A comprehensive guide to active sports opportunities throughout the Madison area. This list will be updated Tuesdays online in The Capital Times and also runs in Wednesday print editions of the Wisconsin State Journal. To submit an event for consideration

The development team behind the Elk Grove Sportscenter, a first-of-its-kind melding of recreational sports and fitness companies inside a vacant warehouse, hopes the concept of one-stop recreation takes off in spite of economic hard times.

A downtown flower planting event is 8 to 9:30 a.m. Friday in downtown Everett. The annual event sponsored by the city parks and recreation department gives residents a chance to help beautify downtown by planting flowers along Hewitt and Colby avenues.

BOWLING GREEN — The Wood County Special Olympics and Wood Lane are looking for volunteers 14 and older for a variety of summer sports, recreation, and fitness programs.

The Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater Scottsdale's Virginia G. Piper Branch's draft architecture program was honored recently with the national clubs' Merit Award for Program Excellence in the arts category.