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of business, there will still remain much open space within the incorporated 

 limits unoccupied by structures of any kind. Moreover, no inhabitant is 

 very far removed from the open country. The general environmental con- 

 ditions are not greatly different from the conditions surrounding the people 

 living in the previous group of communities. The essential types of mini- 

 mum recreation areas are in no wise different except that the areas should 

 be more numerous and in some instances larger. 



Reports were secured of 322 communities in this group or 44.6 per cent 

 of the entire number of communities in the group. Sixty-seven, or 20.8 per 

 cent of the total number reporting, had no parks, but this does not neces- 

 sarily mean that all these communities were without any recreational 

 resources, as in many instances school grounds, properties belonging to other 

 civil authorities, and to private interests, provide some means for outdoor 

 recreation. Two hundred and fifty-five communities, or 78.8 per cent of 

 the total number reported, had one or more parks, and the total area of all 

 park properties owned by these communities was 11,366.87 acres. This 

 represents an average of 44.57 acres per community, exclusive of school sites. 



Of the 255 cities reporting parks, 29 were selected as being most ade- 



PLATE No. 17 



OUTLINE MAP OF CEDAR FALLS, IOWA, SHOWING LOCATION OF PUBLIC PARKS, 

 SCHOOL SITES, AND OTHER PUBLIC AND PRIVATE PROPERTIES 



An example of a very small city that is unusually well provided with outdoor recreational facilities. 



