Side Recreation & Park District P.O. Box 1406, Taft, CA 93268 661/763-4246 • steph@wsrpd.com REGION 4 REPRESENTATIVE (Dist 11, 13, 14) Dawn Pia City of Riverside 3900 Main Street, Riverside, CA 92522 951/826-2042 • Dpia@Riversideca.gov REGION 5 REPRESENTATIVE (Dist 9, 10, 12) Mark Mariscal City of Los Angeles 1670 Palos Verdes Dr. N., Harbor City, CA 90710 310/548-7643 • mark.mariscal@lacity.org COUNCIL OF SECTIONS REPRESENTATIVES (Administrators, Aquatics, Development & Operations, and Educators) Ann Dunleavy City of Benicia 250 East L Street, Benicia, CA 94510 707/746-4282 • adunleavy@ci.benicia.ca.us (Aging, Recreation Supervisors and Recreation Therapy) Leon Raya City of San Dimas 245 East Bonita Avenue, San Simas, CA 91773 909/394-6234 • lraya@ci.san-dimas.ca.us Please contact any Board Member with questions or comments

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Revisit Long Beach for the Annual Conference

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Welcome to Long Beach Welcome to Long Beach, a great place for your conference and to enjoy sunny Southern California. Long Beach’s downtown and waterfront areas surround the Long Beach Convention Center with shopping, dining and entertainment venues at Pine Avenue, The Pike at Rainbow Harbor and Shoreline Village. The historic Queen Mary ship, the Aquarium of the Pacific, the Long Beach Museum of Art and Museum of Latin American Art are nearby. Steps away from downtown hotels you can take a harbor cruise, or bike or walk on paths next to six miles of beaches. Learn how unique recreation facilities work at special conference tours. The Aquatics Facility Tour on Tuesday, March 20 will explore aquatic facilities with different programs, budgets, and operations. Visit the Irvine Woollett Aquatics Center and UC Irvine’s recreation center and 50-meter pool. We’ll finish at a restaurant for appetizers and discussion. Contact: Stacey Zarazua, at 805/6547510 or szarazua@ci.ventura.ca.us The Park Operations Tour on Tuesday, March 20 includes stops at Irvine’s Great Park to see the transformation of El Toro Marine Base to an urban park. Explore coastal freshwater wetlands at San Joaquin Marsh, see the award winning Oasis Senior Center in Newport Beach and new parks and facilities close to Long Beach. The tour ends with a reception at the Port of Long Beach. Contact: Ramon Arevalo at Ramon.Arevalo@longbeach.gov. 8

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u Long Beach Conference Network with colleagues and expand professional contacts at the conference’s networking and social events. Enjoy the conference golf tournament on Tuesday, March 20 at Los Verdes Golf course in Rancho Palos Verdes. The shotgun start is at 12:30 p.m. The $95 fee includes green fees, cart, tee prize, meals and opportunity drawings. The format is a four-person scramble with any combination of women or men. Players paired if there is not a foursome. Contact Sean Levin, 949/644-3159, slevin@newportbeachca.gov by February 29. On Wednesday, March 21, network at an “An Evening of Comedy” at The Laugh Factory. The fun starts at 7:40

p.m. with comedienne, Dan Friesen, who has performed on cable and network TV and Improvisation theaters around the country. This event is free with full conference registration. Get energized with free Ashtanga Yoga and Yoga for Energy classes on March 22 and 23 at 6:30 a.m. at the Hyatt Regency Long Beach. A Fun Run/Walk will take place on Thursday, March 22, at 7 a.m. beginning and finishing at Gladstone’s Restaurant on the Pike. Pre – Registration: $10; On-Site: $12. On Tuesday, March 20, from 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m., choose from three

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Alamitos Bay on the Water Tours to take in the scenic beauty of Alamitos Bay. Paddle through Naples Canals on a guided kayak tour. $40 per person. A lesson and guided tour on a standup paddleboard, will be offered for $55 per person. A relaxing gondola ride through Naples Canals is another option at $40 per person. Fees include transportation, equipment, instruction and a Hawaiian feast. Meet in the Registration area. Register at http://conference.cprs.org/Alamitos_Bay.html. A Harbor Cruise and Lunch event will be offered on Tuesday, March 20 from 1:30 p.m. - 4:00 p.m. For $35 you can see firsthand the busiest port in the nation at the Port of Long Beach. See aquatic wildlife and one of the largest City-managed marinas. Your tour will include a delicious lunch. Meet: Dock 2 in Rainbow Harbor. Discover the famous landmarks and picturesque views of Long Beach on a Segway guided tour on Tuesday, March 20 from 2:00 - 4:00 p.m. or Friday, March 22 from 2:00 - 4:00 p.m. After a short training session, a

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tour guide will lead you throughout downtown Long Beach with visits to the Queen Mary, Lions Lighthouse for Sight, Shoreline Village, and Rainbow Harbor. Wear flat shoes and dress for this outdoors. Meet at the Segway office, 27 Aquarium Way, at the Pike. Fee: $55/person. A guided behind-the-scenes tour at the Aquarium of the Pacific on Friday, March 23 will let you discover the inner workings of a major aquarium featuring exhibits to discover sunny Southern California and Baja, the frigid waters of the North Pacific, and the

colorful reefs of the Tropical Pacific. 1-3 p.m. $25.00 per person. Visit www.cprsmembers.org for more registration information. I invite you to take advantage of the opportunities at this year’s conference to network with colleagues and expand your awareness of the many ways that “Parks Make Life Better!®” for our residents. Welcome to Long Beach!

George Chapjain

Director Long Beach Parks, Recreation and Marine

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General Session Promises High Energy

Get ready for a Keynote that completely grooves! General Session 9:45 a.m. - 11:45 a.m. Terrace Theatre Ever y participant in the house will become a jammin’ part of an ensemble and feel what it really means to Empower, Energize, and Explore. Through specialized facilitation this unforgettable interactive keynote will inspire, unite the vision, and bring celebration. No previous musical experience is necessary; it is a guaranteed jam! Kenya Masala is a national organizational development consultant and trainer. Mr. Masala facilitates training seminars, leadership development programs and educational percussion programs. He delivers a unique blend of innovative, cutting-edge information on maximizing workplace and community interactions, utilizing 12

powerful kinesthetic experiences to drive home learning. You can’t just sit back and watch. Get ready for Za Boom BaT -- a pow-

erful, interactive experience that will energize your conference experience! Come see your 2012-13 CPRS Board of Directors installed during the General Session. The General Session will also present the 2011 Cream of the Crop Award of Excellence winners: • Creating Community • Excellence in Design: Park Planning • Excellence in Design: Facility Design • Marketing & Communications

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Special Events Add Networking, Education and Fun to You Conference Experience Park Operations Tour Tuesday, 7:30 a.m. – 5:30 p.m. Fee: $50

(includes transportation, breakfast, lunch, & reception) Tour Southern California’s great parks and facilities to “Empower, Engage and Explore!” The 2012 tour includes: Irvine’s Great Park for the behind the scenes transformation of the El Toro Marine Base to a large urban park; explore 300 acres of coastal freshwater wetlands, half of which have been restored to a natural state at the San Joaquin Marsh; the award winning Oasis Senior Center in Newport Beach and other recently completed parks & facilities close to Long Beach. The tour ends with a reception at the Port of Long Beach where you can get a glimpse of all the intricacies of one of the world’s busiest ports. Tour is limited to 80 participants (pre-registration only, visit http://conference.cprs.org) Meet: Hyatt Regency Long Beach, 200 S. Pine Avenue Tour Concludes: Rainbow Harbor, 100 Aquarium Way Contact: Ramon Arevalo, Long Beach Department of Parks, Recreation and Marine, Ramon.Arevalo@longbeach. gov

Get Engaged on the Water Alamitos Bay On-Water Tours Tuesday, 10:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m.

Alamitos Bay, a Long Beach “jewel,” is home to Long Beach’s largest marina system, plentiful water sports and beautiful waterfront homes. Three water tours are available: • A guided kayak tour, including a paddle through our Naples Canals, and a visit with moonjellies (if they are present at the time) $40/person • A lesson and guided tour on a stand-up paddleboard, the newest craze since windsurfing! $55/person • A relaxing gondola ride through our Naples Canals and possibly an Italian song if the mood strikes your gondolier! $40/person These tours take place rain or shine. Bring raingear, swimwear (for the stand-up paddlers and kayakers), sunscreen and hat, watershoes, and a change of clothes. All equipment and instruction is provided. Fee includes transportation and a delicious Hawaiian feast served by “Beach Kahuna,” the City’s beach concessionaire. pre-register by visiting http://conference.cprs.org Meet: Long Beach Convention Center Registration Area WNITER 2012 • CALIFORNIA PARKS & RECREATION

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Aquatics Facility Tour

Sponsored by the CPRS Aquatic Section Tuesday, 12:30 p.m. – 5:00 p.m. Fee: $40 CPRS members; $50 non-members

CPRS Candidate PAC Golf Tournament Los Verdea Golf Club Rancho Palos Verdes Tuesday, 12:30 p.m. Shotgun Start Fee: $95/player

(Pre-registration required, 0.2 CEUs) Wear weather appropriate clothing. Departs from and returns to the Hyatt Regency Long Beach

Description: This intensive session will provide field exploration of three unique aquatic facilities with various programming, budgetary, and operational differences. These facilities range from competitive municipal aquatic centers to a university setting. The tour will visit beautiful Woollett Aquatics Center in Irvine and UC Irvine’s recreation center and 50 meter pool. The tour will conclude at a local restaurant to enjoy appetizers and lively discussion about the various sites visited. Material packet included. Learning Outcomes: • Discuss and analyze the budgetary differences with each facility

Registration deadline: Feb. 29, 2012

• Explore and examine the unique challenges each facility encounters

Fee includes green fees, cart, box lunch and dinner, tee prize, awards and a great raffle. Four-person scramble ~ any combination of women or men. If you don’t have a foursome; players will be paired. Transportation will be provided from (and return to) the Hyatt Regency Long Beach. To register visit http://conference. cprs.org. For additional information: Contact Sean Levin, 949/644-3159, slevin@newportbeachca.gov

• Discuss and analyze facility specific limitations in regards to other programming

Harbor Cruise and Lunch

Fee: $55/person ($20 savings)

Tuesday, 1:30 p.m. - 4:00 p.m. Fee: $35/person Downtown Long Beach is adjacent to one of the most wondrous waterfronts in the State. The Port of Long Beach, one of the busiest in the nation, is a tour you don’t want to miss! During this tour you will see water animals, variety of birds, one of the world’s busiest ports, one of the largest Citymanaged marinas, and much more. Your tour will include a delicious lunch to add to your enjoyment. Meet: Dock 2 in Rainbow Harbor (walking distance from Convention Center) To register visit http://conference. cprs.org

• This interactive session will define what makes each facility emphasize particular aspects of programming Contact: Stacey Zarazua, CPRS Aquatics Section, President-Elect, Phone: 805/654-7510 or szarazua@ci.ventura.ca.us Maximum registration in effect due to bussing capacity. To register visit http://conference.cprs.org

Get “Powered”- Downtown Long Beach Segway Tour Tuesday or Friday, 2:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.

Discover the famous landmarks and picturesque views of Long Beach on a Segway guided tour. After a training session (first 30 minutes), a tour guide will lead you on a two-hour guided Segway journey throughout downtown Long Beach with visits to the Queen Mary, Lions Lighthouse for Sight, Shoreline Village, Rainbow Harbor, and many other unique sites. Participants should wear flat, comfortable shoes and dress appropriately for this outdoor tour (sweatshirt/light jacket). Meet at the Segway office, 27 Aquarium Way, at the Pike (walking distance from the Convention Center). To register visit http://conference.cprs.org

Get “Powered”- Fun Run/Walk Thursday, 7:00 a.m.

Fee: $10/person pre-registration/$12 on site Start your day off with a 5k Fun Run / Walk around Long Beach’s beautiful marina! The start and finish will be at Gladstone’s Restaurant (easy walking distance from the Convention Center and hotels). We will run / walk on the beautiful bike path which offers views of the Long Beach Harbor. Refreshments will be available at the finish line! Only pre-registered delegates are guaranteed a fun run / walk t-shirt. To register visit http://conference.cprs.org

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Networking Opportunities Give You A Chance to Expand Your Peer Resources Picture Yourself Moving Up! Wednesday, 12:00 p.m. - 2:45 p.m.

Mentoring Program Hosted by the CPRS Administrators Section (No fee, no CEUs) This program is designed to offer students and entry-level parks & recreation staff the opportunity to be mentored by a professional in their field of interest. The program includes a Meet & Greet, a talk on Career Development for Public Parks & Recreation and time for mentoring pairs to get lunch and tour the Expo Hall. To register or for more information about the program, contact Jason Hemmens, County of San Diego, jason.hemmens@sdcounty.ca.gov or 858/966-1342. Please register in advance! Schedule: 12:00 p.m. — Participants check in 12:15 p.m. – 1:00 p.m. — Meet & Greet led by Colleen Janssen, Rancho Simi Recreation & Park District 1:00 p.m. - 1:15 p.m. — Career Development for Public Parks & Recreation 1:15 p.m. - 2:45 p.m. — Mentoring Pairs go to exhibit hall for lunch and meet & greet vendors in the Expo Hall

CPRS Best of the Best Awards & Networking & Social Wednesday, 5:30 p.m. - 7:00 p.m. (No CEUs)

Experience the “Best of the Best” at this networking social featuring the CPRS Award of Excellence recipients. Agencies will display park and facility designs, recreation and community programs, publicity and marketing efforts, and maintenance management programs. Learn from other agencies what makes an award winning program, facility or marketing piece.

CPRS Districts, Sections, Regions Networking Socials Thursday, 6:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m.

Progressive Poker Pub Crawl & Networking Socials Thursday, 7:30 p.m. - 9:30 p.m. Poker Pub Crawl: $5.00

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u Long Beach Conference Crawl. The event will begin and end at Gladstone’s. Prizes will be awarded to the top three Poker hands…there’s also a prize for the worst hand!! Your $5 entry fee automatically enters you into the opportunity drawings at the end of the night. There will be beverage and appetizer specials at eight different restaurants and bars!!! The Pike is conveniently located near the Hyatt Regency Long Beach.

What is a Poker Pub Crawl?

A Poker Pub Crawl is an organized all conference social where conference delegates visit at least five different checkpoints, drawing a playing card at each one. The object is to draw the best 5-card poker hand at the end of the event. No purchase is required at the Poker Pub Crawl venues.

Where do we start?

Check in at Gladstone’s at 7:30 p.m. to receive your official scorecard and first playing card. From there, you’ll

need to stop by at least four more checkpoints to form the best 5-card poker hand possible. The more restaurants you visit the greater likelihood you’ll have at a better hand. You can visit as many of the participating establishments as you like, and in any order.

Participating Restaurants/ Bars

Where does it end?

• Chili’s

You will turn in your scorecard at Gladstone’s by 9:30 p.m. Once all the scorecards are tallied, prizes will be awarded for the top three hands. The worst hand of the night will also be rewarded. There will be several prizes given out to opportunity drawing winners.

How do I sign up?

To register for the Poker Pub Crawl, visit the on-site registration counter in the Long Beach Convention Center lobby Wednesday and Thursday. Preregistration will take place until 3:00 p.m. on Thursday. Missed registering? You can also register at Gladstone’s beginning at 7:00 p.m. Thursday evening.

• Boston’s Gourmet Pizza • Gladstone’s • Bubba Gump Shrimp Co. • Kavika’s Grill and Bar • Mai Tai Bar • Famous Dave’s • Outback Steakhouse

Events, Meetings and Networking The conference is the ideal place for members to meet and greet. Many CPRS groups host meetings, receptions and events. For a list of current events, please vitis the conference Website at http://conference.cprs.org

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Discover The Newest Products and Services In The Expo Hall Explore the largest one-stop shopping extravaganza for park and recreation professionals west of the Mississippi River. 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 nearly 200 vendors, you have a store of resources to find solutions to your most difficult problems. Registered delegates can visit the expo on Wednesday and Thursday and enjoy a complimentary lunch. The expo’s grand opening and luncheon will be held Wednesday, March 21, from 12:00 noon to 3:00 p.m. The Thursday lunch will be from 12:30 p.m. to 2:30 p.m. If you are not a registered

delegate, you can purchase an exhibit hall only ticket to either day for $40. The silent auction returns to support the California Foundation for Parks & Recreation Scholarship Fund. Many incredible items will be available for delegates to bid on. Visit the vendor booths to find the variety of items which last year included: iPods, portable DVD players, 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 delegates only and you must be present in the Expo Hall to win.

Exhibitor List (as of February 1, 2012) A-G Sod Farms, Inc. Sale and installation of turfgrass. Active Network Communities Leading provider of recreation software and marketing solutions for over 2,000 parks and recreation agencies.

Administrative Software Applications ASAP connects communities & recreation departments to manage the entire Online registration & payment process. ADvisor’s Marketing Group, Inc. CPRS’s Parks Make Life Better!® promotional partner for uniforms, and thousands of logoed products.

Aflex Technology Pool inflatables - slides & obstacle courses - games. AHBE Landscape Architects Landscape architecture, master planning.

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u Long Beach Conference Alpine Bike Parks Alpine Bike Parks is a full-service design/build contractor specializing in bike parks & trail development. Aluminum Seating, Inc. All aluminum bleachers, picnic tables and benches. Amateur Softball Association ASA is the National Governing Body of Softball in the USA for adults and youth. American Association for Nude Recreation Promoting the enjoyment of nude recreation, while protecting our parks and beaches. Advocate for nude use where appropriate. American Ramp Company American Ramp Company designs, manufacturers & builds custom skateboard parks around the world. Ameriturf Systems/Sun Country Systems Playground equipment/synthetic grass/shade structures/site amenities.

Bull Stockwell Allen Architects specializing in the design and planning of community & recreation centers, fitness & sports centers, and senior & childcare facilities. BSN Sports Sports & recreation equipment. Cal Poly San Luis Obispo University. California Park & Recreation Society (CPRS) Nearly 3200 strong, CPRS is the largest professional organization available to park, recreation & leisure services professionals in California. CPRS is dedicated to advancing California’s Park & Recreation profession through Education, networking recourses and advocacy. • CPRS Aging Services & Activities Helping professionals to define their goals and shape the profession through education, networking & leadership.

