2010 Recreation Plan Survey

1. What is your age?

What is your age? Under 18

19-29

30-39

40-49

50-59

60-69

70+

2. What is your gender?

What is your gender? Male

Female

3. How many times have you used a city park in the past year?

How many times have you used a city park in the past year? Never

1 to 3 times

4 to 9 times

10 to 15 times

More than 15 times

4. How do you use city parks (choose all that apply)?

How do you use city parks (choose all that apply)? Sports

Walking or Jogging

Biking or Skating

Fishing

Outdoor Dining/Picnics

Parties

Walk dog

Playground

Special Events

Sledding

Launch boats

Other (please specify)

5. If a “Friends of the Parks" organization was established, would you consider becoming a volunteer?

If a “Friends of the Parks" organization was established, would you consider becoming a volunteer? Yes

6. Which of the following parks have you visited in the past year (choose all that apply)?

Which of the following parks have you visited in the past year (choose all that apply)? Battery Park

Bigelow Park

Birney Park

Breakers Cove Park

Carroll Park

Cass Avenue Boat Launch

Defoe Park

Nate Doan Park

Edward M. Golson Boat Launch and Nature Area

Hewitt Park

Infinity Skate Park

Maplewood Park

Ted Putz Park

Ramsey Park

Rexer-Jablonski Park

Riverwalk/Railtrail loop

Roosevelt Park

Sovereign Park

Third Street Waterfall Park

Tromble/Banks Park

Veterans Memorial Park

Wenonah Park

7. Please evaluate the following aspects of parks in Bay City:

	Very Good	Good	Neutral	Poor	Very Poor
Variety of facilities/amenities	Please evaluate the following aspects of parks in Bay City: Variety of facilities/amenities Very Good	Good	Neutral	Poor	Very Poor
Maintenance and appearance	Maintenance and appearance Very Good	Good	Neutral	Poor	Very Poor
Safety and security	Safety and security Very Good	Good	Neutral	Poor	Very Poor

8. Please rate the following priorities with 1 being the lowest priority and 5 the highest priority.

	1	2	3	4	5
Extend the east side riverwalk from Downtown to the Lafayette Bridge	Please rate the following priorities with 1 being the lowest priority and 5 the highest priority. Extend the east side riverwalk from Downtown to the Lafayette Bridge 1	2	3	4	5
Continue renovations to Wenonah Park	Continue renovations to Wenonah Park 1	2	3	4	5
Repair and upgrade existing recreation facilities	Repair and upgrade existing recreation facilities 1	2	3	4	5
Renovate Veteran’s Memorial Park for special events	Renovate Veteran’s Memorial Park for special events 1	2	3	4	5
Sell underutilized/surplus parkland	Sell underutilized/surplus parkland 1	2	3	4	5
Develop the City’s Railtrail link to Zilwaukee	Develop the City’s Railtrail link to Zilwaukee 1	2	3	4	5
Make maintenance efforts a priority for parks with recreational facilities that are of the highest value and most used	Make maintenance efforts a priority for parks with recreational facilities that are of the highest value and most used 1	2	3	4	5
Reclassify underperforming parks as “public open space”	Reclassify underperforming parks as “public open space” 1	2	3	4	5
Devote space in parks for community garden plots	Devote space in parks for community garden plots 1	2	3	4	5

9. What is the one thing you would do to improve parks and recreation in Bay City?

What is the one thing you would do to improve parks and recreation in Bay City?

10. What do you like best about parks in Bay City?

What do you like best about parks in Bay City?