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UNITED STATES ICE RINK ASSOCIATION
JULY/AUGUST 2026 // VOL. 29, NO. 4
PHOTOS: AKINS FORD ARENA
CONTENTS
July/August 2026
14 Opening Address
22 NGB News
48 U.S. Ice Rink News
52 Classifieds
54 New Members
DEPARTMENTS
32
NARCE in Photos
Highlights from the
2026 North American
Rink Conference & Expo
in Milwaukee, Wis.
23
2026 Regional
Training Programs
Dates and locations
around the country.
42
The Northwest
Passage
How Maple Grove
Community Center
navigated a complex
expansion to bring a
vital new ice sheet to a
booming community.
PROJECT IN PICTURES
50
Ice Bowling
A community
tradition at the
Sheboygan Lakers
Ice Center.
REAL PROGRAMS
16
F E AT U R E D R I N K
Akins Ford Arena is
revitalizing downtown
Athens.
Georgia Peach
