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Methodology and Ap~roach
Inventory
Community Outreach
Interviews
Focus Groups
Public Workshop
Resident Survey
Trends and Benchmarks
Boulder Guidelines
GIS Service Area Analysis
Facility Needs Assessment Recommendations
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ommu~~i~~y O~utreach
rnterviews
Twenty interviews conducted v~
community leadership/stakehol
Increased partnership opportunities with B~`~D,
CUBoulder, and YMCA
Develop more active parks and facilities, especially
for youth and those with disabilities
Need for gymnasium, indoor running track, aquatic
center and performing arts cultural center
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Focus Groups
Sports Group representing 17 org ' ations
High need for fields, particularly for practi~i~e ~
BVSD facilities are not adequate in numbers{and
condition to meet user groups needs
Partnership opportunities (outside of Valmont)
Need for ice sheet (indoor or outdoor), tennis
complex (indoor and outdoor), cross-country skiing
and bicycle race course
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Community Ou~r~~~h
Focus Groups
Business Group representing 12 or 'zations
Non-profit Group representing 11 organizations
Community schools out of space
Partnership opportunities with private schools, performing arts
and museums
Lack of exhibit space for arts
Need for 500 to 800 seat performing arts/cultural center
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Community Workshop
Open house attended by over 35 pa '' ants
Lack of practice fields
Increase accessibility and facilities for those with `~t~i
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Shortage of youth baseball and soccer fields -
Ultimate Frisbee squeezed out by other users
Lack of ice facility
Need for tennis courts complex for tournaments
No performing arts facilities
Need more garden plots
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Resident Survey
Disc golf (13%)
Soccer (12%)
Softball (9%)
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Resident c
Importance of potential new or
facilities
Off-leash dog parks (34%)
Indoor swimming pool (33°Io)
Community gardens (25%)
Cross-country ski trail in parks (22%)
Indoor skating rink (20%)
Soccer fields (17%)
Indoor running track (14°Io)
Picnic shelters (13%)
Softball fields (11%)
Little League baseball fields (10%)
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Trends an.d B~~nchmar~~
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Partnerships
Public/public
Public/private
Public/not-for-profit
Economic impact
Tourism
Tournaments/special events
Recreation programs
Lifelong programming: family/youth/adult/senior
Intergenerational programming
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Trends and Benchmarks
Local Tren
Demographics
Boulder population grew +/- 13% last t ' i~ars
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Shift in cohort toward a ln o ulation ='"
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Highest growth projected in North Boulder (32%),
Crossroads (30 %) and Southeast Boulder (27%)
subcommunities
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Trends and B~n~hmar~s
Local Tren
Facility Usage
Memberships to facilities are approxim r=~87%
residents and 13% non-residents
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Bench mark Ana~~ysias
Boulder's rankings compared to six other cities
on a per capita l~sis
First
Swimming pools
Volleyball courts
Second
Dog parks
Third
Community gardens
Skateboard park
Tennis courts
Ball fields
Fourth ~ m¢ ,.
Park acres
Fifth
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Recreation centers*
Golf courses
Soccer fields
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Boulder Guide~ines~
Facilities
Dog parks
Swimming pools
Centers
Multi-use
Fields*
2001
Total
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143,300 sf
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Operational
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1/38,000
1/16,300
1.25/sf
1/8,100
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1.7 sf/persori Y -
1/5,000
Little League
fields
Tennis courts
Softball Fields
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1/22,800
1/10,400
1/2,700
1/11,441
1/5,000
1/2,000
1/5,000
*Includes soccer, football, rugby, lacrosse, and ultimate frisbee
**Includes nine fields at Pleasant View
GIS Service Area Analysis
The GIS service area maps wil
presented over the next 10 slides
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Facilities Needs Assessment Recommendations
Facility
Center/gymnasium
Dog park
Swimming pool
Multi-use ~elds
Tennis courts
Little League fields
Softball fields
Cross-country ski
trail
Ice arena
Performing arts
center
Bike racing facility
Interviews
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Focus Groups
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Comm
Workshop
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Resident Benchmark
Survey Analysis
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Quantity
Needed
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Support level from each methodology: H= High M= Moderate L= Low
Facilities Needs Ass.essr~ent
Recommendations
Partnerships will be a primary mec 'sm for
achieving the recommended facilities. 'le the
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focus is presently on Valmont Partnershi ~~~'there
is a strong opportunity to strengthen partne~~ships
with the following organizations
Boulder Valley School District
CU-Boulder (particularly on South Campus)
Non-profit organizations (YMCA, Collage Children's
Museum)
Private schools (Shining Mountain Waldorf and September
School)
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Prepare final draft Needs As~
Conduct community meeting p
recommendations
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Review meeting results and revised ~
recommendations with PRAB
Prepare final Recreation Facilities Needs
Assessment report with implementation and
funding strategies