Arbuckle Wilderness

Why we will no longer be a welcoming church

We’ve decided to quit being a welcoming church. No kidding. We’re giving it up. Like so many congregations, we’ve sunk an amazing amount of time and energy into becoming a welcoming church. We changed worship styles, trained greeters and ushers, wore name tags, brewed coffee, went to workshops on hospitality and put our friendliest people …

Summer Concert Series 2023

Get into the groove of summer! Boone County Public Library is partnering with Boone County Parks Department to bring you a summer full of live music! In case of rain, outdoor concerts at Boon…

Why Homosexuality Is Not Like Other Sins

Homosexuality is not the only sin prohibited in the Bible, but it is different from all the rest, at least right now. And we have really good news for homosexuals.

How to Choose Mulch for Your Landscape

Mulch your way to prettier, healthier plantings. Learn about the different types of mulch and how to choose the right one for your landscape design.

Perfect Picnic Menu: 50+ Make Ahead Picnic Recipes

What makes the perfect picnic menu? Make ahead picnic recipes, of course! Prepare the perfect picnic with these sandwiches, appetizers, salads, and more!

10 Gorgeous Golf Course Designs

10 Gorgeous Golf Course Designs<br>Given golfers and their propensity to disagree on the merits of even the most revered masterpieces, proclaiming design perfection can be dangerous. However, these ten golf courses in their current form come as close to achieving architectural absoluteness thanks to a melding of strategic complexity, walk-in-the-park beauty, experiential purity and an overall sense of design permanence.

This is What a Massive 500 Gallon Propane Tank Explosion Looks Like

If there's one thing that you want to avoid with anything that's propane powered from your grill to your heater, It would most obviously be a situation that would put the propane tank in danger of building up enough pressure to explode and send shrapnel flying everywhere. While these tanks are fitted with safety...

Recreation Center Wellness Survey

Thanks for taking the time to complete this survey! We'd love to know what your interests are and what types of programming you'd like to see at our facility.

How to use your local park for a kickass workout

Get out of the confinement of your gym and enjoy this circuit workout, using only trees and benches as props.

How to Design a Park That Deters Crime

Contact with green space reduces stress and aggression—but many urban parks are associated with greater criminal activity in nearby areas.

Why Aren't Parks Open at Night?

There are a multitude of reasons why someone might want to be in a park after dark, and most of them are completely safe and reasonable. So why are most parks technically "closed" at night?

6 Reasons Why Parks Matter for Health

Access to safe parks plays a huge role in overall health and wellness by promoting promoting physical activity and improving mental health. Parks even have the potential to reduce health care costs. Unfortunately, there are inequities in Latino kids’ access to parks and safe places to play; therefore, they are at increased risk for mental and physical health problems. Learn more ...

What Makes a High Quality Park?

A new report can help park developers and managers assess quality, park by park and systemwide, to make investments and address disparities in access to high quality parks.

How Parks Can Guide Regional Development

Planned and designed properly, green infrastructure in municipal parks can spark and strategically guide urban growth, bring substantial benefits – including public health and community cohesion – and deliver higher quality environmental conditions.

Kit of Parks is a portable kit of parts to build a park |

Kit of Parks is a portable kit of parts to build a park. Constructed out of low-cost, lightweight material, Kit | Read More

Vintage Pictures Show Why Parks Should Be Preserved

See pictures of our historic national parks and learn how you can help protect them.

4 Parks You May Not Know About—But Should

How many people actually die in national parks?

How Parks Gentrify Neighborhoods, And How To Stop It

A new approach–“just green enough”–tries to balance sustainability and equity.

How to save parks and other urban green spaces

City parks boost local economies, home values, the environment and public health, so why are they underfunded?