A Bike Repair Station added to a trail in Colorado by local Boy Scout Brennan Truitt

A Bike Repair Station can be a welcome sight for any cyclist who finds themselves out on the road with a flat tire or a bike that needs repair.

But for Boy Scout Brennan Truitt, the need for a bike repair station in his area was personal as well.

Brennan said his mother was out riding one day on the Poudre River Trail Corridor between Greeley and Windsor Colorado and her bike got a flat tire. There was no way for her to fix the tire.

For an Eagle Rank Service Project, Brennan decided to provide a solution for other cyclists who found themselves in the same predicament.

Construction has started on the "Tunnel Tops" park which will be built above a former roadway along the water in San Francisco. (Art from Presidio Trust, Golden Gate National Parks Conservancy

In clever reuse of urban space, a 14-acre park will be built in San Francisco near the water over two freeway tunnels within sight of the Golden Gate Bridge.

The $110 million project will include thousands of native plants, trees, meadows, trails, gardens plus a community plaza and youth education center. It is scheduled to be completed in 2021.

The project called Tunnel Tops, is part of the popular Presidio area, which is a former military base overlooking the bay and Golden Gate Bridge.

Tunnel Tops is another park project in a similar vein as the famous HighLine in NYC, the Beltline in Atlanta or the just started Underline

Commercial umbrellas provide shade at a charter school

Commercial umbrellas that are sturdy, secure, durable and appealing are certainly the type of umbrellas you want when adding shade to an area outside such as a school, hotel, restaurant or park.

The Arts in Action Community Charter Schools in Los Angeles chose our 364-Series umbrellas with those qualities from The Park and Facilities Catalog.

According to Stephanie Conde, director of facilities, these commercial-grade umbrellas were added to a charming outdoor break area to compliment the picnic tables, trees, and grass.

"We wanted to provide a comfortable shaded area for our students but not take away from all the trees and landscaping we have in the area," she said.

The school purchased 18 umbrellas along with super-strong concrete

Golden Gate Park (center) in San Francisco, where the first "tweet" was sent. (Photo by Hispalois)

Few people know this, but for all the time techies spend indoors in cubicles, the first test Tweet was actually sent from a park.

That's the story told by Twitter founder Jack Dorsey.

In 2000, the young coder lived in San Francisco and had developed a program that let him repost an email to as many people as he wanted.

To try it out, he went for a walk in the famous Golden Gate Park. The park actually covers more than 1000 acres. But what's unusual about the terrain is that the land originally consisted of sand dunes.

There are other weird facts about the park.

For example, bison live there. That's correct, right in the middle of the city. The buffalo graze in a meadow to represent the original herds that

Concrete bollards in front of the South Plains College building

Concrete Bollards are a smart, attractive way to protect structures and entrances.

Concrete sphere bollard

South Plains College in Levelland, TX, recently installed nine concrete bollards from the Park and Facilities Catalog.

Those bollards are 12 inches in diameter and 30 inches in height. They were manufactured with reinforced concrete