(409) Before, During and After Your Recreation Center Opens

You’re getting ready to open a new recreation center — now what? For many park and recreation professionals, the opening of a community recreation center enables a quantum leap in the services they can offer. This session uses recent, first-hand testimony and benchmarking data from facilities around the country to provide a behind-the-scenes look at strategies and processes to set up your center for success. Woven throughout will be the story behind the design considerations that went into Lewisville, Texas’ THRIVE Recreation Center. Attendees will gain a better understanding of the necessary preparation before, during and after their centers opens — ultimately ensuring its long-term success.

Learning Objectives:
1. Define the required components of successful planning, design and operations of a new community center.
2. Recognize challenges staff encounter when developing operational parameters.
3. Increase performance through disciplined analysis of internal processes and benchmarking of similar facilities.