Technological Innovation in a Parks and Recreation Department
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The article by Avrasin describes some of the changes made by various branches of the Parks and Recreation Department in different states as they start to automate their offices (Avrasin 58-61). Up until recently, the departments had relied on index cards and shoeboxes to file away such data as attendance records and enrolment in classes. The article gives examples such as Fairfax County, Virginia, which streamlined all its point-of-sale systems with the help of Arizona-based Beta Data Systems, which custom-designed an integrated database that would eventually add registration, reporting, accounting, touch-tone phone, pass sale membership and online registration modules. It took six years to integrate the system, but the county manages inventory for nine recreation centers, six golf courses and 22,000 acres of parkland serving more than a million people, so updating their system was essential. Systems were also developed for Portland, with 11 community centers, three art centers, 14 pools, and 10,000 acres of park land which are completely separate entit
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Approximate Word count = 718
Approximate Pages = 3 (250 words per page)
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