• CPRS Aquatics Section Advocates for Aquatic Safety – Uniting Aquatic Professionals • CPRS Development & Operations Board Provide educational networking, technical support programs and service to professionals who operate and develop public facilities. • CPRS Recreation Supervisors Section A diverse group of Park & Recreation Professionals offering quality networking & professional development. • CPRS Recreation Therapy Section This Section advocates for California’s Recreation Therapists. Current focus is on professional development and licensure. California Soccer Association South Capitol Equipment, Inc. Equipment shelters standard & custom sizes. All steal.

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Architerra Design Group, Inc. Landscape architectural and site planning services. BarkPark, a PlayCore Company Providing the opportunity for exercise and interaction between dogs in a secure environment. BigToys, a PlayCore Company One of the most environmentally friendly playground companies, with high recycled content and fun designs!

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Long Beach Conference u CAPRCBM Advocacy, education, and networking of appointed and elected Commissioners or Board Members throughout California. Catalina Channel Express Catalina Express offers year round service from Long Beach, San Pedro and Dana Point. CG&B Enterprises, Inc. Synthetic turf sports field contractor and manufacturer. CH Bull Company Lifts & Ladders for high reach maintenance. Safety training for Lifts & Ladders. Challenger Sports British and Brazilian soccer camps, SoccerPlus residential camps, world tours, seasonal training, uniforms and equipment. Champion Ball Co. Sports balls. Collins Company Supplier/Installer of windscreen, padding & netting for sports facilities.

Commercial Aquatic Services, Inc. Commercial swimming pool repair, service, and sales. Community Works Design Group Why not engage CWDG to explore creative HOT park designs that will empower your community. Counsilman-Hunsaker Feasibility studies, master planning, design engineering, and operational services for aquatic centers. Creative Recreational Systems, Inc. Recreation equipment, playgrounds, safety surfacing, shades, shelters, awnings, site furnishings, playground inspection. California State University, Chico Undergraduate and Graduate studies; Community/Commercial Recreation/Tourism; Hospitality Management; Event Management; Recreation Therapy; Parks. CSU Long Beach University Bachelor’s & Master’s degrees.

Colorado Time Systems Complete aquatic timing, scoring, and display solutions.

CSUS Dept. of Recreation, Parks & Tourism Administration Bachelor of Science degree; Master of Science degree; Minor in Recreation Administration.

Columbia Cascade Company Makers of TimberForm & PipeLine playground equipment and outdoor fitness systems, and TimberForm site furniture.

CXT inc. CXT Precast Concrete Rest-rooms, Concessions and Utility buildings are the most vandal resistant buildings in the industry. Cylex Signs Distinctive, elegant appearance of real stone and wood signs with enhanced durability and lower maintenance. Dave Bang Associates, Inc. Specialists in equipping parks, playgrounds, site furnishings, shade shelters & athletic facilities since 1979. David Evans and Associates Inc. Landscape architecture/Park design. David Volz Design Award winning and LEED accredited park planners and sport facilities experts. DEACERO Designmaster fence is a wire fencing system for residential, commercial and industrial fencing projects.

Discount School Supply Arts, crafts, group games, tiny tot and school age program materials at %110 price guarantee. Discovery Centers Early childhood activity centers that promote best practices and bring learning outdoors. Doggie Walk Bags, Inc. Dog waste dispensers and “the original blue bags” for picking up after pets. Dogpoopbags.com Dog waste cleanup bags for all dispensers at a guaranteed 25% savings. DOMO SPORTS GRASS Manufacturer of synthetic grass for sports applications. Eagle Sports & Awards Company We provide custom screen printing, embroidery promotional items, awards & banners. EasyTurf, Inc. FieldTurf Playground...The softest, safest and longest lasting synthetic grass playground surface available! EcoGreen Environmental, LLC World’s safest playground surfacing. Lowest cost “Earth-Friendly” pet waste bags, highest capacity dispensers. Elite Special Events Full service Carnival Company providing quality rides, games and entertainment to Southern California. eTrak-plus eTrak-plus is a complete Parks and Recreation Management software solution. EverActiveTM Brands Innovative and high-quality aquatic, recreation, climbing and fitness products for all ages. Francis L. Dean & Associates of CA, LLC Sports, leisure and entertainment insurance. Field Paoli Architects Architecture/urban design focusing on place making. From libraries and recreation centers to large retail/ mixed-use developments.

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Long Beach Conference u FieldTurf The world leader in artificial turf. Freshpark Portable Skateparks Freshpark complete portable, storable or permanent skateboard parks. Modular and portable so you can store when not in use. Gail Materials, Inc. Direct source for D.G., infield mix, topsoil, sand, C.U. soil and greenroof blends. Commercial technisoil supplier. GameTime GameTime has continued to lead the commercial playground industry since 1929 with a commitment to enriching childhood through play. Got Shade Design builds of shade sail & shade structures. Grasshopper Company Grasshopper true zeroturn radius riding rotary mowers and quickconverter attachment system for year round implements. Greenfield Outdoor Fitness, Inc. Greenfields’ unique and popular outdoor fitness equipment earned its place as the #1 amenity for the community. Gro-Power, Inc. Natural bases fertilizers and soil conditioners for parks and sports fields. GT Grandstands – A PlayCore Company Designer and manufacturer of premium quality grandstands, bleachers, and spectator seating. HAI, Hirsch & Associates, Inc. Landscape architectural planning & park design services. Hunter Industries Manufacturer. Icon Shelter Systems Picnic shelters, gazebos, pavilions, arbors, kiosks, clock towers, carousel houses, transit shelters. Innova Champion Discs Disc golf discs, related equipment and course design services.

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

LPA, Inc. LPA, Inc. is one of the largest multidisciplinary LEED architectural and engineering firms in the State of California.

iZone Durable all weather signage created from 100% recycled paper.

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JetMulch Inc./Crossroads Mulch Playground fiber and installation. KDB – Long Beach State of the art 40,000 square foot destination venue designed for large camp & group outings and events. Kidz Love Soccer Soccer school for children 2-12: noncompetitive classes & camps. Knorr Systems, Inc. Aquatic equipment and service; specializing in water treatment/ filtration, energy saving heating and cover systems. Knott’s Berry Farm Knott’s Berry Farm is the place for group fun with 165 rides, shows and attractions. KOMPAN, Inc. KTU + A Planning & Landscape Architecture Award winning planning/ architectural services for parks, recreation/ sport complexes, interpretative centers and trail systems. KVO Industries Porcelain enamel and high pressure laminate signage. Custom and standard exhibit bases and frames. Interpretive design and layout. Landscape Structures Inc. Manufacturer of park and playground equipment including skateparks, safety surfacing, site furnishings, outdoor fitness equipment. Little Tikes Commercial Playgrounds made fun and easy; outdoor furniture and grills; the products you know and trust. Lincoln Equipment, Inc. Lincoln Equipment, Inc. is a national distributor of commercial swimming pool equipment and aquatic supplies.

Mia Lehrer + Associates Designing landscapes that inspire, using technologies that sustain, creating places that matter. MIG, Inc. MIG is an award-winning, nationally renowned parks and recreation planning, design and management firm. Miracle Recreation Equipment Playground equipment, tables, benches, pool slides, shade products, playground amenities. Mity-Lite, Inc. MITY-LITE is the leader in lightweight, durable folding tables, and folding & stacking chairs. Mobi-Mat Mobi-Mat RecPath: Portable & removable rollout access pathway. Mobi-Chair: floatable rolling beach. Mondo USA Inc. Sports field synthetic turf. Outdoor & indoor running track. Sports flooring. Installation & service. Most Dependable Fountains, Inc. Manufacturer of vandal resistant maintenance free outdoor drinking fountains, showers, misters, pet fountains, bottle fillers, etc. Murdock-Super Secur Manufacturer of outdoor drinking fountains, water hydrants, park/rec buildings, restroom fixtures & bicycle security lockers. Musco Sports Lighting, LLC Recreation & athletic field lighting systems, for your budget, for the environment. My Bark Co., Inc. Mfr/Supplier of ADA/ASTM certified playground surfacing; soil amendments, bark products. (green or virgin)

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National Alliance for Youth Sports (NAYS) Education programs for youth sports coaches, parents, officials, and administrators. Sports development programs for youth. National Recreation Systems, a PlayCore Company A leader in the design and manufacturing of standard and custom angle frame bleachers and players benches. Natural Structures Manufacturer of pool & waterslides, spray parks & playgrounds; shelters & gazebos. Nevco Scoreboards, LED displays/marquees, signage, video displays, scorers, tables. Neptune-Benson Leading manufacturer of commercial aquatic filtration systems and accessories. NGI Sports Sports surfacing for tennis, golf, bocce, landscaping. Nova’ProCourt XP, TitanTrax Shield-TN, Pro-Bounce.

O Entertainment Outdoor special event, carnival, fairs, street festival, city events. Operations TLC (2) - National Background Checks Providing national background checks to all park and recreation agencies across the country. Outdoor Creations, Inc. Manufacturer of precast concrete site furnishings including picnic tables, bbq’s, benches and signs. Pacific Park at the Santa Monica Pier Youth, senior & educational field trips & activities on the historic Santa Monica Pier. Park and Restroom Structures, Inc. Prefabricated & precast concrete restroom, shower, concession and utility structures for parks and recreation departments. PD Play Recycled plastic playground equipment, site amenities, surfacing, maintenance and natural playground environments. California’s only manufacturer!

Play Smart Surfacing Industry leader in high quality, lowcost, recreational and landscape surfacing. Turn key solution offered. PlayCore PlayCore builds stronger communities by advancing play through research, education, and partnerships, and its complete family of brands. Playcraft Direct, Inc. Playground equipment. PlaySafe, LLC Playground audits, maintenance training, strategic master plan development, G-Max testing, expert witnesses, Economic impact studies. Poligon, PorterCorp Metal shelters & gazebos, fabric shelters. Precision Fertigation Sustainable Fertility Management Project Dimensions, Inc. Project Dimensions, Inc. provides Professional Development and Construction Management services to public agencies. Protime Sports, Inc. Factory direct soccer, baseball, and softball team apparel and equipment. Public Restroom Company The Public Restroom Company is a design/build specialist for “odor free” park restroom buildings. PW Athletic Manufacturing Company Manufacturer of top-quality athletic, park & site equipment since 1919. Q-Star Technology High-performance, solar-powered, digital camera deterrent systems that help reduce graffiti, illegal dumping and metal theft.

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Long Beach Conference u R.C. Systems, Inc. ReCPro Software - The Recreation Management Software Solution intuitive, reliable, proven. Recreation Accessibility Consultant, LLC Help Park & Recreation professionals meet state and federal accessibility requirements. Recreonics Inc. Swimming. Restroom Facilities, Ltd. Designer and manufacturer of prefabricated restroom and concession buildings for parks, sports complexes, and campgrounds. RHA Landscape Architects Planners, Inc. Park & sports facility planning, LEED certified, water conservation design, community consensus building, and park rehabilitation. Richard Fisher Associates Professional landscape architectural services and grant programs administration for Parks & Recreation facilities and streetscapes. RJM Design Group, Inc. Park planning and design; Parks and recreation master planning; Landscape architecture; LEED certified; Public workshops.

Roaring Camp Railroads A 1880s theme park with steam train excursions through towering redwoods and diesel trains to the beaches of Santa Cruz. RockCraft Designs Bouldering=fun+fitness. Our concrete boulders promote: coordination, agility, and muscle development, social and cooperative play. ROMTEC, Inc. Romtec is the leading supplier of pre-engineered public restroom buildings, restroom-shower facilities, concession stands and more. Rowley International Inc Aquatic Design and Engineering firm, over 30 years’ experience designing recreation, competition and leisure pools. Royston, Hanamoto Alley & Abey Landscape architecture and planning. RRM Design Group Landscape architecture, architecture, civil engineering, planning and survey. RTH Processing, Inc. Manufacturer of recycled rubber products for indoor and outdoor rubber surfacing materials.

RWP FIBER FALL Manufacturer of playground safety surfacing and a wide variety of landscape materials. S & S Worldwide Arts, crafts, games. Sports goods. SFSU Recreation, Parks, & Tourism Department Graduate and undergraduate degrees. City of San Jose Host City for the California & Pacific Southwest Recreation & Park Training Conference March 5 - 8, 2013. Sator Soccer SCI Consulting Group Opinion research, P218 ballot measures, special taxes, levy administration, development impact fees. SCORE Sports Soccer & basketball apparel & equipment. Shade ‘N Net of Arizona Tension Cable/Breathable Fabric shade structures. Shade Creations by Waterloo Manufacture of custom Shade Structures since 1884. Umbrellas to large shade structure.

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Vermont Systems, Inc. Vermont Systems provides RecTrac Premier Recreation & Parks Management software solutions with unparalleled support. Vortex Aquatic Structures Splashpad & elevated pool play equipment.

SpectraTurf Rubber safety surfacing.

Trailscape Artistic design and construction of natural surface trails.

Spohn Ranch, Inc. Planning, consultation, design, construction, management of world class skateparks & action sports facilities.

Tri Active America Outdoor exercise equipment for parks, community centers, active aging communities, schools and other organizations.

Water Odyssey Aquatic playgrounds offering the most recirculation and themed play options. Proudly made in the USA.

SportaFence Marketing Enterprises Professional grade portable fencing (Sports, Special Events, Beer Gardens, Security, etc).

Turf Star, Inc. Sales/service of products to maintain sports fields, parks, golf courses, cemeteries and landscape areas.

SSA Landscape Architects Planning, public outreach, design & construction documents for all types of park & recreation facilities.

UK International Soccer We offer a variety of soccer programs for all ages throughout the year.

Waterplay Solutions Corp. World-wide provider of aquatic play features, slide activity centers, urban water features and water management systems.

Stonehenge Signs Signs made of 100% natural stone.

UltraPlay, a PlayCore Company UPlayToday is the perfect playground solution for ages 2-5 or 5-12, where space and budgets are tight.

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UltraShelter, a PlayCore Company Designing customized and creative shade solutions for community spaces and places.

Surface America Installing premium recreation & athletic surfaces since 1993. Playgrounds, athletic fields, fitness. Poured, molded & roll good systems.

UltraSite, a PlayCore Company Manufacturer of traditional site amenities including pre-school furnishings, ADA picnic tables, and park benches.

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In the next five to ten years, the parks and recreation industry is going to see a tremendous change in staffing levels and availability of qualified personnel. Estimates and demographics indicate that roughly 30 to 50% of our seasoned professionals are nearing traditional retirement age. By Teresa Penbrooke, MAOM, CPRE CEO and Founder GreenPlay, LLC

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his mass exodus of experience and institutional knowledge will present unforeseen challenges for our field. There needs to be a strong focus on planning for professional leadership and organizational strength for agencies, and that type of planning is called “succession planning.” Part of the challenge is, of course, related to the economic recession in the United States. Many older professionals that may have retired in the last few years have held off retiring, as they saw the economy affect the levels of their retirement savings. As either the economy starts to improve, or these still working but eligible workers just get older, there will be a large increase in the annual number of retirees. In addition, for many agencies, budget woes are impacting the ability to fill positions, with mandated hiring freezes, or reorganizations to help reduce staffing costs. In addition, most universities are seeing a reduced number of undergraduates in their parks and recreation majors, which is

in turn producing fewer qualified professionals at the entry-level. The good news for younger parks and recreation professionals is that there will probably be a wide variety of positions opening up, but are you ready to assume those positions? Senior management of agencies have a choice – do they want to be reactive to these challenges, or pro-active in their planning to have a well-trained and ready work force? Three basic questions to ask when contemplating succession planning are: • How do you develop leaders in your agency? • How do you prepare for succession planning for key leadership positions in your agency? • How do you handle poor performers? The big question many agency leaders ask is, “So, how do we create a Succession Plan and what should it include?” The broad overview of what to address involves: • Leadership identification

• Leadership training • Knowledge transfer and legacy creation • Possible reorganization • Creation and communication of THE PLAN

Recognizing the Diversity of Employees

The first thing to recognize is that every organization has a unique population of employees. There is not a “one size fits all” succession plan that works for every agency. Often retiring employees are in leadership positions or possess institutional knowledge critical to organizational sustainability, but this is not always the case. To create a plan, you need to be aware of the age demographics of the employee workforce, their qualifications, and their plan for their inevitable departure. Agency demographics change depending on agency lifecycle, community profile, and maturity.

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Succession Planning u Change Can Be Scary

Employees are humans (yes, it’s true…), and as such, they are made up of a mix of folks who may be “risk adverse” (they don’t like change and will try to avoid it) or “risk takers” (they don’t mind change and look forward to it). It is important to recognize which employees have which characteristics, and that will help both in the planning and communication stages. It is necessary to develop a culture to support innovation…through recruitment, appraisal, and recognition. One way to help avoid negative impacts of the changes is to involve employees in the process to create alignment with the plan. It helps to remember that really good employees like working for a forward thinking agency.

Developing Leaders

Fortunately, although gaining experience often takes time in a variety of situations, leadership is a craft for which you can continuously learn and adapt to become better. Some ways to

agency benefit, it is also important for individuals to invest in their own growth throughout their career – especially if they want to move ahead and be successful.

develop better leaders include: • Having personal and agency support for continuing education - Unfortunately many parks and recreation professionals feel that if their agency won’t pay for their continuing education (conferences, webinars, online learning, etc.), they won’t pursue it. In many other professions there is a personal responsibility for continuing education – as an investment in long-term personal growth. While it is important for agencies to support their employees in their career growth for both personal and

• Mentoring or Executive Coaching – This can be provided at minimal cost by agencies through mentoring programs or joining groups such as civic organizations or Toastmasters®. Some state professional associations offer free mentor programs for their members. Executive coaching can help too, especially if an individual recognizes that they have specific limitations on some of the necessary strengths that they need to develop. • Job Rotations – Having employees periodically gain experience in other areas helps ready them for more responsibility, and also helps if there are sudden gaps in personnel. Senior leaders need to include periodic delegation of their own responsibilities and duties to those who are ready,

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u Succession Planning so that when the time comes for them to move up, they have some of that experience. • Feedback on the job – This can be handled through well-handled performance appraisals, 360 degree appraisals, and “Just in time feedback” in between scheduled appraisals. • There should be an ongoing focus on building on strengths not weaknesses, developing a culture of personal accountability, and supporting continuous habits of reading everything that you can.

