Select Articles Pertaining to Rink Rescue
Don't Become Expendable
"Our public recreation facilities are not operated with a positive-profitability approach but rather through the lens of providing public service."
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"Our communities support recreation and community centres as hubs of gathering and identification, so they are important! The financial burden can be limited if not mitigated using a three-factor approach: Analyzed Maintenance Practices, Standard Operating Procedural Additions, and Asset Redevelopment Planning."
Life's True Constant
"Recreation facilities focus on operating costs not asset renewal allocations. This means when asset renewal is required, there is never a reserve of funds to upgrade."
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"There is no one-size fits-all when it comes to solutions to addressing aging infrastructure. Evaluating options from a big picture standpoint reveals the best-fit for the situation."
Duct Tape and Yeahbuts to Smart SOP's
"The recreation facility professional’s universe is changing, in some ways for the better but other ways not so much. An actual constant that remains the same includes being asked to do more with less as a Standard Operating Procedure (SOP)."
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"There’s a disconnect between leveraging our association to strengthen our skills and using our association events as cheap therapy to discuss how our challenges are so unique that there’s simply no way to overcome them. Challenges have always been there; it’s up to each individual to determine what their respective contributions to those challenges will become."
Applied Innovation Unlocks Potential
"Applied Innovation is the engine that will power addressing climate change and address many unthinkable operational anomalies that are now culturally integrated and accepted. Innovation is the elemental component of moving forward."
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"Our industry is hardwired toward a simple payback question on efficiency alone, which is an evaluation by one number. This way of thinking misses the possibility of a forest due to focusing on only one tree. Big-picture consideration reveals the missed opportunity in not adopting new technology and reaping the benefits."
Liability to Viability Through Sustainability
"Facilities becoming unviable may be hard to imagine for some of us, yet it’s very real for others. Re-purposing recreation facilities has become an increasingly studied and implemented topic. "
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"Recreation facility viability will be driven by the facilities’ sustainability, which encompasses a balance of organization-specific levels of effort, not a simple fix solution."
Toe Pick
"Toe picks prevent us from achieving our goals, making advancements and improvements. Progress is needed in all industries, and particularly in the energy-intensive recreation industry."
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"When it comes to managing energy and improving facility safety while reducing operating costs, fear will be a factor whether simply due to the fear of changing the way it’s "always been done" or being an early-adopter of new technology. Recognizing and simply being aware that fear leads to doubt shines a light on it."