“…While full-time salary has kept pace with other local government positions, part-time wages paid to park and recreation employees have lagged over time. In addition, local park and recreation agencies have also been subject to declining public investment, as relative allocations of tax dollars to parks and recreation have not kept pace with other local public services (Barrett et al, 2017). This decline in public investment, in both the physical and human capital necessary to deliver local park and recreation services, suggests that in addition to short-term issues, longer-term problems may begin to compound in the years to come.…”