Thursday, September 21, 2017

Give Input Now On Laurelhurst Community Center Programs And Hours

Cara, Recreation Coordinator for the Laurelhurst Community Center, invites the community to take a short survey, designed specifically for just the Laurelhurst Community Center, regarding operating hours and program offerings.

Cara said:  
Based on the 2017 City Council budget, the Community Centers current operating hours are Monday through Friday from 9-2pm.  We would like to know what operational hours and programs would best serve your family’s needs.  This is part of our on-going effort to align programs and operational services that meet the needs of the community. 

Laurelhurst Community Center hours are not in jeopardy. We are hoping to receive more hours in the future depending on the City budget and City Council decisions.  

The purpose of this survey is to reach out to our neighbors, users and community to find out “if” we were to be granted more operational hours and more staffing resources, how would the public like to see those hour/resources used.  Your feedback is important to us.

We do not want to send a perception that we are in fact being granted more hours by City Council, but rather a “what if” so that we can be prepared to make changes that the direct community wants to see.  
We are hoping this tool will help us in the future to modify our offerings in a way that makes the center and programs more accessible to our community and to more members of the community in terms of what programs we offer, when we are open, etc.  
We hope that we are serving the needs of families in our area, but would like to ask the public if there are gaps in our current program offerings that would appeal to them and fill any needs that are out there.  Things such as child care, more special events, preschool programs, teen programs, etc. 
There is a new budget cycle each year and we would one day like to be restored to a fully operational site with full time staff.  This may or may not happen with the 2018 budget cycle, but if more hours are granted we would like to have a strategy in place that the community has given input into.

Cara can be reached at Cara.Brown@seattle.gov  or by phone at 206-684-7529. 

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