Loneliness: The Hidden Epidemic: How parks and recreation can save the day.

The article explains how parks and recreation professionals can help mitigate the loneliness epidemic in the U.S. Topics include percentage of people reporting feeling lonely, the role of parks and recreation professionals as community builders, the importance of social connectedness and the six pillars of the Colorado Public Health/Parks and Recreation Collaborative's roadmap which is aimed at creating socially connected communities.