608 – Retail Buildings Reimagined for Community Health, Wellness, and Recreation

As the business model for retail continues to evolve away from brick-and-mortar stores, many communities face large vacant big-box stores and mall properties. Astute community leaders understand that vacant retail properties affect the surrounding land values and take a proactive approach to

411 – Why Early Childhood Literacy is Necessary for Our Preschoolers Upon Entering Kindergarten to Be Prepared and Confident in Order to Succeed Later in Life

In this presentation, through personal experiences and statistics, we will emphasize the importance and effects parks and recreation can offer preschool students for their future learning process once they enter kindergarten or first grade. One of many startling statistics is that two-thirds