In the mid 1980s, southern Johnson County, Kan., which is part of the Kansas City metropolitan area, suffered from a shortage of recreation opportunities for its children, mostly because of a lack of facilities. In response, the Blue Valley Recreation Commission (BVRC) was formed, and all that changed. Today, the BVRC--the largest recreation commission in Kansas--oversees hundreds of events at the BVRC Activity Center and Recreation Complex, at facilities owned and operated by the ...