Recognizing the Need for Development of Core Competencies for Agency Leaders

Most parks and recreation staff start their careers as programmers in a certain type of activity, or technicians or front line personnel in maintenance or customer service. As they move up the ranks, it is important in any field that staff gain experience in not only

supervision, but also the five major areas of executive competencies. Many university undergraduate parks and recreation programs do not spend significant time on preparation for all of these areas. They generally include: Communication – Leaders must be able to foster good internal and external relationships, create and implement marketing and communication strategies, communicate the agency’s vision and mission, and foster and formalize collaborations and partnership planning. Financial Analysis – Leaders must be able to prepare and manage budgets

for areas of responsibility, conduct cost recovery analysis relative to their agency’s specific mission, and procure and manage traditional and alternative funding mechanisms. There are many newer and effective methodologies and tools such as the “Pyramid Methodology” and the “Services Assessment Matrix” related to funding and identification of core service provision that are not yet taught in undergraduate programs, so can only be learned through continuing education settings or on the job. Human Resources – Beyond basic recruitment, hiring, supervision, and documentation for staff, leaders need to understand and have skills in dealing with personnel issues (those darn humans again…), performance measurement, evaluation, and specialties such as dealing with unions and independent contractors. One key bit of experience needed is understanding and using the concept of “managing up” – that the higher you go in leadership, the more time you spend man-

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Succession Planning u aging those folks above you (council, legislators, the public, etc.), rather than supervising those who work for you. Good leaders have to do this very well. Operations - Good leaders have at least a basic overview of all aspects of running an organization and the divisions that report to them, including administration, programming, conservation, and maintenance. This includes an awareness of new trends and best practices used by other agencies and other related disciplines. Planning – In reality, planning should be part of the job descriptions of all employees at all levels, but as leaders emerge, they need to gain the bigger picture and the overall context of the interactions of each and all divisions and areas of the organization. This includes community needs assessment, capital planning, assets and programs management, plans for various aspects of the agency, performance measurement, and evaluation. New tools for planning have emerged with growing technologies in recent

years – most specifically the inclusion of Geographic Information Systems (GIS) for agency inventories, along with the management of needs for resources through the use of the Composite-Values Methodology (CVM) for Level of Service Analysis.

Recognizing That Not Everyone Will “Retire”

Another shift that is happening is that many long-time professionals, once they qualify for retirement or leave their full-time positions at their organization for other reasons, are choosing to continue to work, at least

part-time, as consultants or independent adjunct contracted staff. This is causing some challenges related to continued professional development through parks and recreation associations, as they don’t often have ways to classify these retirees or consultants as “professionals” (since they are no longer employed full-time by agencies), but they still offer years of experience and commitment to the field. It should be recognized that many agencies are shifting to utilizing these contracted experienced staff, as they offer a lower cost (no full-time benefits package) and strong experience in the field, but require different handling than “traditional” full-time or part-time employees. How will your agency handle this shift?

Writing the Succession Plan

So, how does an agency take all of this information and formulate it into “a plan”? Many agencies have pieces of this work addressed in various differ-

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u Succession Planning ent ways, but not pulled together into a cohesive written plan. To pull the plan together, each section requires some work, but the basic outline for a five to ten year Succession Plan can be as follows:

process, not only to foster awareness, but to create adherence and buy-in to the plan so it is successful over time.

• Introduction • History of the Agency • Agency Demographics • Upcoming Anticipated Retirements and Changes • Leadership Development Support Opportunities • Recruitment and Training Strategies • Plans for Organizational Change and Adaptation • Strategic Implementation Steps It typically works best if someone (can be an individual, team, or a consultant, depending on staff workloads and capabilities) is assigned the role as the lead person charged with working with staff and Human Resources (if a separate department for your agency)

to gather the information for each of the sections, and then writing it up into a formal document. The process should be announced to all staff to promote involvement at all levels of the organization, broad information gathering, and to encourage a culture of openness. There are some areas that require finesse, sensitivity to personnel issues, and maybe an “objective third party” to garner consensus on the best strategies for future development. Once the plan is outlined, it should be shared with all staff. Adoption of the plan by your governing bodies and communication should be part of the

Teresa Penbrooke is the CEO and Founder of GreenPlay, LLC, a national management consulting and planning firm for parks, recreation, open space, and related agencies. She is also faculty and co-founder for GP RED, a nonprofit 501(c)(3) organization that provides research, education, and development for health, recreation, and land management agencies. She can be reached at teresap@greenplayllc.com. GP RED is conducting a national survey on practices related to Succession Planning. To participate in this survey and receive the results, go to http://survey. rrcresearch.com/s3/Succession

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he Parks Make Life Better!® campaign is on a “roll!” Over 230 agencies in California (and a few out-of-state) are now brand partners. Our campaign objectives are twofold:

• Members utilize the campaign to position their agency and services as vital to the quality of their community • Every experience with the parks and recreation profession conveys elements of the profession’s brand promise: o Access to the serenity and inspiration of nature o Access to spaces and places for play and exercise o Opportunities for directed and organized recreation

By Jane H. Adams Executive Director California Park & Recreatioin Society

o Positive alternatives for youth (to reduce crime and mischief) o Activities to facilitate social connections, human development, therapy, the arts, and lifelong learning In the last two years we have learned more about the process of branding and how agencies are currently branding themselves. One of the most frequent reasons we hear from agencies NOT participating in the campaign is “we have our own logo and campaign so we don’t want to confuse our customers.” In branding there is an approach called “co-branding.” So what is it? Co-branding is a relatively new marketing concept in which brands join together to increase their marketing synergy. The object of co-branding is to strengthen both brands. In co-branding various logos, color schemes, and brand identifiers can be used together.

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Recently I spontaneously asked friends for dinner; my yoga class went longer than scheduled so I had to make quick decisions at the grocery store. I needed dessert. I scanned the cake aisle for something quick and good. BAM! this box caught my eye as an example of co-branding: Hershey’s Chocolate and Betty Crocker (I think this is a

match made in heaven!) I immediately picked up the box! At the checkout counter I saw this great example of co-branding of Dr. Pepper and Lip Smackers:

which started back in 1988. There are actually three Shamu planes. Need one more example of cobranding? Look at this example between the Girl Scouts and Diar y Queen which resulted in the Tagalong, Peanut Butter Patties, and Thin Mint Blizzards. The Thin Mint is the most popular limited edition to date, selling more than 10 million in one month.

I am an Apple user so I have noticed this cobranding effort between Nike and Apple: And when I fly Southwest I have ridden on the Shamu plane, a co-branding effort with Sea World.

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Co-Branding u In the Parks Make Life Better!® Toolkit we provided examples of cobranding the logo with the agency name:

effectively with the Parks Make Life Better!® logo. Many simply place the logos side by side, such as Oceanside and Cypress.

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begin by establishing criteria. Your criteria must be based on what is appropriate for your situation. Think of co-branding ice cream and root beer – sounds like a natural “pair” doesn’t ducted throughout the state. We it? Co-branding Chanel (a high pricedCondensed Gill Sans asked consumers statewide what cologne) with Kmart, notIfsoname much. 12 characters or less: as the benefits of parks and Here are criteria to consider: type size 33 pt., they use saw 3 dots. recreation. Our research has a 97% 1. Shared benefits: the Parks Make Life reliability rate. It is highly likely that Better!® campaign is based upon the benefits your residents seek are the public’s values about parks and similar to the statewide results. recreation. Our research was con-

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u Co-Branding 2. Retain full review and approval rights: the guidelines for using the campaign logo are few. The logo and slogan are now trademarked so as a brand partner you must adhere to the color and type font. The logo and slogan may be printed in black and white. The slogan must contain the registered ® mark when used. Your agency has the ability to determine where you wish to place the logo and slogan. No pre-approval is required. 3. Costs savings: participation in this campaign requires one person in the agency maintain CPRS membership. For $155 your agency will receive a trademarked logo and slogan, branding tool kit, a wealth of information about branding, and a network of 230+ agencies working towards the same goal: awareness that parks and recreation is an essential community service. Where else can you get a research based statewide public awareness campaign for so little of an investment?

4. Visibility beyond your geographic boundaries: IF every agency in the state participated in this campaign, we will connect with 34 million Californians with a positive and powerful message! Think of that!!! In the past year members have shared that their customers say “we saw that logo last week when we were at ABC recreation center in the city of XYZ. It’s pretty cool to see it elsewhere.” 5. Dilution of your agency brand due to the Parks Make Life Better!® brand: your agency name and logo is about what you do within that city, county, or special district. Parks Make Life Better!® is a statewide campaign aimed at positioning parks and recreation as an essential service. This campaign is a “unifier” for all agencies providing parks and recreation services regardless of their name or governmental structure! 6. Degree of co-branding now: it is likely your agency is involved in

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partnerships or coalitions where your name appears with others. Are you working with PAL (Police Activity League), Kaiser Permanente, the Chamber of Commerce, or the Visitors and Convention Bureau? Do you feel those efforts dilute your brand? Your name already appears with others. Did the co-branding examples shown in the article make “sense” to you? If you can see the value of those co-branding efforts product to product, I hope you can now see the value of co-branding your agency with the Parks Make Life Better!® campaign! One final thought: Nike and Apple, two very powerful brands, co-brand. Don’t you think you can too? The examples of co-branding presented in this article were gathered by Steve McKee for an article in Bloomberg Business Week, http://buswk.co/3ykDz.

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s park and recreation professionals you are asked to get a lot of things started… planning a new program or special event, deciding which vendor to use, hiring new staff, to name a few and even taking on a whole new responsibility! Some of these you can do ‘with your eyes closed’ and some you have to stop and say to yourself, “what am I going to do first?” CPRS released the Parks Make Life Better!® branding campaign three years ago. Since then 230+ agencies have embraced the campaign by adding the logo to their email signatures, Websites, brochures, letterhead and business cards, staff shirts, door mats and signage. These are all great “starts” for our efforts to position parks and recreation as an essential service through the use of statewide messages and visuals. This article highlights how three agencies – City of Mountain View, Cosumnes Community Services District, and the Town of Windsor – are taking the campaign to the people. By asking residents how parks make their lives better, these agencies are getting confirmation that our message is “spot on!” Use these examples to spur your creativity in promoting the campaign in your community! Share your ideas with your colleagues by posting it on the Parks Make Life Better!® library at www.cprs.org, on our Parks Make Life Better!® Facebook page, or sending an email to jane@cprs.org.

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Surveying Parents “How do Parks Make your Life Better?” By Kristine Pardini Recreation Coordinator City of Mountain View

he City of Mountain View Community Services Department adopted the Parks Make Life Better!® brand in June 2010. Recreation Division staff met to discuss the many creative ways we can roll out the brand to the community and start spreading the word on how Parks Make Life Better!®. One way to begin a community conversation on the brand was to frankly ask our participants and families, “How do Parks Make your Life Better?” Every summer we send program evaluations to parents at the end of each class and camp session to see how their child enjoyed the class or camp and receive any feedback that can help us improve our programs. For the Summer 2010 Class and Camp evaluations we added the question, “How do Parks Make your Life Better?” at the end of each evaluation. At this point, the Recreation Division had rolled out the brand through a press release in June 2010, a proclamation in July 2010 noting July as Parks Make Life Better!® month, education and training to all Recreation Division staff on the brand and the six messages, and staff began wearing Parks Make Life Better!® T-shirts on a weekly basis and at city events. We had just began rolling out the brand, but wanted to hear more from the community what they thought the brand meant to them without much education on the brand or the six messages. The results were surprising and great, lining up with the six messages of the brand: positive spaces, gathering places, play, nature, forever, and exercise. A total of 38 parents responded with great quotes about how Mountain View parks make their life and their family’s life better. After receiving such a great response, we wanted to share these great quotes with our City Council members. Each week, City Council receives a document entitled “City Council Weekly Notes.” After the summer ended, staff drafted up an explanation of the quotes and sent them with the October 14, 2011 weekly notes. Now that we have these great quotes, what should we do with them? We saw this as a great opportunity to share the quotes we received with members of our community through our Activity Guide. Any white space that was available for the Fall 2010 Activity Guide, and future guides, we included a quote that either fit that page or the theme of the Activity Guide. Adding the quotes was a nice touch and also challenged readers to think about how parks make their life better. The question was added again on the Summer 2011 class and camp evaluations and was also added to the Aquatics swim class evaluations. At the end of the summer, we colCALIFORNIA PARKS & RECREATION • WINTER 2012

Parks Make Life Better!® u lected 144 responses to the brand question, which was amazing! Not only can we utilize the quotes in print materials, but it is also great to hear directly from your community on how your parks make their life better.

How do Parks Make your Life Better? Quotes from Summer 2011 Class & Camp Evaluations • Gives us a great place to play as a family • Both my kids have enrolled in multiple princess ballet and kidz love soccer sessions and camps thru Mtn View Community Center, and really enjoyed them. They’ve helped them build confidence, learn to follow directions and build socialization skills. • We love spending time outdoors. The kids get to exercise, play with friends, and learn new skills, both physically and socially. • Outdoor time, enjoy the nature, away from computer! • They give us a chance to connect with friends and families in our community and build relationships. • They help our children understand there is a wonderful community around them to embrace and enjoy. • It’s a nice way to meet new friends and to be outdoors and to get the exercise our children need. • Parks puts joy and happiness in my life. • It gives my child a chance to explore little slices of life that we may not otherwise be able to see. In this way, she can find things she enjoys now, and possibly for the rest of her life. • We play at many of the parks several times a week. This is the first time we have taken classes and they have been wonderful. • I love my kids to be kids :) • We’ve been visiting Mountain View parks a couple of times per week since my oldest daughter was born six years ago. The parks give my kids a safe place to play, get exercise and fresh air, and meet friends. We also love the affordable classes offered through the rec department, and the free swim times at the pools. • These experiences are very valuable for my kids. They wouldn’t otherwise get the opportunity to experience so many different things each summer if they weren’t offered through the City. • They give the opportunity to be in a safe place to play, exercise, and explore outdoors. • Give me the opportunity to share quality time with my kid. • By providing the green space and play areas for my children to play safely and exercise. • They give my family a place to gather and have fun! • I love having greenery and open space in the middle of our urban city. 42

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arks and trails, recreation programs and special events make communities enjoyable places to live. In fact, most people research schools and the parks and recreation programs when deciding where to live. As for the employees of the Parks and Recreation Department of the Cosumnes Community Services District (CSD), located in Elk Grove, CA, we truly believe that what we do for the community makes their lives better. So when the California Park & Recreation Society introduced the “Parks Make Life Better!®” brand campaign, we were all in. We began by including the “Parks Make Life Better!®” logo on staff shirts, in activity guides and on banners hung at special events. We also took the brand campaign to the staff and incorporated it in some section trainings and programs. The Aquatics section asked their part-time pool staff to create posters that reflected how parks have made their lives better. District and department management staff was invited to the training and each part-time staff person communicated how parks have impacted their lives by describing their portion of the poster. In our after school program, the “Parks Make Life Better!®” brand is being introduced to the K-6th grade participants through the creation of an exhibit called “Art Everywhere,” which will feature watercolor artwork that will reflect what parks and recreation programs mean to the students. Since the introduction of the “Parks Make Life Better!®” brand, the CSD has included a message from the Parks and Recreation Director in its quarterly activity guide asking residents to share why parks make their lives better. Although a repurposed article has appeared in many guides, not one response has been received. We can assume from jam packed classes and very successful special events that we have made an impact on the community through our parks and recreation programs. However, we still wanted to hear from the community. So we decided to try a competition and added some prizes to attract more responses to the question “How do parks and recreation programs make your life better?” There is something to be said about a true life experience or a shared memory that tells us that we are providing places and activities that are enriching lives. Therefore, we decided to put together a creative and easy writing contest for all ages to enter. The contest simply asks for entrants to submit a short essay, 250 words or less, explaining how Parks Make Life Better for them and/or their family. We love receiving feedback from participants and we believe the contest will help us improve our understanding

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Parks Make Life Better!® u of what impacts people for the better. Even if the contest attracts little to no responses, we are still getting the “Parks Make Life Better!®” logo out into the community, by way of this writing contest. This way people see it on a continual basis and we will have them thinking about parks and how past experiences in recreation programs, at special events or in a park has positively impacted their lives. Like any positive impact on one’s life, the provider of the positive impact may not know the significance of their involvement for many years, if at all. So even without written proof, staff at the CSD will continue to provide green and peaceful parks, lifelong learning opportunities and fun special events, knowing that these parks and programs do make lives better for the people of Elk Grove. Below is the press release announcing the writing contest.

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Entries Sought for “Parks Make Life Better” CSD Writing Contest Elk Grove, Calif. – Having many parks, recreation programs and special events make Elk Grove a special place to live for children and adults. We would like to hear from the community about how Parks Make Life Better for you and your family. Tell us about your experiences with CSD parks, recreation programs and/or special events and your story could be featured in a future CSD Newsletter. This is our chance to hear from the community to better understand how parks and recreation programs are enriching lives in Elk Grove. So put your thinking caps on! In 250 words or less, please share your experience in how “Parks Make Life Better” for you and your family. It can be a special playground you visit with your children, an event you attended that was a great experience or a program that has taught you something new or has added to your life. The options are endless as ‘Parks’ in “Parks Make Life Better” stands for everything that parks and recreation offer the community. Share your experience by emailing Kelli Trapani at KelliTrapani@csdparks.com or sending them to 8820 Elk Gove Boulevard, Elk Grove CA 95624. All entries must include contact information including a phone number. All entries will be reviewed and one will be chosen to be featured in an upcoming CSD Newsletter. Provide a photo, if possible, of you or your family that coincides with your short essay. The winner will also receive a gift certificate to be used towards a CSD program or event. Entry deadline is December 31, 2011. The winner will be notified January 13, 2012. We look forward to hearing from you! About the CSD… The Cosumnes CSD serves an estimated 169,000 south Sacramento County residents in a 157-square mile area. Its award-winning parks and recreation services – including the operation of 88 CSD parks – operate exclusively within the Elk Grove community. It provides fire protection and emergency medical services for the cities of Elk Grove and Galt and unincorporated areas of south Sacramento County. #

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Town of Windsor is Hosting a Photo Contest By Cindy Toms Recreation Program Supervisor Town of Windsor

he Town of Windsor is one of many enthusiastic brand partners that wanted to initiate the Parks Make Life Better!® branding campaign in their community by going beyond just putting the logo on staff t-shirts, tailgates of department trucks, office decor or day camp t-shirts. We wanted to get the public involved, learn what it is that they love about us and position ourselves as a provider of an essential service at the same time. We created a photo submission contest that is currently running through February 13, 2012. The submitted photos will then be uploaded to our Town of Windsor Parks and Recreation Facebook page where fans can vote for their favorite photo using the “Like” button. The value of this contest goes beyond just getting the word out to the Town of Windsor, it gets the public involved on two counts. First, they identify personally how Parks Make Life Better!® by photographing something special to them. The messages are then reinforced by the public viewing the photos and learning how Parks Make Life Better!® for their friends and neighbors. In addition, the contest has increased the number of Windsor Parks and Recreation Facebook “fans”. Below is the information for our contest announcement on our Town Website. Articles promoting the photo contest were published in two local newspapers the week of January 23rd, and as of February 2nd we have already received 26 photos.

