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Parks and Recreation Needs Assessment Experience <br /> NEEDS ASSESSMENT SURVEY AS COMPONENT OF MASTER PLAN (2004). <br /> NEEDS ASSESSMENT SURVEY 2008) <br /> Bend, Oregon <br /> Leisure Vision conducted a statistically valid mail/phone survey for this rapidly growing Oregon <br /> community that won the 2006 Gold Medal Award. The survey was conducted to help establish <br /> priorities for the future development and maintenance of parks, trails, greenways, recreation <br /> facilities, programs and services as y Q2. Have Respondent Households Participated in <br /> part of a comprehensive master plan. Programs Offered by the Bend Metro Park and <br /> Recreation District During the Past 12 Months <br /> by percentage of respondents <br /> The goal was to obtain at least 600 <br /> completed surveys. This goal was far No Q216.How Respondents Learned About <br /> �7 �7 58% Parks and Recreation Programs and Activities <br /> exceeded with ith /0/ surveys being BMPRD Program Guide 174 b/o <br /> completed, including 372 by mail and The Bulletin 47% <br /> Friends and neighbors 45/0 <br /> 335 by phone. The results of the random Yes Direct mailings 27% <br /> 42% The Source 24% <br /> sample of 707 households had a 95% People and Parks 21% <br /> School announcementsJdisplay boards 20% I I I <br /> level of confidence with a precision Conversations Wth BMPRD staff 116% <br /> Television 13P/a <br /> of at least+/-3.7%. Radio 1211/. <br /> BMPRD Website 9% <br /> Promotions at BMPRD events 8% <br /> Other organization's publicity 4% <br /> 0% 20% 40% 60% 80% <br /> ',,aou:unc L6s�line V"usioun/],'I`('ICuudtl4iiic(INAa)1'.604) <br /> Leisure Vision conducted an update of this needs assessment effort in 2008. <br /> "The survey methodology employed by Leisure Vision gave us data that we could depend upon <br /> and helped our agency focus on those things that are most important to the citizens of our <br /> district. It identified areas where service is adequate and areas that needed additional attention. <br /> Because of the vast number of surveys conducted by Leisure Vision specific to parks and <br /> recreation, they were able to use our data to benchmark against peer agencies nationwide to <br /> give us an idea of where we stand and allowed us to prescribe service standards tailored to <br /> Bend. " <br /> Don Horton, Executive Director <br /> DON HORTON, Executive Director or <br /> BRUCE RONNING, Director of Planning and Development <br /> Bend Metro Park and Recreation District <br /> 200 Pacific Park Lane <br /> Bend, Oregon 97701 <br /> (541) 389-7275 <br /> Leisure Vision Needs Assessment Experience- 7 <br />