2012 operating hours for the Green Lake Community Center (7201 E Green Lake Dr N) have been announced.
The facility will be open:
Mondays - 1:30 – 9 p.m.
Tuesdays - 1:30 – 9 p.m.
Wednesdays - 1:30 – 9 p.m.
Thursdays - 1:30 – 9 p.m.
Fridays - 2 – 9 p.m.
Saturdays - 9 a.m. – 5 p.m.
Sundays – closed
Currently, the Green Lake Community Center is open Mondays-Fridays, 1 to 8 p.m. and closed on Saturdays and Sundays (note, however, that is is closing Dec. 18-26 for maintenance.)
A Seattle Parks and Recreation press release sent earlier today (Friday, Dec. 16, 2011) read as follows:
In response to challenging budgets and a directive from City Council, Seattle Parks and Recreation spent 2011 meeting with community stakeholders and staff to develop a new plan for operating community centers in 2012. That work has resulted in a new tiered system for operating community centers that reduces operating costs, while maintaining essential services.
In the new system, community centers are grouped into five geographic areas of five centers each. They are managed and programmed in a coordinated fashion. The new system partially or fully restores the current limited use sites. Five limited use sites were established in 2011, which involved a significant drop in public operating hours. The new tiered system for 2012 saves approximately $1.23 million in the 2012 budget.
Background
In January 2011, Seattle Parks and Recreation convened a Community Center Advisory Team, consisting of community members, representatives from the Board of Park Commissioners, representatives of employee unions, employees, the Associated Recreation Council, and City Council and City Budget Office staff. The team met throughout the spring to discuss options for moving forward.
They recommended nine possible options. After taking the nine options to the public via community meetings and an online survey, the tiered geographic recommendation floated to the top.
Then, Parks staff held 27 public meetings to hear from communities about what activities and hours they would like to see at their nearest community center. The results of those meetings helped inform the new operating hours.
City Council approved the new tiered operating model in its 2012 budget.