How do parks make life better for you and your family in Windsor?

We want to know! Submit your photos via email to this Photo Contest link no later than February 13th at 6:00pm. Voting will take place on the Town of Windsor Parks and Recreation Facebook page by Facebook fans. If you are not a fan on the Parks and Recreation Facebook page yet, click here to go directly there and click the “like” button at the top of the page. Voting will begin on February 14th at noon by clicking the “like” button on your favorite photos. Photos must be taken in the Town of Windsor, however they do not need to be submitted by Town residents. Photos do not have to be in color, but must be at least 150 dpi and all photos must be appropriate. By submitting your photo to the email link above, you are agreeing to the Town of Windsor Photo Use policy.

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Throughout the last year many of you may have noticed the Parks Make Life Better!® logo on youth and adult program t-shirts, staff shirts, flyers and, most recently, as décor in the Parks and Recreation office. The Parks Make Life Better!® brand is our promise to make the lives of Windsor residents and the community better now and in the future by providing:

• Facilities for self-directed and organized recreation • Positive alternatives for youth which help lower crime and mischief • Activities that facilitate: o Social connections o Human development o Therapy o The arts o Lifelong learning

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By John Glaeser Director of Communications California Park & Recreation Society

s we walk in the front door, I reach in my pocket to pull out my phone. My daughter rolls her eyes and mockingly asks “Are you checking in again?” and I answer her “Of course, a few more check-ins and I might be mayor.” Then she holds out her hand and I hand the phone to her because despite her giving me a hard time about checking in, I know she secretly enjoys doing it. “You’ve been here eight times, Jill is in 1st place with 85 points, Stephanie has 78, you’re in third with 71 and Brian is at 56,” she reports. I am a pretty consistent user of Foursquare. I enjoy checking in everywhere I go to see how many places I can become “mayor,” how many badges I can collect and to see where else my friends have been. Foursquare is one of a multitude of LBS applications available to park and recreation professionals to use. LBS stands for “Location Based Service” and it uses geographic information systems, the Internet and smart phone technologies to generate information for a mobile user. It can tell you where you are, where you want to go and even what’s around you. Knowing where you are sounds pretty unimportant unless of course you are lost, then it’s really important. Even men are in need of the second objective (where to go) despite our belief that we can find our way anywhere and we most definitely do not need it for number 1. And the third feature is pretty cool when you are looking for coffee or a really good BBQ restaurant nearby. But how do we apply it to parks and recreation? I think park and recreation professionals can find three very important reasons to understand LBS and the myriad of applications that use it. The first is to market your events, programs, services and facilities. Secondly, I hope to spark your creative juices in creating new programs using LBS. Lastly, it is a place for you to keep tabs on what your customers are saying about you. Many agencies are already using Facebook and Twitter to market their events. But one aspect most agencies are missing is the interaction between the agency and its followers, as well as creating interactions between their followers and prospective followers/customers. One powerful feature of social media is the WNITER 2012 • CALIFORNIA PARKS & RECREATION

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Location Based Systems u way it allows people to communicate with each other. The agency needs to learn how to leverage their current followers so that they become marketers for the agency. Many of the LBS applications work in conjunction with Facebook and Twitter so that you can not only share on the application’s platform, but you can share with your friends/followers on Facebook and Twitter. While Foursquare allows me to share with my friends and followers my every check-in, I can pick and choose when I want to share. Rather than inundate my friends with my every check-in, I only share when I am going somewhere out of the ordinary or attending an interesting event that is happening at the location I am checking in to. After all, the reason for sharing things on Facebook and Twitter is to create some discussion among my friends. Just letting everyone know I am at the grocery store is not interesting enough to generate any discussion

among my friends. Not even if I am Ashton Kutcher (okay, maybe that would be interesting to some of his 9+ million followers).

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So how do you use a location-based application like Foursquare to market your facility or program? Starbucks has a nationwide program, that “mayors” get a $1 discount on their order when they check in. California Pizza Kitchen will give you a free dessert on your third check in. A local Japanese restaurant I checked into had an instant coupon of $10 if I spend $10. Starwood Hotels incorporated their loyalty points program with Foursquare check-ins. There are many ways you can run similar programs at your community centers, aquatic facilities or open gyms. Offer a special deal to the “mayor” or a free pass after five check-ins to your open gym, or create a 1st time check-in offer. Even companies without physical

locations are beginning to use Foursquare. The History Channel incorporates historical facts into the tips feature of Foursqure. Each time you check-in at a famous/historical location, The History Channel’s tip pops up. As of January 6, 2012, the History Channel had over 285,000 followers and over 1400 tips. Paula Deen and the rock band The Doors use Foursquare to let fans know where they can find their products or places that have special meaning to them. Coke Australia began adding Coke Machine locations to Foursquare. Like the History Channel you can leave tips about your park/facility or you can ask the question “How does this Park Make Your Life Better!®?”. Besides check-in benefits for checking in, agencies can also create custom badges for users who check-in to a park or facility. Some generic badges that Foursquare created include the Gym Rat badge (for visiting a gym at least 10 times in a month), the Baker’s

LBS Sample Applications The Information for this list was pulled from the application’s Website or Wikipedia. Blockboard – Allows mobile users to post notes, questions or photos to a geographic location or area. It is very smilar to a bulletin board for a neighborhood. Originally started in San Francisco it is taking hold in other cities. Buzzd - Your source for real-time ratings of places around you. Find the hottest spots using the buzzdmeter, share updates with your friends and earn great rewards. Instantly locate nearby places & use the “buzzdmeter” to see the real-time buzz from social networks like Twitter, Foursquare, Yelp & more. Facebook Places – Allows users to post to their Facebook wall where they’ve been, where they currently are or where they are going. Gbanga – This world-wide game gives users “quests” to accomplish. These quests include finding and collecting items or winning virtual territories. You can incorporate an edutainment feature by developing educational quests. Geocaching - Geocaching is a real-world outdoor treasure hunting game. Players try to locate hidden containers, called geocaches, using GPS-enabled devices and then share their experiences online

GeoSocials.com – Find treasures, solve challenges, win points and drop treasures for others to find. Points can be exchanged for virtual and sometimes real-world rewards. Hotlist – A geo-social networking aggregator that enables users to coordinate plans with friends and discover what will be happening at millions of popular venues all over the world. The service aggregates data from across the web in order to show users which places will be trending nearby. Users can take “virtual peeks” into venues in advance to see Facebook profile photos of the expected crowds, details on upcoming events, and which of their Facebook friends plan to attend. Loopt – Allows users to search the area around them for retail stores, restaurants, hotels, etc. and see reviews or tips about these establishments. It allows user to find friends on a map if they are near your present location and users can be alerted to discounts to nearby locations. Agencies can create virtual and real-world rewards. Mytown – MyTown and MyTown2 are LBS games by Booyah!. MyTown is very similar to the board game Monopoly, while MyTown2 is a hybrid of Monopoly and Cityville. Both use the check-in system to earn points. Continued on page 52

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u Location Based Systems Dozen badge (checking into five different bakeries), the Jet Setter badge (checking in five different airports), and even the Over-Share badge (10+ check-ins in 12 hours). One option for park and recreation agencies is to create a custom badge for each park or facility, encouraging people to visit as many of your parks and facilities as possible to collect the badges. Or you can create one badge for anyone who visits a minimum number of your parks and facilities. St. Edwards University used the LBS program Whrrl to celebrate its 125th anniversary. During a graduation ceremony, students, parents and faculty were asked to check in and share photos on a designated Whrrl “Society.” Over 180 people participated. Whrrl was recently acquired by Groupon in 2011 and has been shut down. I give you this example though as an idea for a special event. At a concert or movie in the park, ask all participants to please check-in and post photos on their personal accounts and to your

agency’s Facebook page. You can also ask the concert attendees to join the Parks Make Life Better!® Facebook page (www.facebook.com/ParksMakeLifeBetter) and post an entry on how the event is making their life better. Or you can ask them to post the answer to your Facebook or Twitter account.

Eavesdropping

LBS applications are not limited to just the type that allow you to notify the world where you are. They also allow you to notify the world what you think of the place where you are. Applications like BlockChalk, Where and Yelp allow users to leave comments about a location. I suggest park and recreation professionals should pay attention to these for two reasons. First, you drop hints, tips or announcements about your facilities. These tips could help with frequently asked questions or point patrons to little used features of your park or facility. You can also use these features to let your patrons know about park closures or changes to your facilities amenities.

But more importantly you should be checking these applications on a periodic basis to see what your residents or users are saying about your agency and your facilities. No matter how good your customer service is, how top-notch your facilities are or how wonderful your programs are, not every customer is going to have the best possible encounter with you. They are going to talk about you and at times post those opinions on the Internet. You need to be aware of these comments to improve your delivery of products and services. You will also want to respond to any negative comments with an acknowledgement of the problem, an apology and how you are going to respond to correct the situation in the future. If the negative comment is based on misinformation, you can then respond appropriately with correct information.

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Location Based Systems u Imagine playing board games like Monopoly or Risk, but your local retail establishments are the properties that are bought and sold or your parks and facilities are the countries to be conquered. I believe these applications may have limited use to park and recreation agencies in generating social buzz about your programs or facilities. But I introduce these applications to you to test your programming creativity. How can you bring these applications to your teen programs, a special event at a regional park, or incorporating all your facilities into the games? For those of you who love playing Mafia Wars on Facebook, there is a game called Mob Empire by CrowdMob that combines aspects of Foursquare and Mafia Wars. Users check-in at a location and perform a virtual criminal activity which gains them experience points. Like the online game, you gain prominence by the number of

times you play the game. Another LBS game, MyTown, is a Monopoly-like game where users check-in to locations to earn points toward “owning” a property. You earn more points as others check-in to locations that you “own.” Users also have the option of upgrading their properties and selling “virtual” items. How can you turn all your parks and facilities into a giant Monopoly game and have a community event? Scvngr.com is very similar to Foursquare in that you check-in to locations and can notify your friends, however it adds a challenge feature to the checkin. Challenges are specific to the location you are at and can include trivia questions, riddles or a simple task. The demonstration on scvngr’s Website showed tasks which included posting a tip about the restaurant or using the foil from the burrito to make an origami animal. By doing the challenges

you also earn loyalty points toward discounts or free items. Park and recreation agencies can create their own challenges for each park or facility. It could be as simple as taking a photo of a park user on playground equipment or at a decorative statue. Agencies can also create games using scvngr. The New England Patriots football team created a game which asked Boston residents to visit local establishments to earn points and help solve a riddle to the location where a “stolen” Super Bowl ring was hidden. You can create a similar scavenger hunt game in your community working with your many sponsors and community partners. Scvngr has a web-based form to guide you through creating challenges, rewards and treks for your locations. You don’t have to master any computer programming skills to add these fun features to your site’s check-ins.

LBS Sample Applications (continued) Merchant Kingdom - Merchant Kingdom starts you off as a simple merchant. Found your first settlements to produce basic goods in places you visit often, and then begin your rise to power. Your iPhone is the caravan you can use to buy commodities from traders, take them with you when you move around in real life, and sell at a profit. Mob Empire – Often described as MafiaWars meets Foursquare. Check-in to real-world locations to viturally own them. You then battle other mob bosses to gain control of popular real-world locations. You can team up with your friends to help defend against attacks. PlanCast – An applications which helps you discover events and share plans with friends. Plancast lets you know about the events your friends plan to attend as well as other cool events coming up in your area. Scvngr – Users earn points for check-ins and completing location-specific challenges. Agencies have the opportunity to build their own challenges, rewards and treks. Shadow Cities – Shadow Cities is a location based multiplayer game for iPhone. Become a Mage and take over your streets and neighborhoods with your team. Explore and conquer your city and other cities all over the world, cast the spells and make magic by drawing runes on the screen and choose your side, level up and battle against others with your team.

Tellmewhere – Check-in and meet up with friends, find the right place quickly, discover your friend’s favorite places, get directions and share your experiences. Unsocial – A location-based networking and smarttagging platform that connects users with business professionals they should meet based on shared information and proximity. It is the ideal tool to use to find and be found at business events, tradeshows and conferences. Where - Provides information and user generated content about restaurant and business reviews. WHERE also includes features that allow people to review locations and keep lists of places they’ve been and places they want to go. In 2010 WHERE launched a Check-in feature. It allows users to announce when they enter a location and then broadcast this information to their friends and followers on Facebook and Twitter. Yelp - Yelp combines local reviews and social networking functionality to create a local online community. Adding social web functionality to user reviews creates a reputation system, whereby site visitors can see which contributing users are the most popular, respected, and prolific, how long each has been a member, and which have interests similar to theirs. Peer feedback mechanisms, and placement of popular reviews on the site and in local market.

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u Location Based Systems Another popular gaming program using both LBS and GPS is geocaching. This world-wide phenomenon started in May 2000 in Beavercreek, Oregon, with the hiding of the first “stash.” Geocaching is a real world treasure hunt where people hide containers in public places for others to find. Your local parks are popular hiding places for many of these caches. How can you use LBS applications to recreate other famous board games like Life, Clue, Chutes and Ladders or Candyland? Or how about trying traditional games like Hide and Seek, Marco Polo or Capture the Flag with LBS?

Why LBS?

Many agencies are just scratching the surface of the power of social media in their communication efforts. LBS is just another facet of the same diamond in the rough. But it is a fast-growing segment, especially when combined with the ability to share posts on Facebook and Twitter. Foursquare is now

up to 15 million users and scvngr has over 1 million. Hotlist has over 100 million people in 40,000 cities and geocache.com has over 1.5 million active caches and 5 million geocachers worldwide. With these type of numbers, the ability to get your name, facilities, programs and services out in front of a very large number of people has to be attractive to any marketer. I know of many agencies that scoffed at using Facebook or Twitter in these programs’ infancy. But now many of you are using those platforms on a daily basis. Don’t be a late adopter on these LBS applications. Get in early and establish your agency as a dominant player. And don’t forget to use these new tools to communicate with (not at) your followers. And lastly, find creative ways to incorporate these applications into your programming. Please check pages 50 an 52 for a list of LBS applications that you should be aware of. Information for this list was pulled from the application’s Website

or Wikipedia. Also if you have a LBS application you use or a programming idea, please share with other CPRS members on the CPRS Networking Communities, http://community.cprs.org

References

Foursquare Merchant Dashboard, https://foursquare.com/business/ merchants/dashboard Inside Social Games, http://www. insidesocialgames.com/ Alternate Reality Gaming Network, http://www.argn.com/2010/08/ scvngr_now_playing_somewhere_ near_you/#more-4084 Social Beat, http://venturebeat. com/2011/05/11/location-basedgaming-coming-to-location-nearyou/ Cricket Community, http://www. mycricket.com/community/cellphone-info/4-popular-location-basedgames Social Fresh, http://socialfresh. com/foursquare-case-studies/

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A-G Sod Farms, Inc. (Riverside) 2900 Adams St., Ste. C-120, Riverside, CA 92504 PH: 951/687-7581 FAX: 951/687-4869 E-Mail: bhill@agsod.com Website: www.agsod.com REP: Joel Addink, CFO; John Addink, President; Larry LeMay, Vice-President of Operations SERVICE: Five farms in California & Colorado producing high quality sod for sports fields and parks. Abey Arnold Associates (Marin) 1005 A Street, Suite 305, San Rafael, CA 94901 PH: 415/258-9580 FAX: 415/258-9780 E-Mail: pabey@abeyarnold.com Website: www.abeyarnold.com REP: Phillip Abey, Principal SERVICE: Landscape Architecture. Administrative Software Applications, Inc. (ASAP) (Santa Clara) 1310 Hollenbeck Avenue, Suite C, Sunnyvale, CA 94087 PH: 800/969-2727 FAX: 408/732-8206 E-Mail: jmeyer@asapconnected.com Website: www.asapconnected.com REP: Joel M. Meyer, CEO/President; Ryan Russo SERVICE: ASAP provides complete registration and management services for communities, schools, and businesses via the web. ADvisorâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Marketing Group, Inc. (San Diego) 7040 Avenida Encinas #104, Carlsbad, CA 92011 PH: 800/423-8478 FAX: 760/431-0448 E-Mail: jodi@advisorsmarketing.com Website: www.advisorsmarketing.com REP: Jodi Rudick, Trainer/Owner; Andy Stein SERVICE: THE official Parks Make Life Better! promotional partner -- from banners, to T-shirts, bags to temporary tattoos.

