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Parks Department seeks your input on the future of Seattle’s community centers

What do you think? (1 Comment) May 26, 2011 at 11:26AM

Green Lake Community Center

Seattle Parks and Recreation is exploring new directions for the city’s community centers, and your input on a variety of options is requested.

“In response to challenging budgets,” a press release from Seattle Parks reads, “Seattle Parks and Recreation has been asked by City Council to re-think how community centers are operated. Over the past five months, ideas for changing how community centers are run have been developed with the help of a citizen advisory team. Now it is time for the broader community to weigh in on several options that have been suggested.”

The draft options for changing community center operations will be available Wednesday, June 8, 2011 at all community centers and online.

Seattle Parks will hold two community meetings to share information about these options and to give the community a chance to weigh-in.

The meetings will be on Wednesday, June 15, 7 – 8:30 p.m. at the Bitter Lake Community Center (13035 Linden Ave N) and on Thursday, June 16, 7 – 8:30 p.m., at the Jefferson Community Center (3801 Beacon Ave S).

Those who are unable to attend the meetings are invited to complete an online survey that will be posted online beginning June 8.

For more information, please contact Susan Golub, Strategic Advisor for Seattle Parks, at susan.golub [at] seattle.gov.

  • http://www.arttrek.com Ann-Marie Stillion

    I read the analysis from the link. What does it mean? Why not just sell the naming rights to the centers and be done with it. People need to be paid, citizens need services, the parks need to be open and as low cost as possible. I just took a look at the services from a local city with lots of partnerships. The costs are much higher, the services more white bread and the programs just reek of service to the private sector while leaving those without the means to fend for themselves. Moreover the information is so balkanized you can’t even figure out what is available.