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What roles do parks play in the economy?

National Recreation and Park Association (NRPA) represents the voice of the people and organizations that strive to create and maintain the green space of parks. This study goes over the economic impact that parks have and shows the value of parks. Here is an excerpt from NRPA about the impact

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The economic impact of outdoor recreation

The Huron River Watershed Council is an organization that works with local communities to promote water recreation but also protect the river system. This report about the Huron River Water Trail discusses the impact of watercraft recreation on both the community and economy.  Here are excerpts from the report about

Arts & Lifestyle

Art and play in a single form

This article is from the National Recreation and Park Association (NRPA), a not-for-profit organization that is dedicated to building strong, vibrant and resilient communities through parks and recreation. This article was chosen as it shows a park organization’s view on interactive sculptures in parks and the benefits they have

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Art as a medium of safety

The American Society of Landscape Architects (ASLA) strives to create beautiful, healthy and safe outdoor spaces for everyone. One of the projects ASLA worked on was called the Underpass Park, a project that transforms a dangerous underpass area into a safe community driven space. This project can give inspiration for

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Parks are more than the outdoors

Recreation Management is an organization that stays informed on developments, trends and innovations to manage the best experience in recreation, sports and fitness. This article mentions the importance of bringing people to parks and how art in parks can create an impact on people.  This article can open the mind

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Combining function and message in art

This article from Seattle Times shows a range of public art from many artists at the Waterfront Park. These pieces include a variety of sculptures with playful structures. These works are important to the park as they encompass artistic traditions from local Native American tribes. The artworks from this article

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Art in parks

This page from the National Park Service (NPS) discusses the importance of art in parks. NPS talks about a program, called Artist-in-Residence, that provides artists opportunities to lodge at a park and share their art with the public. Programs like these can give designers chances to share their designs and

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Benefits of translucent bags

This article about translucent waste bags discusses the positive effects translucent bags have on promoting sustainability. Even though this may not be a fully credible source, it is interesting to see the use of translucent bags and how that may provide inspiration for a change in park waste bins.  This

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Primary Research

This post includes a visit to a variety of parks and some conversations with ODNR park managers. Through these visits and conversations, information about waste in parks were gathered that can serve as insights to guide the capstone project. The parks that were visited include Alum Creek, Glacier Ridge Metro

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EcoSpeed [Design Conjecture]

EcoSpeed is a competition between visitors to come together and preserve the environment. Through the literature that was reviewed, they discuss the importance that parks have on the economy. Parks generate over $154 billion USD and support over 1.1 million jobs (National Recreation and Parks Association, 2019) through recreation

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Hanging Wings [Design Conjecture]

Hanging Wings combine both play and storytelling into a sculptural form in parks. Through the literature reviewed, sculptures are not only used to enhance the visual space of parks, but they also encourage visitors to interact and play with the piece (Laris, 2015). Sculptures can also represent concepts or convey

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Eyes of Nature [Design Conjecture]

Eyes of Nature is a waste bin that gets people to be more responsible for their waste through eye patterns and transparency of the bin. Van Doesum et al. (2021) suggests a method that could potentially encourage visitors to use trash bins. They discuss how placing eyes near trash bins,