Aflex Technology P.O. Box 1292 Nelson 7040 New Zealand, , PH: 64)/(3) 546-6747 FAX: 64)/(3) 546-8112 E-Mail: admin@aflextechnology.com REP: Karen Stratford, Sales Manager SERVICE: Giant pool inflatable obstacle courses & slides providing fun & challenging entertainment. AHBE Landscape Architects (Los Angeles) 8729 Washington Blvd., Culver City, CA 90232 PH: 310/838-0448 FAX: 310/204-2664 E-Mail: ahbe@AHBE.com Website: www.AHBE.com REP: Calvin Abe, President; Mary Lu, Business Development Manager SERVICE: AHBE Landscape Architects provides comprehensive design services, master planning and urban design. All About Play/Little Tikes Commercial - Nor Cal (Sacramento) 3844 Presidio, Sacramento, CA 95838 PH: 916/923-2180 FAX: 916/646-6383 E-Mail: glen@playgroundpros.com Website: www.littletikescommercial.com REP: Glen Wurster, Principal SERVICE: Accessible outdoor playground equipment including unique theme playscapes and park service equipment. Alpine Bike Parks, LLC 8-1050 Millar Creek Road, Whistler, BC VON 1B1 PH: 604/962-1951 FAX: 604/962-8951 E-Mail: info@alpinebikeparks.com Website: www.alpinebikeparks.com REP: Judd De Vall, Principal SERVICE: Alpine Bike Parks is a full service design/build contractor specializing in bike parks & trail development. Aluminum Seating, Inc. (San Bernardino) PO Box 3310, San Bernardino, CA 92413 PH: 909/884-9449 FAX: 909/388-2187 E-Mail: sales@aluminumseating.com Website: www.aluminumseating.com REP: Bonnie Gaudesi, Sales Manager SERVICE: Manufacturer of all aluminum outdoor bleachers, picnic tables & benches.

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Architerra Design Group, Inc. (San Bernardino) 10221-A Trademark Street, Rancho Cucamonga, CA 91730 PH: 909/484-2800 FAX: 909/484-2802 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. Associated Sound (Sacramento) 1417 Del Paso Blvd., Sacramento, CA 95815 PH: 916/649-8040 FAX: 916/649-0243 E-Mail: wgclark@associatedsound.com Website: www.associatedsound.com REP: Wally Clark, President SERVICE: A full service Sound and AV company. Design, sales, installations, rentals and productions. Serving CPRS members Since 1968. Associated Students, CSUF, Inc. (Orange) 800 N. State College Blvd., Fullerton, CA 92834 PH: 657/278-3648 FAX: 657/278-2503 E-Mail: awiller@fullerton.edu Website: http://asi.fullerton.edu/src/ index/asp REP: Andrea Willer, Titan Recreation Director; Alison Wittwer, Aquatic & Safety Coordinator SERVICE: University Recreation program. Battle of the Dance Dinner Show (Orange) 2232 S. Harbor Blvd., Anaheim, CA 92802 PH: 714/740-1045 FAX: 714/740-1470 E-Mail: jlennartson@battleofthedance.com Website: www.battleofthedance.com REP: Jim Lennartson, Sales Manager SERVICE: An electrifying 2 hour spectacular show presenting award winning dancers and a sumptuous three-course meal.

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Broyhill, Inc. (Dakota) P.O. Box 475, Dakota City, NE 68731 PH: 402/987-3412 x34 FAX: 402/9873601 E-Mail: craig@broyhill.com Website: www.broyhill.com REP: Craig Broyhill, President SERVICE: Load and Pack - a one man refuse vehicle for parks & beaches. BSA Architects-Bull Stockwell Allen (San Francisco) 300 Montgomery St., Suite 1135 San Francisco, CA 94104 PH: 415/281-4720 FAX: 415/281-4721 E-Mail: dross@bsaarchitects.com Website: www.bsaarchitects.com REP: David D. Ross, AIA, LEED A.P. SERVICE: Specialists in community and recreation centers, fitness and sports facilities, and senior and childcare centers. BYO Playground (Saint Johns) 101 East Town Place Suite 650, Saint Augustine, FL 32092 PH: 904/808-8360 x404 FAX: 904/808-8529 E-Mail: noah@byoplayground.com REP: Bob Jones, VP, Sales; Chris Smith, Bus. Dev. Mgr, CA SERVICE: Commercial playground equipment, site furnishings, shelters, shades, safety surfacing installation and site work. C. Sanders Emblems, L.P. (Los Angeles) 12965 Arroyo Street, San Fernando, CA 91340 PH: 800/336-7467 FAX: 818/361-8472 E-Mail: info@csanderrs.net Website: www.csanders.net REP: Penny Ledbetter, President SERVICE: Pins patches, medals, flip coins, lanyards, magnets, bagtags, bookmarks, keychains, keyrings. California Land Management (Santa Clara) 675 Gilman Street, Palo Alto, CA 94301-2528 PH: 650/322-1181 FAX: 650/322-1194 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.

California State Soccer Association South (Orange) 1029 S. Placentia Avenue, Fullerton, CA 92831 PH: 714/778-2972 FAX: 714/441-0715 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. Callander Associates Landscape Architecture, Inc. (Sacramento) 11180 Sun Center Drive, Suite 104, Rancho Cordova, CA 95670 PH: 916/631-1312 FAX: 916/635-9153 E-Mail: esmith@cavalleyoffice.com Website: www.callanderassociates.com REP: Erik Smith, Principal; Mark Slichter, Principal; Benjamin Woodside, Principal SERVICE: Landscape Architects. Capitol Equipment, Inc. Dba Capitol Enterprises (Los Angeles) 2718 E. Huntington Drive, Duarte, CA 91010 PH: 626/357-3768 FAX: 626/359-3121 E-Mail: capitolequipmentinc@yahoo.com Website: www.capitolequipinc.com REP: Joe & Sue Guarrera SERVICE: Portable steel equipment shelters, standard and custom sizes. Casey Printing and Marketing (Monterey) 398 East San Antonio Drive, King City, CA 93930 PH: 831/385-3222 FAX: 831/385-3226 E-Mail: caseyr@caseyprinting.com Website: www.caseyprinting.com REP: Richard Casey, President SERVICE: Cross media campaigns, website development and email marketing as well as publication printing, binding, and mailing.

CH Bull Company (San Mateo) 229 Utah Avenue, South San Francisco, CA 94080 PH: 650/837-8400 FAX: 800/229-2855 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. Charles H. Strawter Design Inc. (Los Angeles) 28005 Smyth Drive, Suite 175, Valencia, CA 91355 PH: 661/295-4631 FAX: 661/244-4911 E-Mail: charles@chstrawterdesign.com Website: www.chstrawterdesign.com REP: Charles H. Strawter, Principal Landscape Architect SERVICE: Landscape Architecture & urban design consulting park master planning & design, skateparks, plazas and streetscapes. Coast Recreation Inc. (Orange) 3151 Airway Ave, Suite A-3, Costa Mesa, CA 92626-4620 PH: 714/619-0100 FAX: 714/619-0106 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. Columbia Cascade Company (Multnomah) 1300 S. W. Sixth Avenue, Ste. 310, Portland, OR 97201-3464 PH: 503/223-1157 FAX: 503/223-4530 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.

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Buyer’s Guide u Commercial Aquatic Services, Inc. (Orange) 1332 Bell Avenue 2-F, Tustin, CA 92780 PH: 877/794-6227 FAX: 877/794-6329 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.

Creative Recreational Systems, Inc. (Sacramento) P.O. Box 356, Folsom, CA 95630 PH: 916/638-5375 FAX: 916/638-5427 E-Mail: play@creativesystems.com Website: www.creativesystems.com REP: Paul Stanfel, President SERVICE: Distributing and installing commercial recreation equipment for 39 years. Playgrounds, safety surfacing, shades and more!

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

Dahlin Group Architecture Planning (Alameda) 5865 Owens Dr., Pleasanton, CA 94588 PH: 925/251-7200 FAX: 925/251-7201 E-Mail: kdanielson@dahlingroup.com Website: www.dahlingroup.com REP: Karl Danielson, Principal; Gregor Markel, Associate/Senior Architect; Elaine Moal, Marketing Manger SERVICE: Architectural and planning services.

Cornerstone Studios, Inc. (Orange) 106 W. 4th, 5th Floor, Santa Ana, CA 92701 PH: 714/973-2200 FAX: 714/973-0203 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 (Los Angeles) 20725 S. Western Avenue, Suite 134, Torrance, CA 90501 PH: 310/327-1271 FAX: 310/217-4099 E-Mail: info@chh2o.com Website: www.chh2o.com REP: Doug Cook; Scott Hunsaker; Paul Graves SERVICE: Aquatic design, engineering and consulting, programming, Facility Impact studies, existing facility evaluations, and feasibility studies. Crane Architectural Group (Orange) 110 E Wilshire Ave # 300, Fullerton, CA 92832-1934 PH: 714/525-0363 FAX: 714/525-9826 E-Mail: rcrane@cranearchitecturalgrp. com Website: www.cranearchitecturalgrp.com REP: Rick Crane, Owner SERVICE: Architectural SERVICE: community centers, senior centers, sports complexes, concession stands, park restrooms, ADA improvements.

Dave Bang Associates, Inc. (Orange) P.O. Box 1088, Tustin, CA 92781 PH: 800/669-2585 FAX: 800/729-2483 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) 4200 Concours, Ste 200, Ontario, CA 91764-7976 PH: 909/481-5750 FAX: 909/481-5757 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) 151 Kalmus Drive, Suite M-8, Costa Mesa, CA 92626 PH: 714/641-1300 FAX: 714/641-1323 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.

EcoGreen Environmental, LLC (Orange) 24481 Alta Vista Drive #2, Dana Point, CA 92629 PH: 949/496-4104 FAX: 949/496-1730 E-Mail: craig@ecogreennow.com Website: www.EcoGreenNow.com REP: Craig B. Stern, President; Mike Baldwin, Member SERVICE: Offering the World’s Safest Playground Surfacing, FREE Pet Pouch Dispensers and Lowest Cost Oxo-biodegradable bags.

Design for Play (Riverside) 1079 Lyons Circle, Banning, CA 92220 PH: 951/922-3900 FAX: 951/922-3939 E-Mail: info@jcboushhconsulting.com Website: www.jcboushhconsulting.com REP: JC Boushh, Development & Operations SERVICE: Playground consulting.

ETrak-plus (Charleston) 1095 Playground Road, Charleston, SC 29407 PH: 877/513-8725 FAX: 843/763-3877 E-Mail: jerry@etrak-plus.com Website: www.eTrak-plus.com REP: Jerry Plybon, Director of Business Development SERVICE: eTrak is a complete Parks and Recreation Management software solution.

Dog-ON-it-Parks (Snohomish) 626 128th Street SW #104A, Everett, WA 98204 PH: 877/348-3647 FAX: 425/347-3056 E-Mail: info@dog-on-it-parks.com REP: Kathy Max, President; Gary Max, Vice-President; Jason Wetzel, Production Manager SERVICE: Dog park exercise equipment, site furnishings and surfacing. Eagle Sports & Awards Company (Los Angeles) 19918 Bryant Street, Winnetka, CA 91306 PH: 310/384-2540 FAX: 818/886-5554 E-Mail: eaglemanelliot@hotmail.com Website: www.eaglesports.org REP: Elliot Heffler, Owner SERVICE: Silk-screening, embroidery, awards, banners, advertising & promotional specialties. EasyTurf, Inc. (San Diego) 2750 La Mirada Drive, Vista, CA 92081 PH: 866/Easy Turf FAX: 760/888-8430 E-Mail: patsy@easyturf.com Website: www.easyturf.com REP: David Hartman, President; Mike Bray, Director of Business Development; Rick Morgan, National Accounts Manager SERVICE: FieldTurf playground turf is fall zone rated to twelve feet. It’s safe, soft, durable and beautiful.

Field Paoli Architects (San Francisco) 150 California St., 7th Floor, San Francisco, CA 94111 PH: 415/788-6606 FAX: 415/788-6650 E-Mail: architects@fieldpaoli.com Website: www.fieldpaoli.com REP: Mark Schatz SERVICE: Architectural design and planning. Filice Enterprises, Inc. (Santa Clara) 711 Lincoln Avenue, San Jose, CA 95126 PH: 408/271-8841 FAX: 408/271-8861 E-Mail: mike@filicesurfaces.com Website: www.filicesurfaces.com REP: Mike Filice III, President; Michelle Filice, Vice-President SERVICE: Everything Playground surfacing, from Fibar to SofTile. Since 1995, California’s #1 source for all playground safety surfacing. The Finals (Orange) 21 Minisink Avenue, Port Jervis, NY 12771 PH: 800/345-3485 E-Mail: bfleitz@thefinals.com Website: www.thefinals.com REP: Bill Fleitz, General Manager SERVICE: Manufacturer of swimwear and lifeguard apparel. Custom logo’s available. Goggles, caps, and training equipment.

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Buyer’s Guide u First Service (Sonoma) 737 Southpoint Blvd., #D, Petaluma, CA 94954 PH: 800/227-1742 FAX: 800/809-9172 E-Mail: firstservice@clubstuff.com Website: www.clubstuff.com REP: Dan Goldblatt, Tom Helms, John Jordan, Matthew Mendonsa, Lori Englehardt SERVICE: Basketball and volleyball equipment, protective padding, bleachers, lockers, athletic flooring, seating and site furnishings. Freshpark LLC. (Orange) 7412 Count Circle, Huntington Beach, CA 92647 PH: 714/369-2495 E-Mail: freshparkproducts@yahoo.com Website: www.freshpark.com REP: Matt Piercey, Co-Owner; Roger Hickey, Owner SERVICE: The only complete portable skateboard, BMX, Boards, pads, helmets, & ramps park program in the world. GameTime Northern California (Marin) 1030-B Railroad Avenue, Novato, CA 94945 PH: 415/899-9996 FAX: 415/899-9050 E-Mail: lseavey@gametime.com REP: Leo Seavey, General Manager SERVICE: Playground equipment, safety surfacing, site amenities, shade, splash pads/spray parks, outdoor exercise. Gates & Associates (Contra Costa) 2671 Crow Canyon Road, San Ramon, CA 94583 PH: 925/736-8176 FAX: 925/838-8901 E-Mail: tyoung@dgates.com Website: dgates.com REP: Todd Young, Principal; Chuck Gardella, Sr. Associates; Vanessa Lindores, Associate SERVICE: Landscape architecture.

Glass Architects (Sonoma) 200 E Street, #100, Santa Rosa, CA 95404 PH: 707/544-3920 FAX: 707/544-2514 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. Goric Marketing Group USA (Middlesex) P.O. Box 117, Ashland, MA 01721 PH: 877/467-4287 FAX: 508/881-0943 E-Mail: laura@goric.com Website: www.goric.com REP: Laura Wilson, Sales Manager SERVICE: Cutting edge play equipment: unique playpoints, sensory and musical elements, and water/sand play systems. Great Western Park & Playground (Cache) 2598 West 5700 South PO Box 97, Wellsville, UT 84339 PH: 800/453-2735 FAX: 435/245-5057 E-Mail: info@gwpark.com Website: www.gwpark.com REP - Nevada and UT: Steve Kyriopoulos, Owner-VP; California Reps: Scott Maynard; Nate Younker; Eric Molano; Tyler Kyriopoulos SERVICE: We offer playground equipment and safety surfacing, site furnishings, athletic equipment, pavilions, shades and more. GreenCloudUSA, LLC Aka GreenParks USA (Multnomah) P.O. Box 80762, Portland, OR 97280 PH: 503/799-8011 FAX: 503/768-5121 E-Mail: tom@greenparksusa.com Website: www.greenparksusa.com REP: Tom Calabrese, Hydrogeologist SERVICE: GreenParksUSA provides online environmental stewardship tools including IPM Plan development and BMP documentation software.

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Greenfields Outdoor Fitness (Orange) 2625 South Orange Avenue, Santa Ana, CA 92707 PH: 888/315-9037 FAX: 866/308-9719 E-Mail: sam@greenfieldsfitness.com Website: www.GreenfieldsFitness.com REP: Aviv Arishay, Regional Manager SERVICE: Parks Equipment. Griffin Structures, Inc. (Orange) 385 2nd Street, Laguna Beach, CA 92651 PH: 949/497-9000 FAX: 949/497-8883 E-Mail: khenderson@griffinholdings.net Website: www.griffinholdings.net REP: Roger Torriero, CEO, Frank Martinez, EVP, Kelly Boyle, EVP SERVICE: Construction/program manager for the public/private sector. Gro-Power, Inc. (San Bernardino) 15065 Telephone Avenue, Chino, CA 91710 PH: 909/393-3744 FAX: 909/393-2773 E-Mail: gropowerinc@verizon.net Website: www.gropower.com REP: Brent Holden, President; David Diehl, Sales Representative; Jack Engberg, Sales Representative SERVICE: Park maintenance going Green? Gro-Power products are safe for the environment and naturally conserve water. Group 4 Architecture Research + Planning, Inc. (San Mateo) 211 Linden Ave, South San Francisco, CA 94080 PH: 650/871-0709 FAX: 650/871-7911 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. HAI, Hirsch & Associates, Inc. (Orange) 2221 E. Winston Rd. #A, Anaheim, CA 92806 PH: 714/776-4340 FAX: 714/776-4395 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.

Hanson Associates (Orange) 275 Centennial Way, #211, Tustin, CA 92780-1945 PH: 714/368-1922 FAX: 714/368-1925 E-Mail: hansonassoc.msuarez@gmail.com Website: www.hansonassoc.com REP: Juan Suarez, Estimator/CEO; Rick Suarez, Vice-President/Estimating SERVICE: 30+ years wholesale/installation: playgrounds, safety surfacing, athletic equipment, site furnishings, shades/shelters, bleachers. Harris Design (Alameda) 755 Folger Avenue, Berkeley, CA 94710 PH: 510/647-3792 FAX: 510/647-3712 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. Hermann & Associates (Riverside) 78365 Hwy 111, PMB 332, La Quinta, CA 92253 PH: 760/777-9131 FAX: 760/777-9132 E-Mail: chris@hermannandassociates.com Website: www.hermannandassociates.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. The HLA Group Landscape Architects & Planners, Inc. (Sacramento) 1050 Twentieth Street, Ste 200, Sacramento, CA 95811 PH: 916/447-7400 FAX: 916/447-8270 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. Holidaygoo (Los Angeles) 2531 West 237th Street, Suite 115, Torrance, CA 90505 PH: 310/326-1704 E-Mail: toastrite@aol.com REP: Melvin Mantell, President SERVICE: A complete line of Easter, Halloween and Christmas merchandise.

