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CPL’s parks and recreation planning expertise is featured in the Summer edition of GRPA Magazine, published by the Georgia Recreation and Park Association.

Our article, “Beyond the Wish List: Planning a Recreation System That Can Deliver,” appears on pages 18–20 of the issue.

The article explores what it takes to move a parks and recreation master plan beyond a collection of community requests and turn it into a practical framework for decision-making. From balancing public priorities with real service needs to accounting for long-term operating costs and deferred maintenance, the piece examines how communities can make investments they are prepared to fund, operate and sustain.

Drawing on CPL’s work with communities across Georgia, it also highlights why the strongest master plans are rooted in both technical analysis and local context—giving leaders a defensible path for deciding what comes next.

Read the full article: Beyond the Wish List: Planning a Recreation System That Can Deliver

About the Author: CPL

Founded in 1975, CPL is a 500+ person multi-disciplined architecture, engineering and planning firm offering inspiring design services and enriching communities in 25 cities across 8 states. CPL specializes in the Community, Healthcare, Higher Education, Infrastructure, K-12 Education, Placemaking, and Science and Technology market sectors – providing architectural, interior design, civil engineering, buildings and structural engineering, planning, landscape architecture and 3D/virtual design services to a host of public and private clients.