Parks and Recreation Is Supported by Data

October 24, 2024, Department, by NRPA

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93% of U.S. adults support their local park and recreation agency collecting data from monitoring systems — like cameras, counters and patrons’ cellphones — to use for specific reasons, including:

  • Preventing and lowering crime in park and recreation spaces

  • Understanding how people are using park and recreation spaces

  • Improving access to parks for all community members

  • Measuring how parks and recreation impacts the local economy

As an essential community service, collecting data is critical for park and recreation agencies to best understand and respond to the specific needs of their community members.

Each month, through a poll of 1,000 U.S. residents focused on park and recreation issues, NRPA Park Pulse helps tell the park and recreation story. Questions span from the serious to the more lighthearted. The survey was conducted by Wakefield Research.

Visit nrpa.org/ParkPulse for more information.

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