Park Maintenance Shop Talk - Season 1

COVID created many challenges they may have caught us off-guard. For our first Shop Talk event, we invited a panel of athletic field  management experts to discuss minimum requirements for maintaining  healthy athletic turf.  Recorded: April 24, 2020 From our sponsor Toro:  Boyd

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Park Maintenance Shop Talk

Have you considered converting open space to meadows in an effort to  reduce maintenance costs?  Does starting a meadow simply mean stop  mowing?  Topic of discussion in this Shop Talk panel will surround open  space management and important considerations for low mow / no m

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Park Maintenance Shop Talk

COVID-19 has changed our park landscapes.  Overcrowding in urban parks  has driven people outside their communities into surrounding  municipalities, state parks, and state forests for recreation activity.  Increased traffic in smaller communities, on trails, and public open &nbs

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Park Maintenance Shop Talk

Drew Jackson, inventor of the Base Buddy X1 Underground Anchor System,  will share his years of experience on the diamond as a player who  reached Division 1 baseball, and eventually transitioned roles to youth  baseball as a coach. As a player he never appreciated the amount of work

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Park Maintenance Shop Talk

For  this session of Shop Talk, we invited Kevin Umbreit, VP and District  Sales Representative from Recreation Resource USA, to share his  expertise regarding important maintenance checks and preventative  efforts we should all consider for our playgrounds before we get into &nb

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Park Maintenance Shop Talk

In  this edition of Shop Talk, Todd Roth, Aquatics Supervisor for Centre  Region Parks & Recreation, will discuss best practices for closing  down pools for the winter season.  Recorded: October 6, 2020 Listeners will:  1. Learn proper  winterization processes for o

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Park Maintenance Shop Talk

In this edition of Shop Talk, Jeff Fowler, Sr. Extension Educator of Horticulture specializing in turf management for Penn State Extension, will cover steps to help your athletic fields thrive in the spring after being put to bed properly this fall.  Recorded: October 8, 2020 Participants will:

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Park Maintenance Shop Talk

This session of Shop Talk will highlight discussions with a panel of seasoned maintenance professionals from park departments across the nation. Our discussion will highlight each of their operation plans for the 2020 holiday season, investigate their seasonal efforts for remainder of the 4th quarte

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Park Maintenance Shop Talk