History Committee

Purpose: To document valuable dates, celebrate accomplishments, past award winners, milestones, pictures and any other important information.

The Texas Recreation Association was established on November 6, 1937. Though our organization has changed our name three more times over the years we will be 75 years old in 2012. This milestone in our history gives us the opportunity to reflex on the past and document important facts.

Take some time and remember the past and submit any photographs, memories, milestones and celebrations that will document our History!


Members: Chair, Vice-Chair, one member from each Region.

Important Milestones

Originally the Texas Recreation Association, our society changed our name 3 time. On April 14, 1950 we became Texas Recreation Society, on January 17, 1956 we were chartered as the Texas Recreation Society, Inc. and then on November 16, 1967 we re-incorporated to what stands today as the Texas Recreation & Park Society, Inc.

Below is an incomplete list of our Annual Institute History and City Rotation - please submit additional Institute dates, location and themes to Mendy Marshall at mendy.marshall@ci.austin.tx.us

TRAPS Annual Institute History
Year City Dates Theme
1970 - -
1971 - -
1972 - -
1973 - -
1974 - -
1975 - -
1976 - -
1977 - -
1978 - -
1979 - -
1980 Lubbock - -
1981 Austin - -
1982 Waco - -
1983 Abilene - -
1984 Fort Worth October 3-5 -
1985 ? ? ?
1986 El Paso February 18-21 -
1987 Galveston March 9-12 -
1988 Austin March 16-20 -
1989 Arlington March 6-10 -
1990 Corpus Christi February 27-March 2 -
1991 Midland April 10-13 -
1992 Fort Worth March 2-5 -
1993 Houston - -
1994 San Antonio April 4-6 -
1995 Arlington March 7-9 -
1996 Lubbock March 3-5 -
1997 Austin February 26-March 1 Facing Challenges, Finding Answers...Youth, Family & Community
1998 Corpus Christi - Growing into the Future: A Lifetime of Change
1999 Waco (Dallas/Fort Worth) - A Bridge into the Millennium
2000 South Padre Island February 23-25 Vision 20/21
2001 Del Lago Resort (Houston/Galveston) February 20-24 We're on a Mission, Destination Del Lago
2002 Abilene March 4-9 Surviving in an Age of Change
2003 San Antonio March 25-29 Celebrating Community
2004 Wichita Falls March 8-13 Planning for a Better Future
2005 Corpus Christi March 7-12 Team TRAPS: Creating Partnerships
2006 Fort Worth March 8-10 Taking Stock: Past, Present and Future
2007 South Padre Island February 19-24 Building Bridges, Uniting Communities
2008 San Angelo March 25-29 Blazin'Trails in Parks & Recreation-Texas Style!
2009 Austin February 24-28 Capital Challenges, Capitol Ideas
2010 Frisco March 3-6 A League of Our Own
2011 McAllen - -
2012 The Woodlands - -

Please submit any additional milestone to our history to Mendy Marshall at mendy.marshall@ci.austin.tx.us