What Rec Camp does

Rec Camp (legal name: Rec Camp; DBA: Rec CAMP) is a privately-held conference organizer founded in 2018 in Denver, Colorado, that produces an annual 2.5-day educational conference for municipal Parks & Recreation professionals across North America. The company's sole product is the Rec CAMP conference, which features guided tours of seven exemplary recreation centers, four education sessions, Q&A sessions with facility operators, networking events, and Continuing Education Units (CEUs) awarded through the Colorado Parks & Recreation Association (CPRA). Rec CAMP is capped at 45 attendees per cohort to maintain an intimate format, with teams of 8-10 attendees led by 'counselors' drawn from BRS Architecture and experienced Parks & Recreation operators. A 4-attendee-per-agency limit ensures broad representation across municipalities.

Rec CAMP generates revenue almost exclusively through conference registration fees, priced at $745 Early Bird and $845 Regular (plus processing fees) via the RegFox registration platform. BRS Architecture serves as event sponsor and primary organizer, providing architectural expertise but not disclosed as a parent company or investor. The company has no disclosed institutional investors, funding rounds, or M&A activity. Marketing relies on the rec-camp.com website, Constant Contact email newsletter, peer referrals within the Parks & Recreation community, and downloadable one-page justification materials for employer approval.

After operating in the Denver Metro Area from 2018 to 2024, Rec CAMP relocated to the Dallas/Fort Worth Area for 2025-2026, with conferences announced for April 2026 and April 2027. The company is registered at 990 South Broadway, Suite 222, Denver, CO 80209. The leadership team is not publicly disclosed in the source materials. The business is structurally capacity-constrained at 45 attendees per event, making this a small-scale, niche operator rather than a high-growth enterprise.

Name

Rec Camp

Legal name

Rec Camp

Website

https://rec-camp.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2018

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Rec Camp organizes an annual 2.5-day educational conference capped at 45 municipal Parks & Recreation professionals, featuring guided tours of seven recreation centers, education sessions, and CEU credits. Founded in 2018 in Denver and sponsored by BRS Architecture.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Professional Conference Services

NAICS

Convention and Trade Show Organizers (561920)

SIC

Services-Amusement & Recreation Services (7900)

akta.pro primary industry

Association & Society Conference Management (Nonprofit, Professional Bodies) (THAHACAA)

Keywords

• Parks recreation conference
• Professional development events
• Municipal training programs
• Facility tour workshops
• Government staff education

Headquarters

HQ city

Denver

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Operations, Marketing or Sales, Personnel, Others

Revenue model

1. Conference Registration Fees: Rec CAMP generates revenue through ticket sales for its annual 2.5-day educational conference. Registration pricing includes Early Bird rates ($745) and Regular pricing ($845), with additional processing and platform fees. The conference is capped at 45 attendees to maintain quality experience.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Rec Camp organizes and hosts an annual, in-person professional conference called "Rec CAMP" for Parks & Recreation professionals. The event combines behind-the-scenes facility tours, peer-led education sessions, and small-group workshops, and is deliberately capped at 45 attendees to preserve a focused, hands-on learning environment. The company sells attendee registrations and curates year-round engagement content for the Parks & Rec community.

Product overview

Rec CAMP is a single, annual professional conference event focused on indoor community recreation. The core product consists of the three-day conference (featuring guided tours of seven recreation centers and four education sessions), supplemented by networking events, meals, and continuing education credits. The company also offers an annual event (2026 in Dallas, TX; 2027 also scheduled), with registration processed through third-party platforms. Rec CAMP is not a software product but an in-person educational conference service.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Rec CAMP Annual Conference Annual, in-person professional conference for Parks & Recreation professionals featuring behind-the-scenes facility tours, peer-led education sessions, and small-group workshops; attendance is capped at 45 participants and tickets are sold at Early Bird $745 or Regular $845.

Named customers2 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

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App detail

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• BRS ArchitecturecoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2025BRS Architecture is the event sponsor and primary organizer of Rec CAMP. The architecture firm provides 'counselors' who lead attendee teams through facility tours, providing architectural insight on design impact on staffing, programming, and cost recovery. The firm's staff appear in photos and videos throughout the conference materials.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights3 records

Direct peers

• Athletic Business Conference: Athletic Business Conference serves fitness, recreation, and aquatic facility professionals with an annual educational event featuring facility tours and operator education — directly comparable to Rec CAMP's community-recreation-focused format, though with broader commercial-fitness exposure.
• National Recreation and Park Association (NRPA): NRPA operates the largest annual Parks & Recreation professional conference (NRPA Annual Conference) and provides CEU-eligible education for the same target audience as Rec CAMP. Both compete for the same municipal recreation director and facility manager attendees, though NRPA operates at much larger scale.
• Colorado Parks and Recreation Association (CPRA): CPRA is the state-level association through which Rec CAMP issues CEU credits and is itself an existing partner. CPRA hosts annual conferences for the same Colorado Parks & Rec professional audience that founded Rec CAMP, representing an adjacent association-driven conference model.

Others

• Professional Convention Management Association (PCMA): PCMA is the leading professional association for conference and meeting organizers, serving as both an industry convener and a peer reference point for niche operators like Rec CAMP seeking to professionalize their event operations.
• BRS Architecture: BRS Architecture is Rec CAMP's event sponsor and primary organizer with deep specialization in recreation facility design. While a partner rather than competitor, BRS is the closest content-credibility peer and provides the architectural counselor expertise that defines Rec CAMP's differentiation.
• American Society of Association Executives (ASAE): ASAE is the leading association for association and nonprofit professionals, providing industry resources, education, and an annual conference for meeting organizers. While focused on the organizer side rather than attendees, it shapes the conference operations practices Rec CAMP follows.
• Eventbrite: Eventbrite is a general-purpose event ticketing and registration platform used by many small professional conference organizers. While not a direct competitor for attendees, it represents an alternative platform choice Rec CAMP's customers and sponsors may compare against.
• Cvent: Cvent is a leading event management and registration platform that competes in the broader conference technology stack Rec CAMP uses (Rec CAMP uses RegFox/Webconnex, while Cvent serves the enterprise event organizer segment). It represents the enabling-technology peer category rather than direct competition.

Emerging players

• International Association of Venue Managers (IAVM): IAVM serves venue and facility managers — overlapping with Rec CAMP's facility manager persona but focused on arenas, convention centers, and stadiums rather than municipal community recreation centers. It represents an adjacent professional segment with comparable CEU-driven education.

Regional players

• Texas Recreation and Park Society (TRAPS): TRAPS is the state-level Parks & Recreation association serving Texas — directly relevant as Rec CAMP has relocated to DFW for 2025-2026. TRAPS runs annual education events for the same municipal recreation director persona across the Texas market.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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