OTHER CONSIDERATIONS

With constantly increasing pressures on local tax dollars, it will be more difficult in the future to obtain sufficient funding for parks and recreation programs and facilities. This report examines all facilities and programs which can produce revenue for the Department. The report recommends that emphasis be placed on these revenue facilities. The creation of a Parks and Recreation Foundation, and the creation of a gifts catalog listing facilities and programs which can be sponsored by individuals, corporations, and foundations can stimulate donations to the Department.

This report further recommends a cost-benefits approach to evaluating the effectiveness of recreation programming.  (See Chapter VII).