Division of Community Planning
Published: 2017-11-19
Total Pages: 98
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Excerpt from Washington Park and Recreation Study: Washington, North Carolina In the overall comprehensive development of the urban center, the necessity of open space and recrea tion facilities, two fundamental elements essential in a decent and desirable living environment, finally has been recognized. The importance these elements have to our future and our children's future has been studied and restudied such that recreation no longer has a back seat in society's needs. However, it may be ex post facto to emphasize the importance of inaugurating a strong recreational pro gram for the City of Washington, North Carolina. Today, the need for recreational facilities has been recognized by both the general citizenry and the political leaders of the community. On the other hand, too often a polit ical entity approaches a recreation program with the concept of only satisfying the recreational demands made by the local residents. Historically, this has been a mistake. Often, by the time a proposed program has been completed, it is usually outdated. This is because some group lacked enough forethought to antici pate change based on all the determinants that depict recreation. Optimistically, this will not be the case here. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
