BSW’s Stephen Springs quoted multiple times in Recreation Management Magazine
“Be Well – Multipurpose Recreation Centers Take a Broader Approach to Wellness”
By Chris Gelbach, Recreation Management
Today, recreation managers and the architects who design recreation and community centers are increasingly taking a broader view of their role in creating healthier, happier communities. As they do, they are also creating multipurpose facilities and programs that help people address more aspects of wellness than ever before.
“We’re finding a real upsurge in community centers, YMCAs, collegiate centers and hospital-based health and wellness centers beginning to tailor services toward other dimensions of wellness beyond just the physical,” said Robert McDonald, CEO and architect for OLC (Ohlson Lavoie Corporation), an international architecture firm headquartered in Denver…