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RECREATION
DIVISION
JUNE 2020
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SUMMER CAMPS RETURN
With a lot of hard work revising plans, establishing protocols, and making tough decisions, summer
camp returned this month. 80 campers
participated across 3 camp locations.
80 campers
FITNESS MEMBERS REMAIN AT O’BRIEN
The O’Brien Fitness Center reopened to the public
on June 15th, 3 weeks later than most local gyms. Despite this setback, over 90% of members (930
individuals) maintained active memberships.
over 90% yield
BOOMER USED AT CPRB PUBLIC HEARINGS
This month Boomer gained value in the eyes of the public (and Common Council) by assisting to
facilitate a pair of public hearings regarding the
Civilian Police Review Board in our parks. Each
meeting had over 100 people in attendance.
2 events
KICKOFF TO YOUTH JOBS SB PROGRAMOur youth employee development initiative
launched this month with a pair of orientations
delivered to 74 Summer employees. To date,
there are a total of 88 youth in the program.
88 youth employed
HIGHLIGHTS
OUR DIVISIONAL MISSION
South Bend Venues Parks & Arts’ Recreation Division is focused on cultivating recreational opportunities that unite South Bend, guided by four major values of 1) fostering healthy communities, 2) caring for our
shared spaces, 3) serving where gaps exist, and 4) building collaborations and partnerships.
IN THE MONTH OF JUNE...
our division came back to life following a 12 week hiatus from public interactions in response to the Coronavirus pandemic. A return riddled with new operational/safety protocols, cancelled/postponed
programming, capacity limitations, and even a closed facility or two, it’s clear that this is not “business as
usual”. Nonetheless, in an unprecedented time when nearly half of parks & rec agencies across the nation
have had to shut down a majority of their programming, our team has been working hard to adapt and find
ways to live out VPA’s mission, at a time when our community has needed us more than ever.
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7,751Collective Program Reach
FACILITY USAGEPROGRAM STATISTICS
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72
144
216
288
360
Currently covering approx. 28.1% of operating expenditures from non-tax revenues. Targeted goal for division is 40%.28.1%REVENUE-TO-OPERATING
EXPENDITURES (COST RECOVERY)
REVENUES
$9,774 revenue added during the month of June.
Charges for services increased total revenues by less than a percent, bringing year-to-date totals to $404,228 (31% of the way towards budgeted goal of
$1,287,765).
45%
31%
EXPENSES
$197,882 expenses incurred during the month of June
Expenses incurred increased by 13%, bringing year-to-date totals to
$1,439,173 (45% of the total expense budget).
FINANCIAL STATISTICS
BYERSBYERSCBCCBCEAST RACEEAST RACEHOWARDHOWARDKENNEDY WPKENNEDY WPMLKMLKOBRIENOBRIENPOTAWATOMI POOLPOTAWATOMI POOLRUM VILLAGERUM VILLAGELEEPER TENNISLEEPER TENNISHours of programming/public useLocation
PROGRAM MONTHLY REACH YOY COMPARISON
Aquatics 443 ( ↓ 91%)
Athletics 1,367 ( ↓ 79%)
Charles Black Ctr 25 ( ↓ 100%)
Howard Park Event Ctr.270 ( ↓ 62%)
MLK Jr. Ctr.2,163 ( ↓ 53%)
O’Brien Fitness 2,641 ( ↓ 63%)
Rum Village 412 ( ↓ 74%)
Special Events 250 ( ↓ 83%)
Youth Programming 255 ( ↓ 65%)
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UPCOMING EVENTS
JULY15 Howard Park Concert Series (Every Wednesday through July)
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JULY16 Children’s Arts In The Park (Every Thursday through July)
JULY17 FUN Friday w/ Boomer @ Kennedy Park
JULY18 Family Passport to Play @ Kennedy Water Playground
JULY19 Potawatomi Concert Series (Every Sunday through July)
JULY24 Mask-Up Michiana Event @ Southeast Park (partnership with United Way)
DIVISION OVERVIEW
Aquatics Made decision to not open Potawatomi Pool this Summer. Kennedy Water Playground
restricted to 50% capacity. East Race operating with additional safety protocols in place.
Athletics 65 teams registered for adult softball (↓ 27%). Pickle ball returned near normal partici-
pation rates.
Boomin’ Parks Tour Canceled all programming scheduled to take place before the State reached Phase 4 of
its reopening plan. Safety protocols being put in place for when programming returns.
Charles Black Comm. Ctr.Reopening was postponed until June 22nd due to need to quarantine staff, which
subsequently pushed the start of Summer camp back to June 29th.
Howard Park Event Ctr.New online reservation system implemented. Series of fitness classes (Yoga, Werq,
Zumba) have returned to event spaces. Will be adding artist workshops in July.
MLK Jr. Comm. Ctr.Summer Fun Camp returned with 49 campers. Adult noon hoops suspended until more
stringent safety protocols put into place. Senior programming postponed indefinitely.
O’Brien Fitness Ctr.40% of active members (372 individuals) physically returned to facility in the two weeks
we were open for the month. Working on major partnership opportunity with YMCA.
Rum Village Seeing significantly large increase in daily visitors to park, consistent with trends across
US. First 3 weeks of Nature Detectives Day Camp cancelled due to low registration.
Youth Employment Partnered with EnFocus and Drucker Institute to utilize new Bendable platform to
deliver weekly online trainings to youth employees.
Youth Programming First 2 weeks of Camp Awareness cancelled due to combination of reopening
restrictions and low registration (refund requests). 36 campers in first running week.