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PARKS AND COMMUNITY SERVICES

PARKS AND COMMUNITY SERVICES . Creating Community through People, Parks and Programs. Karen McNamara Director of Parks and Community Services.

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PARKS AND COMMUNITY SERVICES

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  1. PARKS AND COMMUNITY SERVICES Creating Community through People, Parks and Programs Karen McNamara Director of Parks and Community Services

  2. Tracy’s Quality of Life =Strong Economic Activity +Active, Engaged Community +Healthy, Resilient Youth +Quality Facilities and Services

  3. Benefits of Parks and Recreation • PERSONAL & INDIVIDUAL • Helping people achieve life long learning goals • Learning new skills • Maintain healthy lifestyles • Expanding young minds • Staying active and involved

  4. Benefits of Parks and Recreation • SOCIAL & COMMUNITY • Meeting neighbors and friends • Connecting to the community • Enhancing cultural unity • Instilling community pride

  5. Benefits of Parks and Recreation • ECONOMIC - Contributing to economic vitality through…….. • Providing safe places • Building quality infrastructure • Contributing to tourism • Connecting people to employment

  6. Benefits of Parks and Recreation • ENVIRONMENTAL • Preserving the environment and open space • Enhance scenic beauty • Protecting the future Tracy • Maintaining the urban forest

  7. Trends and Issues • Commute population • Impacts of Technology • Changing demographics • Cultural • Haves-Have Nots • Population Density • Families at Risk • Sedentary youth

  8. New Initiatives • Building Strong Families • Family Nights • Neighbors Helping Neighbors • V.I.T.A.L. – Volunteers in Tracy Actively Linked • Teen Center - The Mix • Parent/Child Programs • Intergenerational Programs • Extended Library Hours

  9. New Initiatives • Strengthening Collaborations • Tracy 4 Teens: Preventative, Proactive, Coordinated, Multi-Disciplinary • Tracy Teen Center – Boys & Girls Club • Tracy Unified School District - Joint Use Library • TRACER

  10. New Initiatives • High Quality Facilities • Tracy Sports Complex • Parks - over 200 acres • Public Art and Entryways • Aquatics Center • Tracy Historic Museum • Bikeway and Trail System

  11. New Initiatives • Fostering Resiliency in Youth • Developmental Assets - • Positive Peer Influences • Creative Activities • Achievement Motivation • Responsibility • Youth as Resources • Positive Adult Relationships

  12. State of the City Tracy, California January 31, 2002

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