Recreation Services Provided through Community Partnerships

Number of users benefiting from structured recreational opportunities provided by community-based partners:

• 2007: 12,100
• 2008: 28,500
• 2009: 33,400
• 2010 actual: 35,000
• 2010 target: 42,000
• 2011 target: 50,000

Number of users benefiting from non-structured recreational opportunities provided by community-based partners:

• 2007: 12,500
• 2008: 34,300
• 2009: 36,000
• 2010 actual: 55,000
• 2010 target: 50,000
• 2011 Target: 70,000

Financial match leveraged through community-based partners:

• 2007: $2,200,000
• 2008: $6,000,000
• 2009: $5,150,000
• 2010 actual: $1,692,500
• 2010 target: $5,192,500
• 2011 target: $17,800,000

About this measure: This measure considers the success of King County Parks Division efforts to expand public recreation opportunities using community-based partnerships. The Community Partnerships and Grants (CPG) Program is the primary tool that Parks uses to develop community-based partnerships. This measure includes the number of public users benefiting from new community-based public recreation development projects and the amount of additional community investment leveraged for construction, operations, and programming.

Influencing factors: Factors influencing successful community-based partnerships include wherewithal of community-based organizations, flexibility in King County's CPG grant parameters, overall capital investment, availability of land for recreation development, and commitment to the comprehensive King County empowerment of community-based partner organizations.

Specifically, factors influencing the 2010 actual measure of users benefiting from structured recreational opportunities and the levels of financial match leveraged through community-based partners include the delay of certain projects, including the Sammamish Rowing Association Boathouse at Marymoor Park and the turf conversions at Ravensdale, among others. Factors influencing the 2010 actual measure of users benefiting from non-structured recreational opportunities include the exceptional popularity of some certain completed projects, including the Mountain Bike Park at Duthie Hill.

Strategy going forward: The division will continue to make strategic investments via the Community Partnerships and Grants (CPG) Program. Increasingly seek acquisition opportunities that support new community-based recreation development projects.

2011 targets are influenced dramatically by the completion and opening of several large projects, including the Sammamish Rowing Association Boathouse at Marymoor Park, the turf conversions at Ravensdale and Big Finn Hill, the third phase of the Duthie Hill Mountain Bike Park, and the Technology Access Foundation Community Center at Lakewood Park, among others. Several of these projects include significant community investments, dramatically increasing the 2011 target for the leveraged financial match.

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