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Buyer’s Guide u Hunter Industries (Placer) P.O. Box 1005, Meadow Vista, CA 95722 PH: 916/899-9437 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. Ian Davidson Landscape Architecture (Riverside) 3547 Market Street, Riverside, CA 92501 PH: 951/683-1283 FAX: 951/683-4352 E-Mail: idavidson@idlainc.com REP: Ian Davidson, President; Jennifer Potter, Director of Marketing SERVICE: Landscape architecture, site master planning and multi-disciplinary project development for park and recreational facilities. Innovative Playgrounds Company LLC (Los Angeles) 12407 East Slauson Avenue, Unit D, Whittier, CA 90606 PH: 877/732-5200 FAX: 562/693-5199 E-Mail: info@innovativeplaygrounds.com Website: www.innovativeplaygrounds.com REP: Alvino Larios, President SERVICE: Sales, designs, and project management for playground/fitness equipment, safety surfacing, shade structures, and sport/site amenities. Irrigation Water Technologies America, Inc. (Boulder) 1200 S. Fordham Street, Suite B, Longmont, CO 80501 PH: 720/445-3739 E-Mail: jossa@kisssusa.com Website: www.kisssusa.com REP: Ben Forman, So Cal Regional Sales SERVICE: KISSS systems are labor, and are highly reliable subsurface irrigation systems which save water.

Jacobs, Inc. (Sacramento) 180 Promenade Circle, Ste. 300, Sacramento, CA 95834 PH: 916/929-3323 FAX: 916/929-1772 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. JetMulch (Santa Cruz) P.O. Box 1667, Capitola, CA 95010 PH: 866/306-8524 FAX: 831/462-2126 E-Mail: phil@jetmulchinc.com Website: www.jetmulchinc.com REP: Phil Reiker, President/Manager SERVICE: Blown-In Mulch and ASTM certified playground materials. Jones & Madhavan (Ventura) 100 E Thousand Oaks Blvd Ste 211, Thousand Oaks, CA 91360-8134 PH: 805/777-8449 FAX: 805/777-8489 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. Keenan & Associates (Los Angeles) 2355 Crenshaw Blvd., Suite 200, Torrance, CA 90501 PH: 310/212-3344 FAX: 310/787-8838 E-Mail: bpasquale@keenan.com Website: www.keenan.com REP: Betti Paquale, Assistant Vice President SERVICE: Loss Control Services, training and playground inspections and program consulting. Kidz Love Soccer (Santa Clara) 580 East Weddell Drive, Suite 2, Sunnyvale, CA 94089 PH: 408/252-1894 FAX: 408/252-3490 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.

Klassen Corporation (Kern) 2021 Westwind Dr., Bakersfield, CA 93301 PH: 661/324-3000 FAX: 661/324-3900 E-Mail: markd@klassencorp.com Website: www.klassencorp.com REP: Mark Delmarter, Director of Business Development; Robert Blair, Director of Architecture; Jennifer Blackwood, Director of Marketing SERVICE: Klassen Corporation provides integrated project delivery systems through architectural, general construction and construction management service. Kleen Play (San Bernardino) 4863 Cheyenne Way, Chino, CA 91710 PH: 909/517-3900 FAX: 909/591-3990 E-Mail: kleenplay@sbcglobal.net SERVICE: Commercial Playground Installation and site work. Knorr Systems, Inc. (Orange) 2221 Standard Ave., Santa Ana, CA 92707 PH: 714/754-4044 FAX: 714/754-7791 E-Mail: cindyb@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. Knott’s Berry Farm (Orange) 8039 Beach Boulevard, Buena Park, CA 90620 PH: 714/220-5126 FAX: 714/220-5124 E-Mail: janet.nakao@knotts.com Website: www.knotts.com REP: Janet Nakao, 8039 Beach Blvd., Buena Park, CA 90620-5002, PH 714/220-5126, FAX 714/220-5124 SERVICE: Knott’s Berry Farm is the place for group fun with 165 rides, shows and attractions.

KOMPAN, Inc. (Pierce) 930 Broadway, Tacoma, WA 98402 PH: 800/426-9788 FAX: 253/579-1044 E-Mail: sarstr@kompan.com Website: www.kompan.com REP: Recreation Republic, Inc., Mark and Susanne Anderson, Southern, Central and Northern California (888) 8436128; Margaret Brown, Northern California Coastal Counties and Marin, Solano, Lake Santa Clara, San Benito, Contra Costa Counties 707/887-9737 SERVICE: KOMPAN is the leading manufacturer of environmentally sustainable playground equipment, design, engineering and manufacturing. Kromer Co. LLC (Hennepin) 2328 Beach Blvd., Pacifica, CA 94044 PH: 763/746-4040 FAX: 763/746-4041 E-Mail: DustineCallahan@Kromerco.com REP: Dustine Callahan, Sales & Marketing Manager; Ronn Ponath, President; Joy Arens, Marketing & Acctg. Analyst SERVICE: Kromer manufacturer line of athletic field maintenance products to make your fields look and play great! KTU + A Planning & Landscape Architecture (San Diego) 3916 Normal Street, San Diego, CA 92103 PH: 619/294-4477 FAX: 619/294-9965 E-Mail: kurt@ktua.com Website: www.ktua.com REP: Kurt Carlson, Principal; Cheri Blatner, Senior Associate; Sharon Singleton, Principal SERVICE: Award winning planning and landscape architectural services for parks, recreation facilities, sports complexes, interpretive centers, open spaces and trails. KVO Industries (Sonoma) 1825 Empire Industrial Ct, Ste A, Santa Rosa, CA 95403 PH: 707/573-6868 FAX: 707/573-6888 E-Mail: sales@kvoindustries.com Website: www.kvoindustries.com REP: Steve Vandyk, V.P. Marketing SERVICE: Provider of specialty sign products including porcelain enamel, high pressure laminate and framing systems.

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Buyerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Guide u L.A. Steelcraft Products, Inc. (Los Angeles) PO Box 90365, Pasadena, CA 911090365 PH: 626/798-7401 FAX: 626/798-1482 E-Mail: info@lasteelcraft.com Website: www.lasteelcraft.com REP: James Holt, President SERVICE: Equipment manufacturer: sports, playgrounds, schools, industry. Featuring fiberglass tables & benches, court & field equipment, bike racks, flagpoles & site amenities. Landscape Communications, Inc. (Orange) 14771 Plaza Dr., Suite M, Tustin, CA 92780 PH: 714/979-5276 x122 FAX: 714/979-3543 E-Mail: smattox@landscapeonline.com Website: www.LandscapeOnline.com Service: Free subscription to Landscape Architect and Specifier News & access to our annual trade show Lincoln Equipment, Inc. (Contra Costa) 2051 Commerce Avenue, Concord, CA 94520 PH: 925/687-9500 FAX: 925/680-2825 E-Mail: sales@lincolnaquatics.com Website: www.lincolnaquatics.com Rep: REP: Charles Luecker, President & CEO SERVICE: Distributors of commercial swimming pool equipment, chemicals and aquatic supplies since 1954. Lincoln Equipment, Inc. (Orange) 182 Viking Avenue Brea, CA 92821 PH: 714/990-6015, 800/223-5450, FAX: 714/990-4130 E-Mail: ahickman@lincolnaquatics.com REP: Andrea Hickman, Office Manager SERVICE: Distributors of commercial swimming pool equipment, chemicals and aquatic supplies since 1954.

LPA, Inc. (Placer) 1548 Eureka Road #101, Roseville, CA 95661 PH: 916/772-4300 FAX: 916/772-4330 E-Mail: ksullivan@lpainc.com Website: www.lpainc.com REP: LPA Inc. (Placer),Roseville, CA;LPA Inc. (Orange) 5161 California Avenue Suite 100, Irvine, CA 92617, 949/2611001, Fax: 949/260-1190, E-mail: ksullivan@lpainc.com; 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, planning, and interior design for community/senior centers, aquatics and parks. Lynn Capouya, Inc. (Orange) 17992 Mitchell So., Irvine, CA 92614 PH: 949/756-0150 FAX: 949/756-1635 E-Mail: lynn@lcapouya.com REP: Lynn Capouya, President SERVICE: Landscape architecture, park master planning and programming implementation of sustainable practices including planting and irrigation design and retrofit. Mallard Creek, Inc. (Placer) 4095 Duluth Avenue, Rocklin, CA 95765 PH: 916/645-1681 FAX: 877/607-9404 E-Mail: jenny@mallardcreekinc.com Website: www.mallardcreeklsm.com REP: Carol Williams, Accounting Manager SERVICE: Wholesale landscape materials. Mariposa Landscapes (Los Angeles) 15529 Arrow Hwy, Irwindale, CA 91706 PH: 626/960-0196 FAX: 626/960-8944 E-Mail: terry@mariposa-ca.com Website: www.mariposa-ca.com REP: Terry Noriega, President SERVICE: Landscape Construction, Hardscape Construction, Landscape Maintenance, Tree Care, Indoor Plantscape.

Mark Seeding Services, Inc. (Sacramento) P.O. Box 187, Galt, CA 95632 PH: 209/745-0491 FAX: 209/745-5049 E-Mail: rhonda.mark@markseeding.com Website: www.markseeding.com REP: Robert A. Mark, President; Rhonda Mark, VP Administration; Beau J. Fife, Weed Abatement Coordinator SERVICE: Hydroseeding, Erosion Control Contractor specializing in turf, native grass establishment, including weed abatement, mowing. Marshall Austin Productions (Jefferson) 16778 Foxwood Lane, Morrison, CO 80465 PH: 303/988-2200 FAX: 303/988-1878 E-Mail: info@marshallaustin.com Website: www.marshallaustin.com REP: Roy Mertik, President SERVICE: The industry leader in the design and sale of mobile stages. Medieval Times Dinner & Tournament (Orange) 7662 Beach Blvd., Buena Park, CA 90622 PH: 714/523-1110 FAX: 714/523-8360 E-Mail: laneisha.young@medievaltimes. com Website: www.medievaltimes.com REP: La Neisha Young, Sales Manager; David Manuel, Marketing Manager SERVICE: Four-course medieval feast. Live 2-hour tournament. Group and summer camp discounts available. Meyer & Associates Architecture (Orange) 23265 South Pointe Drive, Suite 102, Laguna Hills, CA 92653 PH: 949/380-1151 FAX: 949/380-8117 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) 3780 Wilshire Blvd., #250, Los Angeles, CA 90010 PH: 213/384-3844 FAX: 213/384-3833 E-Mail: office@mlagreen.com Website: www.mlagreen.com REP: Mia Lehrer, President; Jan Dyer, Senior Associate; Jeff Hutchins, Principal SERVICE: Designing landscapes that inspire, using technologies that sustain, creating places that matter. MIG, Inc. (Alameda) 800 Hearst Ave., Berkeley, CA 94710 PH: 510/845-7549 FAX: 510/845-8750 E-Mail: mindyc@migcom.com Website: www.migcom.com MIG Pasadena: 169 N. Marengo Ave., Pasadena, CA 91101-1703, 626/7449872, FAX 626/744-9873 MIG Fullerton: 801 N. Harbor Boulevard, Fullerton, CA 92832, 714/871-3638, Fax 714/871-1188 MIG Davis: 613 G Street, Davis, CA 95616, 530/7539606, FAX 530/753-9608 REP: Sally McIntyre, Susan Goltsman, Tim Gilbert, Principal SERVICE: Landscape Architecture and planning for recreation, sports, park and open space and the public realm from visioning to construction documents. Miracle Playground Sales/Miracle Recreation (Riverside) 9106 Pulsar Ct, Ste C, Corona, CA 92883-4632 PH: 800/264-7225 FAX: 877/215-3869 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. Mobi Mats (Passaic) 75 Kingsland Avenue, Clifton, NJ 07014 PH: 973/928-3040 FAX: 973/928-3041 E-Mail: assistant@mobi-mat-dms.com Website: www.mobi-mat-dms.com REP: Alex Girard, Sales Area Manager SERVICE: Mobi-Mat RecPath is a portable and removable rollout access pathway for pedestrians, wheelchair users and vehicles.

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Buyer’s Guide u Most Dependable Fountains, Inc. (Shelby) 5705 Commander Dr., Arlington, TN 38002-0587 PH: 800/552-6331 FAX: 901/867-4008 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. Murdock-Super Secur (Los Angeles) P.O. Box 3527, City of Industry, CA 91744 PH: 800/591-9880 FAX: 626/855-4860 E-Mail: bmurdock@acorneng.com Website: www.murdock-supersecur.com REP: John S. Mitchell, Manager SERVICE: Pre-engineered buildings, restroom plumbing fixtures, drinking fountains, and water hydrants. Musco Sports Lighting (Orange) 4 Jenner, Suite 100, Irvine, CA 92618 PH: 949/754-0503 FAX: 949/754-0637 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. MVE Institutional Inc. PlannersArchitecture Interiors (Orange) 1900 Main Street, Irvine, CA 92614 PH: 949/809-3380 FAX: 949/809-3381 E-Mail: bsimons@mve-institutional.com Website: www.mve-institutional.com REP: Robert Simons, AIA; Judy Cheng, LEED AP SERVICE: MVE Institutional is an architecture, planning and interiors firm with over 35 years of experience. My Bark Co., Inc. (San Joaquin) P.O. Box 932, Linden, CA 95236 PH: 209/786-4042 FAX: 209/786-4043 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.

Nasco (Stanislaus) P.O. Box 101, Salida, CA 95368 PH: 209/545-1600 FAX: 209/543-1244 E-Mail: jfelt@enasco.com Website: www.enasco.com REP: Jim Felt, Director of Sales; Donna Cervantes, Store Manager SERVICE: Nasco Modesto provides a widely diversified selection of arts, crafts and recreational products for all ages. Natural Structures (Baker) P.O. Box 270, Baker City, OR 97814-0270 PH: 541/523-0224 FAX: 541/523-0231 E-Mail: info@naturalstructures.com Website: www.naturalstructures.com REP: Trudy England & Leslie Maiwald SERVICE: Designs, engineers and manufactures: water and pool slides, shelters, pavilions, kiosks, gazebos and site furnishings. NGI Sports a Division of River City Athletics (Hamilton) 2807 Walker Rd., Chattanooga, TN 37421 PH: 800/835-0033 FAX: 423/499-8882 E-Mail: cbrisbin@ngisports.com Website: www.ngisports.com REP: Cory Brisbin, West Coast Sales; Richard Burke, CEO/COO SERVICE: TITAN TRAX SHIELD® - TN, an affordable and durable solution to cracked tennis courts. Guaranteed crack-free. Noll & Tam Architects (Alameda) 729 Heinz Ave. #7, Berkeley, CA 94710 PH: 510/649-8295 FAX: 510/649-3008 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. NTD Architecture (Placer) 200 Auburn Folsom Rd Ste 200, Auburn, CA 95603 PH: 530/888-0999 FAX: 530/888-7336 E-Mail: jknighton@ntd.com Website: www.ntd.com REP: Jordan Knighton, AIA, 200 Auburn Folsom Rd Ste 200; Bruce Thomas, AIA, 9655 Granite Ridge Drive Ste 400, San Diego, CA 92123; Jay Tittle, AIA, 2025 Financial Way, Suite 106, Glendora, CA, 91741-4692 SERVICE: Architectural programming, planning and design for recreational facilities, civic and community centers and aquatic complexes.

NUVIS (Orange) 3151 Airway Avenue, Suite J-3, Costa Mesa, CA 92626 PH: 714/754-7311 FAX: 714/754-7346 E-Mail: info@nuvis.net Website: www.nuvis.net 5 Crow Canyon Ct. #110, San Ramon, CA 94583 (Contra Costa County) REP: Leslee A. Temple, FASLA, President SERVICE: NUVIS landscape architecture - over 40 years of design solutions for people, environments, and experiences worldwide. Outdoor Creations, Inc. (Shasta) P.O. Box 50, Round Mountain, CA 96084 PH: 530/337-6774 FAX: 530/337-6675 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 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. Pacific Park At the Santa Monica Pier (Los Angeles) 380 Santa Monica Pier, Santa Monica, CA 90401 PH: 310/260-8744 x253 FAX: 310/899-1826 E-Mail: SMCCANN@pacpark.com Website: www.pacpark.com REP: Sarah McCann, Marketing Sales Mgr. SERVICE: Family amusement park located at the Santa Monica Pier. Park and Restroom Structures, Inc. (Spokane) P.O. Box 13280, Spokane, WA 99213 PH: 509/922-2422 FAX: 509/922-2522 E-Mail: nick@parkandrestroomstructures.com Website: www.parkandrestroomstructures.com REP: Nick Bianco, President SERVICE: Prefabricated & precast concrete restroom, shower, concession & utility structures for parks & recreation department.

Patterson-Williams Athletic Manufacturing Company (Maricopa) 140 N. Gilbert Road, Mesa, AZ 85203 PH: 800/687-5768 FAX: 480/962-5290 E-Mail: pstokes@pwathletic.com Website: www.pwathlectic.com REP: Pete Stokes; Tom O’Keefe SERVICE: Manufacture of top-quality athletic, park & site equipment. PD Play (San Diego) 2458 South Santa Fe Avenue, Vista, CA 92084 PH: 760/597-5990 FAX: 760/597-5991 E-Mail: sales@pdplay.com Website: www.PDPLAY.com REP: John Ogden, President SERVICE: Designs and manufactures, in California, environmentally friendly commercial play structures, site furnishings, and poured-in-placed rubberized surfacing. Peak Software Systems (Salt Lake) 870 East 9400 South, Suite 201, Sandy, UT 84094 PH: 801/572-3570 FAX: 801/572-7834 E-Mail: sales@peakinfo.com Website: www.peakinfo.com REP: Debbie Nelsen, V P Sales; Paul Gines, Sr. Acct. Mgr. SERVICE: Providing industry leading Parks and Recreation Management software-SportsMan SQL-since 1993. Pentair Water Commercial Pool and Aquatics (Lee) 1620 Hawkins Ave., Sanford, NC 27330 PH: 919/566-8332 FAX: 919/566-8910 E-Mail: mike.fowler@pentair.com Website: www.pentaircommercial.com REP: Mike Fowler, Commercial Marketing Manager; Justin McCollum, Territory Sales Manager SERVICE: Manufacturer of swimming pool equipment and accessories serving the commercial and residential markets. PIER 39 (San Francisco) P.O. Box 193730, San Francisco, CA 94119-3730 PH: 415/705-5500 FAX: 415/981-8808 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.

