Performance Measures
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Recreation Services Provided through Partnerships
About this measure: This measure looks at the success of King County Parks efforts to expand public recreation opportunities using community—based partnerships. The Community Partnerships and Grants (CPG) Program is the primary tool that Parks uses to develop community—based partnerships. This measure includes the number of public users benefiting from new community—based public recreation development projects and the amount of additional community investment leveraged for construction, operations, and programming.
2007 results:
Number of users benefiting from structured recreational opportunities provided by community—base partners:
- 2007 results: 12,100
- 2007 target: 11,000
- 2008 target: 28,500
- 2007 — 12,500
- 2007 target: 11,000
- 2008 — 34,300
- 2007 — $2,200,000
- 2007 target: $2,000,000
- 2008 target: $6,150,000
Influencing factors: Factors influencing successful community—based partnerships include wherewithal of community—based organizations, flexibility in King County's CPG grant parameters, overall capital investment, availability of land for recreation development, and commitment to the comprehensive King County empowerment of community—based partner organizations.
Strategy going forward: Continue making strategic investments via the Community Partnerships and Grants (CPG) Program. Develop long term plan to determine acquisition opportunities that support new community—based recreation development projects.
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