Memorial Park

How important is the availability of local parks and recreation opportunities in Lewis County to you and members of your household?

    1.   Very Important                   77  -  64.7%                           Total - 119

    2.   Important                           38  -  31.9%

    3.   Neutral                               4   -   3.4%

    4.   Little Importance                  0  -   0%

    5.   Absolutely not Important       0  -   0%

Which of the following sports and recreation opportunities in Memorial Park have your or members of your household used in the past 12 months? Circle all that apply

1. Park Buildings for exercise such as walking                             37  -  31.1%              

    2.   Park Buildings for a private event such as parties                    76  -  63.9%

    3.   Basketball Courts                                                                 21  - 17.6%

    4.   Tennis Courts                                                                       12 – 10.1%

    5.   Baseball/Softball Fields                                                          60  -  50.4%

    6.   Walking Track                                                                  105  -  88.2%

    7.   Park Pool                                                                              43  -  36.1%

Local providers are seeking to increase revenue to support Park Improvement activities. Which of the following do you feel would be the best way to increase revenue for the Park? Circle all that apply

1. Donations                                                                            72  -  60.5%

    2.   User Fees for Building Rentals for private events           86  -  72.3%

    3.   Taxes                                                                                  18  -  15.1%

    4.   Sponsorships                                                                        44  -  37.0%

    5.   Private-Public Partnerships                                                     34  -  28.6%

    6.   Fundraising                                                                            59  -  49.6%

    7.   Park Foundation                                                                      55  -  46.2%

Which of the following do you feel would be the best option for Park Building Reservations?                                                                                      Total 118

1. Users will be required to pay a fee for the private use of any building to help off-set cost of clean-up, utilities and supplies such as trash bags. This will only apply to private events such as birthdays, reunions’ and etc. Fee will not apply to charitable events such as Relay for Life, etc or non-profit organizations such as the Health Council, etc.   77  -  78.6%
2. Users only pay a booking fee for reservations. If a user wants to schedule a building for   private use and have guaranteed availability they will be required to pay a reservation fee. However, if a building is not reserved users can use (for private events) free of charge but availability will not be guaranteed? Fee will not apply to charitable events such as Relay for Life, etc or non-profit organizations such as the Health Council.   20  -  20.4%
3. No charges for use of buildings for private events at anytime. Park absorbs cost associated with booking reservations of buildings including utilities, supplies and clean-up.  8  -  8.2%
4. No charges for use of buildings at anytime. Buildings used on a first come, first serve basis only. Do not allow booking of buildings for private events. Park absorbs cost associated with use of buildings including utilities, supplies and clean-up    2  -  2.0%
5. Other - Specify Below   11  -  11.2%

What do you feel would be a fair user fee for rental of Park Community Building for Private Use?

1. $50 for 1^st two hours, $20 per hour for each additional hour               17  -  17.3%
2. $25 per reservation no matter how long used.                          47  -  48.0%
3. $25 per reservation – limited to 2 hours use                                      22  -  22.4%
4. $20 per hour                                                                                    8  -  8.2%
5. Other – Please specify in comments area                                          24  -  24.5%

Again the Conservation Board would like to thank those of you who took the time to complete the survey and submit your feedback.

The statistical results from the community survey are shown is yellow. The green text indicates the most prominent answer to each question.