- Choose a municipality from within Canada. Smaller communities will be easier to find information on. Once you have chosen a municipality please post the name of this municipality in the discussion form on Moodle near top of page. I have named the forum “Municipality”. A Municipality can only be chosen by 1 of your classmates and this is on a first come first serve basis.
- Provide an overview of the Recreation/Leisure Department. (Number of employees, positions etc) . and create an organizational reporting chart with the job titles for each of the Recreation staff.
- Provide a list of parks, playgrounds, outdoor recreation facilities and indoor recreation facilities that the town/city owns and operates.
- Provide an annual recreation budget from the past or current year. What priorities did the municipality have for leisure/recreation in that year? Do you agree with them?
- A) Provide an overview of the recreation programs that are run directly by the municipality. Please ensure that the Municipality runs these programs. Contracting out or advertising for non-profit groups is not direct programming.
- Do the recreation programs create revenue? Provide examples.
- Does the municipality contract out instructors for recreation programs? Provide examples.
- Discuss the main non-profit recreation/sports groups and/or commercial recreation businesses that the municipality collaborates very closely with. Describe the relationship between the Municipality and the non-profit organization or commercial business. Do any of these groups utilize the town/city facilities?
- Identify the current challenges that the Recreation Department faces in this Municipality.
- Identify the future priorities for leisure/recreation within this community.