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Things that would make our community
even better include…

Facilities

Facilities (34 Responses)

• Build:

o More libraries
o Children’s museum
o Civic center and/or amphitheater
o Combined senior citizen, community and theater center
o Community center or gathering place
o Hospital
o Cultural arts center
o Mini-science center
o Performing arts center
o More entertainment facilities
o Arcade
o New senior citizen center
o Outdoor festival and/or concert area with a parking facility that don’t affect neighbors
o Senior citizen health center
o Music recording facility

• Provide cheaper prices for public events, indoor year-round multi-use space for soccer practice and small conventions
• Coordinate hours of public and college libraries to provide 16 hour/7 day service
• Publicize available space at Learning Resource Center

Recreation (20 Responses)

• Would like:

o An 18-hole golf course
o Additional indoor recreational space:
o Amusement park
o Indoor year-round practice facility for youth sports
o Another roller skating rink
o Indoor and outdoor basketball courts
o Indoor pool and/or aquatic center
o Reasonably priced activities
o Community sponsored “Y” for everyone

• Need more:

o Gym space
o Neighborhood pools
o Free recreational center
o More recreational opportunities
o Intramurals
o Recreational programs for people with low income

• Utilize outdoor space for after school practices
• Convert some tennis courts into roller hockey courts
• Continue Saturday morning use of gyms

 

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