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12. Please tell us how important the following potential improvements
to INDOOR facilities would be to you and your family or the community
overall: Skipped: 212
31.5%
33.9%
34.5%
Walking/
running track
Aquatics (lap pool ,
leisure pool )
Indoor ice skating
Additional space fo r
after school youth program
(elementary-6th grade)
Expanded pre-school space
90.5%
79.4%
19.0%
28.5%
25.4%
Additional gymnasium
(courts, badminton, etc. )
41.3%
28.8%
29.9%
13.8%
16.3%
52.4%
56.5%
39.3%
56.0%
40.0%
30.0%
38.8%
70.6%
33.9%
30.0%
36.1%
Fitness center (free weights,
cardio equipment, etc.)
21.7%
Rentable rooms (meetings,
events, parties)
Although asked about indoor space, a few respondents also mentioned outdoor
amenities including a sled hill, a pool, synthetic turf fields, sports lighting, and an
ice rink.
50.0%
14.4%
Platform/paddle tennis facilit y
10 respondents did not think indoor improvements were needed. 4 respondents
do not support indoor development because they don’t want to increase
department spending while 6 prefer to maintain the existing indoor facilities
instead of developing anything new.
52.9%
51.5%
12.9%
16.4%
New indoor amenity comments included an indoor pool (3 comments), a
walking track (2 comments), an ice rink (1 comment), theater space (1 comment),
and a spa (1 comment). 1 comment also suggested adding a field house which
could include additional sports courts and/or synthetic turf fields (3 comments
each).
35.3%
27.7%
20.0%
Suggestions for existing indoor amenities also included providing more rentable
rooms (3), relocating the Wildlife Discovery Center to a larger site (1 comment),
improving the West Park Fieldhouse for winter use center (1 comment),
upgrading spaces for teenagers (1 comment), and modernizing the fitness center
(1 comment). Once again, Kinderhaven was a high priority with 5 responses
calling for expansion. 1 comment also requested before-school care.
30.5%
22.2%
23.3%
14.4%
Very important
30.3%
47.8%
54.5%
55.3%
Somewhat
important
Not
important
Improvements and expansions to the Recreation Center were suggested in 2
comments and 3 comments recommended constructing a new recreation center
facility. For existing indoor amenities at the Recreation Center, respondents
suggested adding separate racquet sport courts for squash (3), pickleball (3),
paddle tennis (2), and racquetball (1), adding more studio space (1), expanding
gymnasium space (1), and improving locker room and restrooms (1).
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