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7. Continue to evaluate recreation programs and adjust program mix based on customer feedback, demand, and trends. Strategies: • Administer program outcome evaluations. • Conduct focus groups. • Periodically review demographics. • Complete biennial community surveys. • Develop pricing and cost recovery goals. • Evaluate and account for staffing needs. • Solicit feedback from partner organizations and other city departments. Continue to foster partnerships. 8. Continue to work with partners to provide high quality recreation programs and limit program overlap. Strategies: Meet annually with other program providers. ► School District ► Neighboring Communities ► Sherburne County ► The Y ► Boys and Girls Club ► Athletic Organizations ► Arts Organizations Continue to partner with other program providers for efficiencies in locations and staff costs. Initiative 6: Be Stewards for Natural Resources and Greenways Elk River prides itself on its environmental resources and natural character. Many people choose to live in Elk River because of the access to nature right outside their front door. Fishing, hunting, hiking, biking, and bird watching are just a few of the outdoor activities residents enjoy in the city. To ensure these are maintained for generations to come, efforts should be made to protect the natural resources that define Elk River for so many people. 1. Protect natural areas in the City Strategies: • Acquire or protect (through land trusts, conservation easements, partnerships etc.... areas proposed as greenway corridors and /or land identified as high quality in the Natural Resources Inventory. • Explore possibility to protect the Gun Club property as a State Scientific Natural Area as opportunities arise. 55 City of Elk River- Parks and Recreation Master Plan Draft 11 .25.1 4