March 16

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Findings Presentation

• March 16 17, 2009

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Todays Discussion

• Project Overview and Schedule
• Key Findings
• Discussion
• Next Steps

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Project Team
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Project Overview

• Phase 1 - Information Gathering and Needs
  Assessment
• Public Outreach and Participation
• Public meetings/stakeholder meetings/focus
  groups/survey
• Inventory and Analysis of Existing Conditions for
  Facilities and Programs Needs Analysis
• GRASP LOS analysis
• Phase 2 - Findings and Visioning
• Phase 3 Recommendations and Plans
• 2040 Framework and Ten Year Strategic Plan
• Implementation/Action Plans

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Key Demographic Findings

• Population increasing by 13 between 2010 and
  2040 to over 990,000
• 64 African American, 18 White, and 12
  Hispanic, 6 other
• Over 30 have Bachelors Degree or higher
• Median age in Prince Georges County is 35.1
• Currently the two largest age cohorts in Prince
  Georges County are 35-44 (15.7) followed by
  45-54 (14.8)
• Age shift - higher percentages in the middle to
  older adult age range

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Prince Georges County Population Trendline by
Age, 2000-2013
Source ESRI Business Information Solutions
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Analysis by Sub Areas
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Household Income Varies Greatly Figure 7 Prince
Georges County Household Income by Sub Area
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Key Demographic Findings

• Median Income in West Sub Areas averages 54,000
  per household, while East and South Sub Areas
  average 74-95,000 per household
• Some sub areas have high level of Spanish
  speakers - 0ver 20 in Northwest A (national
  average is 14) will continue to increase with
  immigration
• Median household income is higher in Prince
  Georges County (68,270) than median income in
  the U.S. (50,740)

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Relevant Trends

• Top three sport activities for older adults
• Exercise walking, exercising with equipment, and
  swimming
• Trails, parks, and playgrounds are among the 5
  most important community amenities when selecting
  a home
• Environmental programs are a trend nationally and
  are growing in participation in Prince Georges
  County
• Afterschool programs have been proven to decrease
  juvenile crime , drug use, and teen pregnancy as
  well as improve standardized test scores

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Community Engagement

• Summary of Key Community Input Themes
• Improving perception of safety and security
• Increasing marketing and communications efforts
• Improving equity and distribution of programs and
  facilities, along with transportation and access
  capabilities
• Offering diverse programs for all ages,
  ethnicities, and abilities
• Partnering with schools, faith-based
  organizations, non-profits, for-profit and
  governmental agencies

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Survey

• Survey conducted Dec 2008 Feb 2009
• Extensive outreach to promote open-link survey
• Total of 1,429 respondents
• 628 from random sample
• 801 from open-link version

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If you do not use parks, facilities, services, or
programs managed or offered in M-NCPPC, why not?
If you do use the Countys parks, facilities,
services, and programs, what is most in need of
improvement?
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Most important needs for OUTDOOR facilities
multi-purpose fields, playgrounds, picnic
shelters, natural areas, and trails
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Most important needs for INDOOR facilities teen
space, indoor track, senior space, weight
room/fitness, indoor pools
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KEY PROGRAM NEEDS youth programs (day camp,
leagues), fitness and wellness walking and
biking
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Allocation of Department Funds Improvements to
existing outdoor facilities ranked highest,
following by community centers.
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Sub Area Highlights

• Northeast and Northwest
• Natural areas and trails frequent use of and
  high importance
• Top programs walking/biking, fitness/wellness,
  nature and environment, cultural/arts, and
  history
• Central West
• Largest concern over safety (46) along with
  SW lack of transportation (24) also a concern
• Strong support Facilities - lap pool, picnic
  shelters, basketball Programs- fitness/well,
  general education, swimming

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Sub Area Highlights

• Central East
• High use of houses of worship (44) - along with
  South
• Higher use and importance of multi-use athletic
  fields amphitheatre ranked higher
• Cultural/arts programs (strongest support of sub
  areas)
• Southwest
• Along with Central West, high concern over safety
  (47)
• Fitness and seniors focus (highest volunteer
  interest 54)
• Public gardens and amphitheatre strong support

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Sub Area Highlights

• South
• Largest number using houses of worship for
  recreation (47)
• Fitness /wellness programs ranked highest of all
  sub areas (74)
• Write-in comments about being underserved

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Inventory Summary
Plus Six Federal and 14 State Sites
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Subareas and Density
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Composite-Values Level of Service (LOS) Analysis
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Composite-Values LOS Analysis
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Neighborhood Access LOS

• All Components
• Indoor Facilities
• Arts, Heritage, and Historic Components
• Multi-purpose Fields
• Trails and Blueways
• Trailshed Analysis

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Trailshed Analysis
16 Separate Trail Networks
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Access to Natural Areas
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LOS Analysis Summary

• In general service coverage is good in all sub
  areas except South
• Northwest B sub area has highest LOS Per Acre
  Served in all categories
• Not so when population density is factored in
  varies among subareas
• South has lowest LOS Per Acre Served in all
  categories
• SW has lowest in all categories but Fields when
  density factored in
• Central East has highest GRASP Index in all
  categories but indoor
• SW has lowest GRASP Index in all but Fields and
  Trails
• Southwest has lowest levels of service with
  pockets of higher population density that may be
  underserved
• Access to Natural Areas good except for gap in
  South sub area

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Maintenance Access
One Central and Five Satellite Maintenance Centers
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Planning Development

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• Clear LOS standards are needed for strategic CIP
• Lack clear standards for indoor centers
• Parkland dedication requirements need closer
  evaluation
• Provide a small percentage of parkland need per
  standards of 35 acres/1000 population
• Concerns over long-term feasibility of recreation
  facilities option
• Sustainable approach to maintaining/operating new
  facilities over the long-term

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Program Analysis

• Services perceived to be most important in
  responding to todays identified community
  issues 
• Neighborhood-based community centers and services
• Child Care
• Day Camps
• Xtreme Teen program
• Health and wellness/fitness programs
• Outdoor and nature-based programs
• Therapeutic recreation services

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Program Analysis

• Perceived gaps in service by population and
  interest area include the following
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• Youth programming
• Teen programming
• Young and mid-aged adult programming
• Active older adult programming
• Hispanic and other ethnicity/racially diverse
  programming
• Southern region of Prince Georges County

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Management

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• External and internal communications
• Organizational culture
• Cost recovery/subsidy allocation philosophy
• Financial management

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Focus Areas for Recommendations

• Equity and Level of Service Standards
• Strategic Programs
• Community Relations Collaborations
• Transportation, Access, and Safety
• Financial and Operational Sustainability
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Next Steps

• Findings Validation Feb/Mar 2009
• Public Input/Visioning Mar/Apr
• Drafts and Final Plans Summer