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Now Available: The Annual
Summary of Key Findings from
NRPA Park Metrics

RPA is proud to announce the release of the 2017 NRPA Agency Performance Review, the annual review of data and insights for park and recreation agencies in the United States. The 2017 NRPA Agency Performance
Review (previously known at the NRPA Field Report) summarizes the key
findings from NRPA Park Metrics, our benchmarking tool that assists park and recreation professionals in the effective management and planning of their operating resources and capital facilities.

The Review features 21 charts and tables on a wide variety of financial and
performance metrics collected from survey responses of 925 park and recreation
agencies. These charts and tables cover:
* Park Facilities (parks and non-parks,
indoor and outdoor facilities)
* Programming (team sports, fitness and
enhancement classes; programs for children, seniors and people with disabilities)
* Responsibilities of Park and Recreation Agencies (from operating parks
and facilities to programming types)
* Staffing (typical FTE counts, key staff
responsibilities)
* Budget
(operating
expenditures
amounts and purposes)

* Agency Funding (sources of funding,
cost recovery, capital spending)
The 2017 NRPA Agency Performance
Review's data and insights help park
and recreation professionals identify
the best decisions for their agency and
community. Some of the report's findings include:
* Operating expenditures per capita:
$77.32/year
* Revenue to operating expenditures:
29.1 percent
* Acres of park land per 1,000 residents: 9.6
* Residents per park: 2,266
* FTEs per 10,000 residents: 7.3
A copy of the 2017 NRPA Agency Performance Review is included with the printed
edition of this issue of Parks & Recreation
magazine. You can also download the report at www.nrpa.org/APR, where you can
also dig deeper into the data with interactive
tables for each of the 21 charts and tables
presented in the report.
Finally, do your part to make next
year's NRPA Agency Performance Review
even better by entering and updating
your agency's data in NRPA Park Metrics (www.nrpa.org/metrics). By entering your data, you will gain access to
a more detailed analysis of your agency's performance, including being able
to compare your agency to its peers
throughout the United States. Try it
today!

Get Ready
to Celebrate
National Water
Safety Month
in May

ach May, the National Recreation and Park Association,
the Association of Pool and
Spa Professionals, the American Red Cross and the World Waterpark Association partner to host National Water Safety Month - a chance to
bring awareness to the need for ongoing
public education on safer water practices. As primary providers of swimming
and aquatic opportunities, park and
recreation agencies can celebrate Water
Safety Month by hosting educational
events, sharing water safety tips and participating via social media. Throughout
the
month,
NRPA will
post
water
safety-related
messages that
can be easily
shared on social media as
well as other
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Keep your little heroes safe
ticipating in
the month.
Take
this
opportunity
to share your role in promoting water
safety. You can learn more and get free
resources at www.nationalwatersafetymonth.org.
Always supervise children when swimming, bathing or playing in water.
Wear a Coast Guard approved life jacket if you can't swim.

Don't swallow the water and avoid swimming when you have diarrhea.
Teach kids to swim - it's the best way to stay safe in the water.

Visit www.nationalwatersafetymonth.org
for more tips on playing it safe this summer.

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