Parks and Recreation

Quick Ship Aluminum Bleachers can be loaded up on a truck from our warehouse in just three business days

Quick ship aluminum bleachers are an event-saver for different scenarios when you need outdoor seating quickly.

Some of those scenarios might be:

Large grandstand project not completed? Underestimated the number of fans attending your football games? Quick ship aluminum bleachers can fill in the gap. Have an indoor seating situation, say a gymnastics studio or martial arts training facility, where you need seating? Tired of putting out all those folding chairs every night for parents and friends? Small 3 and 4-row bleachers are the perfect solution. They easily fit indoors and can also be ordered in various lengths, from 7.5 to 27 feet to fit your space. This

Quick ship picnic tables similar to this one are available for rush situations

Quick Ship Picnic Tables in several styles are available from The Park and Facilities Catalog for park and facility managers in a hurry.

The Park Catalog has been in business since 2001. Since then we supplied concrete, wood, recycled plastic and metal picnic tables to thousands of parks, municipalities, restaurants, retail centers and other facilities.

With all those years of experience, we understand how some facility or park managers might have a need for picnic tables to be delivered FAST. ASAP. Pronto.

We get it. We can help.

Because we handled so many orders for last-minute site furnishings, The Park and Facilities Catalog has stockpiled certain products

Volunteers help clean a trail at Amistad National Recreation Area. Photo by NP

Saturday, Sept. 28 is a special day when it comes to our National Parks and if you volunteer your time, you will walk away with a free park pass for any day of the year.

The event? National Public Lands Day. This is the largest single-day environmental volunteer program in the nation.

This is a day to appreciate the magnitude of the public lands in America. These are not only lands managed by the National Park Service but also the US Forest Service, Bureau of Land Management, Environmental Protection Agency, US Army Corps of Engineers and US Fish and Wildlife Service.

The National Park Service alone oversees more than 85 million across in all 50 states, plus American Samoa, Guam,

Park Benches in England

When was the last time your municipality conducted a study of their Park Benches?

The city of Norwich in eastern England recently initiated a project to survey the location and condition of their park benches along with other factors. They came up with some results that surprised them.

Here's a quick overview of what they discovered:

There were 412 park bench seats Those benches created a capacity of 1,582 places to sit 234 park benches had backs 122 had armrests There were 112 benches with both back and armrests 68 park benches required cleaning 37 benches needed repairs It was recommended that

Canyonlands National Park - Photo from NPS/Gwen Gerbe

This Labor Day as far as jobs and economic development are concerned, when there are attractions that draw more than 330 million visitors every year, there is going to be a major amount of money spent and jobs created.

The attractions we are talking about are not Disneyland or Universal Theme Parks.

They are our National Parks.

National Parks (and for that matter state, county and city parks) are a major force in our economy and support a large number of workers.

The benefits were outlined recently in a study conducted by the National Park Service: 2017 National Park Visitor Spending Effects. Economic Contributions to Local Communities, States and the Nation

U.S. Secretary of the Interior Ryan Zinke announced that