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Beyond the Page 55: Opening a water park(?!) in South Dakota

June 03 2024

Longtime turf pro Bryan Tipton loves finishing projects. During his third year as the parks and recreation director for Pierre, South Dakota, he just finished one of his biggest: an honest-to-goodness water park. How did his superintendent past help him?

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