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u Buyer’s Guide Pilot Rock Site Products R.J. Thomas Mfg. Co., Inc. (Cherokee) P.O. Box 946, Cherokee, IA 51012-0946 PH: 800/762-5002 FAX: 712/225-5796 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. The Planning Center/DC&E (Alameda) 1625 Shattuck Avenue 3rd Floor, Berkeley, CA 94709 PH: 510/848-3815 FAX: 510/848-4315 E-Mail: melissa@dceplanning.com Website: www.dceplanning.com REP: Sarah Sutton, Principal; Melissa Erikson, Sr. Associate; Isabelle Minn, Assoc. Principal SERVICE: Landscape architecture, park design, public outreach, master planning, open space and trail design, environmental review. Play Foundations Inc. (San Diego) 179 Roymar Road, Suite E, Oceanside, CA 92058 PH: 760/721-2993 FAX: 760/721-3837 E-Mail: info@playfoundations.com Website: www.playfoundations.com REP: Jack Coxm, President/CEO SERVICE: Certified installer of leading playground, recreational equipment and surfacing manufacturers. Quality maintenance services for existing playgrounds. Play Safe Inspection, LLC (Los Angeles) P.O. BOX 16654, Encino, CA 91416-6654 PH: 818/342-2262 FAX: 818/578-3408 E-Mail: info@play-safe-inspection.com Website: www.play-safe-inspection.com REP: Jim Stein SERVICE: Independent inspector, surface impact testing with Triax, early childhood certified, playground inspections, compliance certificates, insured. Play Smart Surfacing (San Bernardino) 1125 Research Drive #A, Redlands, CA 92374 PH: 909/799-8100 FAX: 909/799-8120 E-Mail: info@playsmartsurfacing.com Website: www.playsmartsurfacing.com REP: Rafael Alzaga, Vice President SERVICE: Installation of turf, bound, tile and PIP surfacing for playground, walkways and recreational use.

Play-Well TEKnologies (Marin) 224 Greenfield Ave., San Anselmo, CA 94960 PH: 415/578-2746 FAX: 415/460-5108 E-Mail: jeff@play-well.org Website: www.play-well.org REP: Jeff Harry, VP of Marketing SERVICE: Teaching engineering to kids utilizing lego (grades K-5th). PlayCore (Hamilton) 401 Chestnut Street Suite 310, Chattanooga, TN 37402 PH: 423/648-5566 FAX: 423/648-5567 E-Mail: lmoore@playcore.com Service: PlayCore helps build stronger communities by advancing play through research, education, partnerships, and products. Playcraft Direct, Inc. (Josephine) 123 N. Valley Dr., Grants Pass, OR 97526 PH: 888/571-7640 FAX: 541/244-2196 E-Mail: sales@playcraftdirect.com Website: www.playcraftsystems.com REP: Kurt Krauss, CEO; Toney Lewis, Sales Manager SERVICE: Seller of playground equipment (commercial type).

Playgrounds Unlimited (Santa Clara) 1175 Willow Avenue, Sunnyvale, CA 94086 PH: 408/244-9848 FAX: 408/244-9847 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. PlaySafe, LLC (Bernalillo) PO Box 66056, Albuquerque, NM 87193-6056 PH: 505/899-9532 FAX: 505/899-2666 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.

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Buyer’s Guide u Quadriga Landscape Architecture & Planning (Sacramento) 2613 J Street, Sacramento, CA 95816 PH: 916/441-2129 E-Mail: Christine@quadriga-inc.com Website: www.quadriga-inc.com REP: Christine Talbot, Associate Principal, Russ Mallard, Landscape Architect SERVICE: Landscape Architectural and Planning Services. Recology Grover Environmental Products (Stanislaus) P.O. Box 128, Westley, CA 95387 PH: 866/764-5765 FAX: 209/545-8873 E-Mail: dramsey@recology.com REP: Vince Tye, Sales Manager, Dawn Ramsey, Administrative Assistant SERVICE: We provide WonderPlay playground surface material to schools, municipalities & homeowners. Recreation Republic (San Diego) 7668 El Camino Real, Suite 104-287, Carlsbad, CA 92009 PH: 760/510-1886 FAX: 760/282-7082 E-Mail: info@recrepublic.com Website: www.recrepublic.com REP: Suzanne Anderson, President; Mark Anderson, V.P. S. CA Office: 7668 El Camino Real, Suite 104-287, Carlsbad, CA 92009 N. CA. Office: 151 Petaluma Blvd., Unit 212, Petaluma, CA 94952 (888) 843-6128 SERVICE: Playgrounds (Kompan), Aquatic climbing walls, Splashpads, waterslides, site furnishings, shelters, boulder/net climbers, surfacing, skate parks. RecWest Outdoor Products, Inc. (Ventura) 31316 Via Colinas, #118, Westlake Village, CA 91362 PH: 818/735-3838 FAX: 818/735-9612 Website: www.playlsi.com REP: Mike Bennett, President SERVICE: Representing Landscape Structures Inc. - park, playground and skate park equipment. Restroom Facilities, Ltd. (Washoe) 400 Western Road, Reno, NV 89506 PH: 775/327-6060 FAX: 775/327-6066 E-Mail: carl@restroomfacilities.com Website: www.restroomfacilities.com REP: Tom Klein; Carl Hackney SERVICE: Designer and manufacturer of prefab restroom and concession buildings for parks, sports complexes, and campgrounds.

RHA Landscape Architects Planners, Inc. (Riverside) 6216 Brockton Avenue, Suite 212, Riverside, CA 92506 PH: 951/781-1930 FAX: 951/686-8091 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) 2001 East First St., Ste 160, Santa Ana, CA 92705 PH: 714/245-9270 FAX: 714/245-9275 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) 31591 Camino Capistrano, San Juan Capistrano, CA 92675 PH: 949/493-2600 FAX: 949/493-2690 E-Mail: rjm@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. Roaring Camp Railroads (Santa Cruz) Attention Paul Nakamoto Box G-1, Felton, CA 95018 PH: 831/335-4484 FAX: 831/335-1702 E-Mail: info@roaringcamp.com Website: www.roaringcamp.com REP: Pamela Elwood, Group Sales Manager, Adele@roaringcamp.com SERVICE: An 1880s theme park with authentic steam train excursions through redwoods, with delicious chuckwagon BBQ & excursions to Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk.

Robertson Industries, Inc. (Maricopa) 4401 E Baseline Road, Suite 105, Phoenix, AZ 85042 PH: 800/858-0519 FAX: 602/340-0402 E-Mail: rhawley@totturf.com Website: www.totturf.com Northern California: 2442 Estand Way Pleasant Hill, CA 94523 Southern California: 16059 Foothill Blvd Irwindale, CA 91706 REP: Richard Hawley, Corporate VP/GM SERVICE: Robertson Industries, Inc. sells, manufacturers and installs safety surfaces - TotTurf and TotTurf Synthetic Plus. RockCraft Designs 8-1865 Sargent Avenue, Winnipeg, MB R3H OE4 PH: 866/786-1635 FAX: 204/774-6099 E-Mail: info@playwalls.com Website: www.playwalls.com REP: Ken Crozier, President; Cathy Kleeman, Sales & Marketing SERVICE: Bouldering = Fun + Fitness Our concrete boulders promote: Coordination, Agility, Muscle Development, Social and Cooperative play. ROMTEC, Inc. (Douglas) 18240 N. Bank Road, Roseburg, OR 97470 PH: 541/496-3541 FAX: 541/496-0803 E-Mail: romtec5@romtec.com Website: www.romtec.com REP: Ryan Smith, National Sales Manager SERVICE: Romtec designs, manufactures and installs pre-engineered restrooms, restroom-shower, restroom-concession, shelter-pavilions and multi-use building. Ross Recreation Equipment (Sonoma) 100 Brush Creek Road #206, Santa Rosa, CA 95404 PH: 707/538-3800 FAX: 707/538-3826 E-Mail: info@rossrec.com Website: www.rossrec.com REP: Ewing Philbin & Cheri Yokoi; Chris Tait, P.O. Box 861, Folsom, CA 95763, 916/985-6349, FAX 916/985-6421; Liz Riehl, 229 Sea Ridge Road, Aptos, CA 95003, 831/689-9110, F AX 831/689-9112 SERVICE: In our 30th year offering design/build capabilities for play structures by Landscape Structures, Inc. Also safety surfacing and site furnishings.

Rowley International Inc (Los Angeles) 2325 Palos Verdes Dr West, Suite 312, Palos Verdes Estates, CA 90274-2755 PH: 310/377-6724 x21 FAX: 310/3778890 E-Mail: debbie@rowleyinternational.com Website: www.rowleyinternational.com REP: Bill Rowley SERVICE: Specialists in aquatic design, engineering and construction. Over 30 years experience in municipal aquatic facilities. Royston, Hanamoto Alley & Abey (Marin) 225 Miller Ave., Mill Valley, CA 94941 PH: 415/383-7900 FAX: 415/383-1433 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. RRM Design Group (San Luis Obispo) 3765 South Higuera Street, Suite 102, San Luis Obispo, CA 93401 PH: 805/543-1794 FAX: 805/543-4609 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. RWP FIBER FALL (Los Angeles) 1313 E Phillips Blvd, Pomona, CA 91766-5431 PH: 877/476-9797 FAX: 909/868-1162 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.

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u Buyer’s Guide S & S Worldwide (New London) 75 Mill Street P.O. Box 513, Colchester, CT 06415 PH: 800/243-9232 FAX: 800/566-6678 E-Mail: scervini@ssww.com Website: www.ssww.com REP: Sandy Cervini, Bids & Contracts Manager; Brian Ennis, Sales Representative SERVICE: SpectrumTM and Gator Skin® sports equipment, Color Splash!® arts & craft, and early childhood educational supplies. Safeplay By Design, Inc. (Sacramento) 9666 Sheldon Road, Elk Grove, CA 95624-9437 PH: 916/647-0912 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) 7095 Hollywood Blvd #1308, Los Angeles, CA 90028 PH: 888/878-0244 FAX: 888/878-0244 E-Mail: safetyplay@mindspring.com Website: www.mindspring. com/~safetyplay REP: Scott Burton Florida Office: 10460 Roosevelt Blvd., #295, St. Petersburg, FL 33716-3821 SERVICE: Playground audits, inspection tool kits, expert witness, safety manuals, safety classes, planning/design services, safety signs/labels.

SAMLARC - Rancho Santa Margarita Landscape and Recreation Corp. (Orange) 22342A Avenida Empresa, #102A, Rancho Santa Margarita, CA 92688 PH: 949/209-5082 FAX: 949/589-6603 E-Mail: pripley@meritpm.com Website: www.samlarc.org REP: Paul R. Ripley, Construction Projects Use and Manager; Patrick White, Park Sports Field Manager; Dennis Moss, Operations Manager, Parks & Facilities SERVICE: Master planned HOA.

Sator Sports, Inc. (Los Angeles) 1536 W. 228th Street, Unit B, Torrance, CA 90501 PH: 310/602-0127 FAX: 310/602-0160 E-Mail: mcursage@satorsports.com Website: www.satorsoccer.com REP: Milton Cursage, CEO; Tabatha Villa, Sales Manager SERVICE: Retail soccer equipment company (web/catalog). Schmidt Design Group, Inc. (San Diego) 2655 Fourth Avenue, San Diego, CA 92103 PH: 619/236-1462 FAX: 619/236-8792 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) 4745 Mangels Blvd., Fairfield, CA 94534 PH: 707/430-4300 FAX: 707/430-4319 E-Mail: gerard.vansteyn@sci-cg.com Website: www.sci-cg.com REP: Gerard Van Steyn, President; John Bliss, Senior Engineer; Lauren Crain, Administrative Assistant SERVICE: New revenue feasibility studies, ballot measures, assessment district formations and administration.

Shade ‘N Net (Maricopa) 5711 West Washington, Phoenix, AZ 85043 PH: 602/484-7911 FAX: 602/484-7919 E-Mail: joe@shade-n-net.com Website: www.shade-n-net.com REP: Joe Reda, Sales Manager; Michael Powers, Owner SERVICE: Tension cable breathable fabric shade structures/vents out heat/88% sun blockage/97% UV ray protection. Shade Structures (Orange) 350 Kalmus Dr, Costa Mesa, CA 92626 PH: 714/427-6981 FAX: 714/427-6982 E-Mail: rmiddleton@usa-shade.com Website: www.shadestructures.net REP: Rachel Middleton, Sales Administration SERVICE: Shade Structures’ Modular and custom fabric structures screen the sun and keep the fun! Sof’ Solutions Inc. (Salt Lake) P.O. Box 667, Draper, UT 84065 PH: 801/523-2452 FAX: 801/501-0762 E-Mail: info@sof-solutions.com Website: www.sof-solutions.com REP: Elouise Bird SERVICE: Sof ‘ Solutions is your solution for recreational surfacing. Wet or dry, indoors or out, you’re covered.

SofSurfaces Inc. 4393 Discovery Line, Petrolia, ON N7S 6H7 PH: 519/882-8799 FAX: 519/882-2697 E-Mail: morningc@sofsurfaces.com Website: www.sofsurfaces.com REP: John Prins, President; Chad Morningstar, Sales Manager SERVICE: SofTILE’s patented KrosLOCK edge and 5 year drop height performance guarantee make SofTILE is the logical choice for playground surfacing. South Bay Foundry (San Diego) 9444 Abraham Way, Santee, CA 92071 PH: 619/956-2780 FAX: 619/956-2788 E-Mail: sales@southbayfoundry.com Website: www.southbayfoundry.com REP: SERVICE: Manufacturer: Benches, Trash Receptacles, Tree/Trench Grates, Bollards, Storm Water Filters, Walnut Wattles, Restoration, Preservation. Southern California Municipal Athletic Federation (Los Angeles) P.O. Box 3605823 Lexington Gallantin Road, South El Monte, CA 91733 PH: 626/448-0853 x16 FAX: 626/4485219 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.

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Buyer’s Guide u Southern California Tennis Assoc (Los Angeles) 420 Charles E. Young Drive West P.O. Box 240015, Los Angeles, CA 90024 PH: 310/208-3838 x239 FAX: 310/824-7691 E-Mail: bischoff@scta.usta.com Website: www.usta.com USTA Northern California USTA Southern California ULCA Campus 420 Charles E. Young Drive West Los Angeles, CA 90024 www.scta.usta.com REP: Melanie Bischoff, Community Dev. Coordinator SERVICE: To promote & develop the growth of tennis in Southern California. SpectraTurf (Riverside) 500 E. Rincon Street #100, Corona, CA 92879-1352 PH: 800/875-5788 FAX: 951/734-3630 E-Mail: cwolf@spectraturf.com Website: www.spectraturf.com REP: Chris Wolf, General Manager; Rick Denney, Installation Manager SERVICE: Playground safety tiles and poured-in-place surfacing manufactured in California, factory-certified installers. ADA and planning specialists on staff. Spohn Ranch, Inc. Custom Skate Parks (Los Angeles) 15131 Clark Avenue, Unit B, City of Industry, CA 91745 PH: 626/330-5803 FAX: 626/330-5503 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. Sport Rock Int’l Inc. (San Luis Obispo) P.O. Box 32, Pismo Beach, CA 93448 PH: 805/481-5686 FAX: 805/489-6451 E-Mail: info@sportrockintl.com Website: www.sportrockintl.com REP: Mike English, Sales Rep SERVICE: Boulders; park and garden art and playground structures.

SportaFence Marketing Enterprises, LLC (Sacramento) 2126 Riggs Avenue, Sacramento, CA 95835 PH: 916/715-6287 E-Mail: dgentry@sportafence.com Website: www.sportsfence.com REP: Dan Gentry, President; Rick Kirkwood, Vice-President; Joan Drayton, Vice President, CFO SERVICE: Professional grade chain link portable fencing for sports and special events activities. Sports Turf Solutions (Monterey) 29001 Falcon Ridge Road, Salinas, CA 93908 PH: 831/484-2138 FAX: 831/484-2139 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) 303 Potrero Street, 40-C, Santa Cruz, CA 95060 PH: 831/459-0455 FAX: 831/459-0484 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. Stantec Consulting Inc. (Sacramento) 1201 J Street, Studio 100, Sacramento, CA 95814 PH: 916/569-2500 FAX: 916/921-9274 E-Mail: paul.marcillac@stantec.com Website: www.stantec.com REP: Todd W. Rhoads, ASLA, Vice President; Paul A. Marcillac, Principal Landscape Architect SERVICE: Parks and recreation planning and design including master planning, facilitation, sports field design and documentation.

Stonehenge Signs (Placer) 107 Buena Vista Ct, Roseville, CA 95747 PH: 916/201-3570 E-Mail: frankie@stonehengesigns.com Website: www.stonehengesigns.com REP: Frankie Tapia, Robert Conover, Diane Conover SERVICE: Providing natural engraved stone signage, tailored to each park’s unique character for over 30 years. Stover Seed Co. (Los Angeles) P.O. Box 21488, Los Angeles, CA 90021 PH: 213/626-9668 FAX: 213/626-4920 E-Mail: customer_service@stoverseed. com Website: www.stoverseed.com REP: Don Lewis, Regional Sales Manager; Jim Culley, Regional Sales Manager; Marcus Coulombe, Regional Sales Manager SERVICE: Distributors of turfgrasses for sportsfield & park use. Improved and hybrid bermudagrasses, kikuyugrass, salt tolerant ryegrasses. Sun Country Systems (Los Angeles) 11710 Chisholm Court, Agua Dulce, CA 91390 PH: 661/268-1550 FAX: 661/268-1159 E-Mail: timh@suncountrysystems.com Website: www.suncountrysystem.com REP: Tim Hollinger, President SERVICE: Playground equipment, site furnishing, protective surface synthetic. Techline Sports Lighting, LLC (Travis) 15303 Storm Drive, Austin, TX 78734 PH: 512/977-8880 FAX: 512/977-8882 E-Mail: ross@sportlighting.com Website: www.sportlighting.com REP: Ross Redden, Regional Sales Rep SERVICE: Sports Lighting. TMT Enterprises, Inc. (Santa Clara) 1996 Oakland Road, San Jose, CA 95131 PH: 408/432-9040 FAX: 408/432-9429 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 mizes, decomposed granite, organics.

