This article contains an overview of the indoor racquet club as a construction trend, describes the playing opportunities of an average city, and examines closely a successful multipurpose racquet club. (MJB)

This series of articles focuses on the provision of special recreation services in the community for a variety of populations including the elderly, latch-key kids, cardiac patients, physically and mentally disturbed children, adolescents, adults, juveniles, and the multihandicapped. The quest for "recreation for all" on a national level requires…

A joint school and recreation complex in Arlington County, Virginia, is designed to serve the entire community. (Editors)

This article describes the community sailing program established by the Wilmette Park District, in suburban Chicago. This program, without losing money, provides affordable instruction and other services to beginning sailors of various ages. (IAH)

Adventure recreation activities like mountain biking, bouldering, and kayaking used to require considerable travel to unique locations. This is changing, however, as the new trend emerges in the United State of providing adventure recreation experiences in cities and towns, such as New York City and Golden, Colorado. This article highlights…

An attitude and interest survey of unwed pregnant girls, 12 to 17 years old, showed them to be non-participators with little involvement in the way of hobbies and recreational activities. The girls tended to view pregnancy as a means of escape from unsolved problems in the home. A plea is made for more community recreational facilities. (EH)

Year-round aquatic facilities are contained in the El Paso, Texas, indoor swimming pool described by the author; three more are proposed for the city. (MJB)

Researchers from the Mailman School of Public Health at Columbia University prepared a case study of CODES (Community Outreach and Development Efforts Save). CODES is a coalition of 35 people and organizations in northern Manhattan committed to promoting safe streets, parks and schools. The case study analyzed the factors that prompted CODES'…

Recreational programs in New Hampshire that are fiscally conservative and rely heavily upon citizen cooperation and ingenuity are described. (JD)

The Parks and Recreation Department of Montgomery, Alabama, has developed a five-field softball complex as part of a growing community park with facilities for camping, golf, aquatics, tennis, and picnicking. (MJB)

In spite of its obvious deficiencies, the club system in West Germany represents a powerful model for lifelong education in the sphere of sports and recreation. (Author)

The city of New York has a fleet of mobile recreation units that travel to different neighborhoods, providing recreation opportunities to people who otherwise would be unable to enjoy them. (JD)