Cool collaborations: ice arenas built out of mutually beneficial partnerships between hockey teams and park districts.

From: Parks & Recreation | Date: December 1, 2004| Author: Dutton, Barbara | Copyright information

When two or more entities share a project vision and merge resources to make it a reality, the results can offer win-win opportunities for all involved, attaining economies that would have unlikely been realized by each party operating independently. This philosophy has evolved out of two, new Midwest ice arenas, which are the result of joint efforts among different groups with the same vision: high-quality ice in a facility appointed with modern amenities.

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