TranSystems (Los Angeles) 6700 E. Pacific Coast Hwy #201, Long Beach, CA 90803 PH: 562/594-6974 FAX: 562/594-6975 E-Mail: saschmucker@transystems.com Website: www.transystems.com REP: Gordon Fulton, Regional Vice President; Michael Koenig, Marketing Manager SERVICE: TranSystems Corporation, offers programming, planning, design and construction management services. Tri Active America (San Luis Obispo) 178 4th Street, Suite 101, Grover Beach, CA 93433 PH: 800/587-4228 FAX: 805/595-1042 E-Mail: staff@triactiveamerica.com Website: www.triactiveamerica.com REP: Chris Litvinchuk, Co-Director of Sales SERVICE: Outdoor exercise equipment for parks, community centers, active again communities, schools and other organizations. TRK Playground Safety, L.L.C. (Madera) 46853 Chukchansi Road, Coarsegold, CA 93614 PH: 559/642-4939 E-Mail: trkplay@gmail.net Website: www.trkplay.com REP: Timothy R. Kelly, CPRS, Owner/ Manager SERVICE: Statewide; playground audits and inspections; attenuation surface impact testing; playground design; and safety education and awareness. Trueline (Riverside) 1651 Market St Ste B, Corona, CA 92880 PH: 951/817-0777 FAX: 951/817-0770 E-Mail: trueline40@aol.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) 2438 Radley Court, Hayward, CA 94545 PH: 800/585-8001 FAX: 510/785-3576 E-Mail: chuckt@turfstar.com Website: www.turfstar.com REP: Chuck Talley, Sales Manager, 800/585-8001 x7928, FAX 800/241-1997 SERVICE: Commercial mowing equipment & irrigation.

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u Buyer’s Guide Universal Studios Hollywood (Los Angeles) Sales Dept-Education & Youth100 Universal City Plaza, Bldg 5511-5, Universal City, CA 91608 PH: 818/622-3001 FAX: 818/622-0171 E-Mail: stephen.arthur@nbcuni.com Website: www.universalyouthprograms. com REP: Stephen Arthur, SERVICE: Universal is more than a Theme Park... It’s a classroom, too! Education and Recreation programs available for youth groups, ages 3 - 18 years. Verde Design, Inc. (Santa Clara) 2455 the Alameda, Suite 200, Santa Clara, CA 95050 PH: 408/985-7200 FAX: 408/985-7260 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. Vortex Aquatic Structures Int’l (Riverside) 9106 Pulsar Ct, Ste C, Corona, CA 92883-4632 PH: 877/886-7839 FAX: 514/335-5413 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. The Wakefield Company (Orange) P. O. Box 1119, Lake Forest, CA 92609 PH: 949/470-1130 FAX: 949/470-1131 E-Mail: wakefieldco@aol.com REP: Ryon Rickard, President SERVICE: Established in 1968. Providing site furnishings, tree grates, drinking fountains, boat docks, nature walks, beach access ramps.

Water Odyssey By Fountain People, Inc. (Hays) P.O. Box 807, 4600 Hwy. 123, San Marcos, TX 78667-0807 PH: 512/392-1155 FAX: 512/392-1154 E-Mail: info@waterodyssey.com Website: www.waterodyssey.com REP: Bill Hachmeister, AFO, National Sales Manager SERVICE: Leading manufacturer of aquatic playground and fountain equipment. Waterplay Solutions Corp. 1451 B. Ellis Street, Kelowna, BC V1Y 2A3 PH: 250/712-3393 FAX: 250/861-4814 E-Mail: marketing@waterplay.com Website: www.waterplay.com The Wax Museum At Fisherman’s Wharf (San Francisco) 145 Jefferson Street, Suite 500, San Francisco, CA 94133 PH: 415/202-0402 FAX: 415/771-9248 E-Mail: jguire@waxmuseum.com Website: www.waxmuseum.com REP: Jeanette Guire SERVICE: Visit over 275 famous movie stars, world leaders and sports heroes in over 35 scenes. WCCR Construction (San Bernardino) 2910 S. Archibald Avenue #A370, Ontario, CA 91761 PH: 909/465-1111 FAX: 866/887-9720 E-Mail: jbuck@wccrca.com Website: www.wccrca.com REP: John Buck, VP SERVICE: General engineering contractor, playground install, sitework, concrete construction. Wenger Corp. (Steele) 555 Park Drive PO Box 448, Owatonna, MN 55060 PH: 507/455-4100 FAX: 507/455-4258 E-Mail: stacy.hanson@wengercorp.com Website: www.wengercorp.com REP: Chris Storjohann SERVICE: Our indoor and outdoor performance equipment includes the Showmobile, Stagemobile, Inflatable Shell and Portable Staging.

West Coast Arborists, Inc. (Orange) 2200 E. Via Burton Street, Anaheim, CA 92806 PH: 714/991-1900 FAX: 714/956-3745 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. West Coast Rubber Recycling (San Benito) 1501 Lana Way, Hollister, CA 95023 PH: 831/634-2800 FAX: 831/634-2801 E-Mail: cameron@groundrubber.com Website: www.groundrubber.com REP: Cameron Wright, President SERVICE: Tire hauling, collecting, and recycling. Providing rubber for playgrounds, turf infill, pour-in-place buffings. West Coast Sand & Gravel (Sacramento) P.O. Box 277465, Sacramento, CA 95827 PH: 916/386-8177 FAX: 916/386-8179 E-Mail: jkurung@wcsg.com Website: www.wcsg.com REP: Joe Kurung, Sales; Alan Sybesma, Manager SERVICE: Distributor of sand/gravel and landscape materials. Manufacture baseball materials.

Wireless Telematics, LLC (San Diego) P.O. Box 1149, La Jolla, CA 92038-1149 PH: 858/864-8263 E-Mail: ross@wirelesstelematics.com Website: www.wirelesstelematics.com REP: Allan Ross, Greg Kimmel, President SERVICE: Web-based, automatic outdoor lighting control. Replaces timers and photocells, Control recreation venue wirelessly. Retrofits easily. WLC Architects, Inc. (San Bernardino) 8163 Rochester Ave, Ste 100, Rancho Cucamonga, CA 91730 PH: 909/987-0909 FAX: 909/980-9980 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. Zasueta Contracting, Inc. (San Diego) P. O. Box 866, Spring Valley, CA 91976 PH: 619/589-0609 FAX: 619/697-6031 E-Mail: azplaygrounds@cox.net Website: www.zasuetacontracting.com REP: Andrew Zasueta, President SERVICE: Playground equipment installation.

Who Built Creative Builders Inc. (Sonoma) P.O. Box 5207, Petaluma, CA 94955 PH: 707/763-6210 FAX: 707/658-2513 E-Mail: Jana@whobuilt.biz Website: www.whobuilt.biz REP: Jana Gebhardt, Owner SERVICE: Installation of Play Equipment and Athletic Equipment. Wimmer, Yamada & Caughey (San Diego) 3067 5th Avenue, San Diego, CA 92103 PH: 619/232-4004 FAX: 619/232-0640 E-Mail: BHilliker@wyac.com Website: www.wyac.com REP: Brad Hilliker, Landscape Architect; Luke Elingwood, Landscape Designer SERVICE: Landscape Architecture & environmental planning and design.

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Advertisers Index Aluminum Seating 800/757-SEAT www.aluminumseating.com Aqua Source 800/574-8081 www.aquasource.com Aquatic Design Group 800/938-0542 www.aquaticdesigngroup.com Arch Pac 760/734-1600 www.archpac.com

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Spotlight u city’s first two new parks in 24 years. http://www.surfsantamonica.com/ssm_site/the_lookout/ news/News-2011/December-2011/12_22_2011_Santa_ Monica_Names_New_Community_and_Cultural_Director.html

Santa Monica Names New Community and Cultural Director

By Lookout Staff The Lookout News Karen Ginsberg, who has been second in command of Santa Monica’s Community & Cultural Services -- one of the City’s largest and most visible departments -- assumed the top post. After what City officials called an “internal rigorous recruitment process,” Ginsberg was chosen to replace Barbara Stinchfield,

who for 14 years headed the department that has an operating budget of $47 million and approximately 400 full- and part-time employees. Ginsberg will oversee the construction of two new parks in the heart of the Civic Center, among other major program and infrastructure improvements, officials said. During her tenure, Ginsberg oversaw the expansion of Virginia Avenue Park and the development of Euclid and Airport Parks, which were the

Los Alamitos Picks Familiar Face for City Manager

By Paige Austin Encinitas Patch It didn’t take long for the Los Alamitos City Council to find a replacement for outgoing City Manager Jeff Stewart. On Nov. 23, Stewart publicly announced his plans to leave Los Alamitos to serve as Bellflower city manager, and on Nov. 28, the City Council met in closed session and voted to offer the job to Angie Avery, the city’s current director of recreation and community services. Avery has been with the city since 2006. She holds a bachelor’s degree in recreation and a master’s degree in recreation administration from Cal State Long Beach. http://losalamitos.patch. com/articles/city-choosesa-familiar-face-for-citymanager

New Encinitas Parks and Recreation Director Named By Marlena Medford Encinitas Patch Lisa Rudloff — a parks and recreation professional with more than 20 years of management experience in the field, including serving as the immediate past president of the California Park & Recreation Society — has been named the city of Encinitas’ Parks and Recreation Director. She began her position on November 21. As Director, Rudloff oversees 24 staff members and is responsible for a wide range of communityoriented services, including the Community and Senior Center; year-round recreational programs and events; 18 parks, six miles of beaches and 44 miles of trails; the Sister City program; pet-related services; and the Parks and Recreation, Senior and Youth commissions. The department also manages the design and construction of the new Encinitas Community Park and Moonlight State Beach Master Plan development projects. Parks and recreation has played a significant role in Rudloff’s life. Before it became her profession, it was her passion. She initially got on base with parks and recreation as an ambitious, sports-minded teenager working part-time for the city of Lodi’s parks and rec department, serving as a lifeguard and working at camps and clinics before heading off to the University of Oklahoma on a softball scholarship. After graduating with

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a B.A. in Recreation, Rudloff returned to Lodi, where she served as Recreation Supervisor until 2001, when she joined the Sunrise Recreation and Park District. There, she was ultimately appointed District Administrator. In this capacity, she functioned as CEO of the district serving 163,000 people in three communities featuring 32 developed parks and 10 open space sites. She also has held leadership positions in many professional organizations. http://encinitas.patch. com/articles/new-encinitasparks-and-rec-directornamed

past nine years. Prior to Danville, she worked for the Cosumnes Community Services District and the Sacramento County Children’s and Families Commission. While at Danville, Lacy was responsible for a $3.2 million budget covering nine program areas and managed six Capital Improvement Program projects. She was responsible for overseeing 35 sports fields covering the Town of Danville and the Alamo R-7A areas. She has facilitated the use and maintenance of fields at 16 locations by 11 youth and adult sports leagues. In addition, Lacy was awarded the Town’s 2005 Leader of the Year award and was instrumental in leading the Town’s Information Technology Master Plan. Lacy currently serves as the Vice-President of the CPRS Board of Directors and was previously the CPRS Board’s Secretary/ Treasurer and she held numerous positions with the Supervisors’ Section of CPRS.

Local Agency Recognized for Outstanding Project by the American Sports Builders Association

The Greater Vallejo Recreation and Park District (GVRD) was recently recognized by the American Sports Builders Association for an outstanding project in 2011. Napa Memorial Stadium was presented with the Distinguished Single Field and Green Facility Awards. Dan Foley (GVRD) was presented with the Distinguished Multi-Field Award. The awards were presented at the ASBA Technical Meeting, recently held in Palm Desert, Califor-

nia. ASBA is the national organization for builders, designers, and suppliers of materials for athletic facilities nationwide. Beals Alliance, a CPRS company member, was the design firm for the project.

Carol Severin Named President of East Bay Regional Park District Board

Carol Severin is the new president of the East Bay Regional Park District Board of Directors for the year 2012. A resident of Castro Valley, Carol is a retired professor of recreation from San Francisco State University. She has been on the Park District board since 1994, representing: Castro

Michelle Lacy Named City of Orinda Parks and Recreation Director In a recent email, Janet S. Keeter, City Manager, said, “I am pleased to announce that Michelle Lacy has been appointed to the position of Orinda Parks and Recreation Director. Michelle will join our team on January 3, 2012.” Lacy most recently worked for the Town of Danville where she served as the Town’s Recreation Services Manager for the

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Spotlight u Valley, Hayward, Union City, and portions of Fremont, Pleasanton and Dublin. Prior to that, she served 14 years as a board member of the Hayward Area Recreation and Park District. Carol has held statewide positions with the California Association of Recreation and Park Districts, and is currently on the Board of Directors of that organization. She has been a board member of California Special Districts Association and treasurer and director of the California Park and Recreation Society. Carol Severin succeeds Beverly Lane of Danville, who served as board president during 2011.

District Celebrates Its 50th Anniversary

Rancho Simi Recreation and Park District celebrated their 50th Anniversary in a big way; a really big way. On August 20, the district hosted four concerts in four locations, all at the same time. In addition to the concerts, each site featured games and family activities, dance lessons, free ice cream, prizes, and fireworks. An estimated 10,000 people showed up to dance, play games, watch fireworks and celebrate their community. Musical entertainment was provided by Dean Simmons: A Tribute to Garth Brooks; Boogie Knights: 70s Disco; The Long Run: Eagles tribute; and

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Fantastic Diamond: Neil Diamond tribute. Rancho Simi encompasses 113 square miles, including 50 parks, almost 6,000 acres of open space, and 80 miles of hiking trails. The communities of Simi Valley and Oak Park are in the district’s boundaries, with a population of 146,000. A force of 79 full time employees and, more than 300 part timers, including seasonal employees, provide classes, programs, events, sports, maintenance, administration services and more. The district works with the City of Simi Valley and Simi Valley Unified School District to bring excellence in parks and recreation to all segments of the communities it serves. These partnerships have resulted in preservation of open space, parkland acquisition, joint use agreements on school properties and more. Highlights of the district include two golf courses, a historical park, a historical railroad depot, 521 acres of developed park sites and partnerships with youth organizations for sports programming.

Richard Hawley is President Elect of IPEMA, the International Playground Equipment Manufacturers Association!

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Richard Hawley has been a member of IPEMA since 1996, becoming actively involved in committee and board functions six years ago. He currently serves as the Chair in

the IPEMA Membership Committee, a Member in the IPEMA Surfacing Certification Committee, and as Surfacing Director of the 2011 IPEMA Board of Directors. He was elected as President Elect on November 15, 2011 at the annual Board Meeting in Tampa, FL. He will serve as President Elect for 2 years, then President for another 2 years, and finally Immediate Past President for 2 years after that. Richard’s objective in his new role is to increase IPEMA awareness and educational value with end users, architect agencies, and general contractors. He is currently working on a poured in place (PIP) ASTM Standard that will improve the surfacing industry.

In Memoriam Hulet Clark Hornbeck “People need outdoor experiences; not everyone can get to Yosemite. We need parks for people in urban areas. Children need to be out in nature.” Hulet Clark Hornbeck passed away peacefully on January 7, 2012.

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Spotlight u Hulet grew up primarily in New Jersey. There he learned to love the great outdoors. His mother, Helen, would take him and his sister out of Newark on the train. They would get off and go “tramping” in the Ramapo Mountains. These experiences set the stage for Hulet’s life years later. During World War II Hulet was a member of the 435th Squadron, 19th Bomber Group. He navigated his B-17 Flying Fortress on bombing and reconnaissance missions. He came back a highly

decorated hero, receiving the Distinguished Flying Cross, and rose to the rank of Lt. Colonel. After the war Hulet earned his law degree from Rutgers University. He and his family then moved to California where the family settled into Martinez. Hulet joined the Sierra Club where he became enamored with the small but growing “conservation movement.” He became a part of the Park Council that led to the unification of Contra Costa and Alameda counties into the East Bay Regional Park District

(EBRPD). In 1965 Hulet Hornbeck was hired as the Head of Land and Water Acquisition for EBRPD. During his years at the park district he was tenacious at preserving open space in an ever-increasing urban environment. To Hulet every park had to be fought for. He looked ahead, he prepared, and he never stopped. It is estimated Hulet turned more than 50,000 acres into parks and the park district continues to grow, now 110,000 acres, thanks to master plans he helped set forth years ago.

Hulet remained active with the park district 25 years after retiring. He was also active with the CPRS, American Trails, National Trails Council, California Recreational Trails Committee (appt. by Gov. 1987 - 96), California Trails & Greenway Foundation, East Bay Area Trail Council, Contra Costa Parks Committee, California Conservation Council, Sierra Club, American Hiking Society, Heritage Trails Fund, Amigos de Anza, Martinez Land Trust, Save Mt. Diablo, and more.

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Professional Development IS Personal

The economy has changed agency support for the CPRS conference. We know that agencies have reduced

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training and travel for their employees. CPRS has created a Return on Investment (ROI) Tool Kit which will help you present your reasons why conference attendance will be valuable for the agency. Check it out at http://conference.cprs.org/Conference_ROI.html. If you absolutely cannot get agency support, how about making it a family vacation (there are lots of things to see and do in Long Beach!)? Your family members can participate in some of the planned tours and visit the exhibit hall with you (for a small fee). Now that I am a director, I feel it is important for my staff to attend the conference. In order to stretch my agency training budget, I cover many of my own expenses so other staff can attend. I believe that my personal investment in the conference is a worthwhile expenditure, and an agency’s investment in its staff brings results. We need to re-think that professional development IS also personal development – one that I have to make a financial investment in as well.

conference.cprs.org/Conference_ Volunteering.html. My first conference was 1986 in Fresno. I was young(ish) and working part-time, and while I don’t remember much about the sessions I attended or a specific exhibitor, I do remember many of the people I met. In fact, some have remained friends throughout my career. I’ve been fortunate enough to only have missed one or two conferences since then, and each year I look forward to spending time learning, networking and recharging my batteries. Serving as your President this past year has been rewarding. I thank the CPRS District and Section Presidents and Boards for their engagement, passion, and work. I thank the 2011-12 CPRS State Board of Directors for their commitment to this great organization. I leave you in the capable hands of President-elect Darin Loughrey. I hope to see YOU in Long Beach, and if you see me, please say hello!

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