What do local organizations need to make community-based sport the dominant model through age 12? And how can other sectors support and collaborate with them most effectively?
Fundamental flaws in the governance model of youth sports have been laid bare by COVID-19. More accountability can help address many challenges in our sports delivery system, but how best to achieve that?
The federal government is mulling whether to spend trillions on infrastructure to help get more people back to work. If that bill were to include recreation infrastructure, what would we want? And how to support the maintenance and programs that come with more places to play?
The budgets of the more than 10,000 municipal park and recreation departments with sports programs have been decimated, as have those of YMCAs, schools and other community providers. How can leaders best stabilize these essential providers over the next 12-18 months?