Community Building

Landfills are growing faster than expected and one solution is to add more recycling receptacles in public spaces to reduce trash

Everyone is looking for a simple solution to reduce the accumulation of waste, and recycling receptacles might be the easiest answer.

Reducing landfills is becoming a growing challenge for cities across the United States, as garbage dumps grow and environmental concerns mount for residents and city planners alike.

Municipalities must act. Waste is heading for the local dump at a pace faster than analysts predicted.

As a case in point, the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) estimated that 122 million tons of waste would be deposited in landfills in 2012. However,

Experts recommend that schools and other facilities have a plan to replace older bleachers with new and safer aluminum bleachers early before they become condemned or unusable

By Gerald Dlubala

Managers may want to consider creating a plan to upgrade to new aluminum bleachers because condemned or otherwise unusable bleacher seating can have major implications for a school or facility. Those issues can go beyond just providing a place to sit for upcoming games.

That type of negative designation for your bleachers can reflect on the facility management as well. Patrons may question the commitment to their safety, and whether the rest of the facility or venue is being cared for and managed properly.

Planned events will be moved, or in a worst-case scenario, canceled altogether.

Parents will be angry. Ticket sales and concession

Picnic tables in the education area at the Tashjian Bee and Pollinator Discovery Center at the popular Minnesota Landscape Arboretum

Visitors to the Tashjian Bee and Pollinator Discovery Center will now be able to sit on new wooden picnic tables to learn about the vital role these little flying workers play in the world's ecology.

The world-renowned research center is part of Minnesota Landscape Arboretum at the University of Minnesota in Chaska, MN.

The arboretum covers 1,137 acres and offers an amazing display of gardens, trails and natural areas with 5,000 different species of plants. It is considered to be one of the premier horticultural field laboratories and public display areas in the world and was named Best Botanical

There are some very interesting facts surrounding the Fourth of July in the US

When families venture out this Fourth of July to gather at picnic tables in local parks, barbecue on grills and wait for the fireworks to start, consider these interesting and strange facts surrounding the Independence Day holiday.

The Second Continental Congress actually approved a resolution of independence from Great Britain on July 2, not the fourth. The first official Independence Day celebration took place in Philadelphia, on July 8. The signing of the Declaration of Independence started on July 4, 1776, but most historians believe it was actually completed a month later. The British

 

The "Fund Your Park" crowdfunding platform from NRPA makes it easier for groups to raise money for park improvements and furnishings

With advancements in fundraising technology, the ability for people to improve parks and other recreational facilities in their towns is now a whole lot easier.

That's because there is now a park fundraising program that not only helps them collect funds but shows them how to conduct a successful fundraising campaign.

"Fund Your Park" is a "crowdfunding" program offered by the National