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65 City of Elk River - Parks and Recreation Master Plan Chapter 5: How We Get There <br />• Provide low to no cost options. <br />• Work with partners to provide affordable access to activities like indoor <br />aquatics or open gym. <br />4. Improve indoor facilities to hold programs. <br />Strategies: <br />• Conduct a Comprehensive Recreation Facilities Study to evaluate the <br />Activity Center (55+), the Arena, Lions Park Center, and the Trott Brook <br />Barn to determine if they should be renovated, replaced on their current site, <br />or consolidated into a centrally-located facility. <br /> ▶Consider development of shared Activity Center (55+)/ community <br />center in a shared building. <br /> ▶If Lions Park Center is not replaced with a new facility (either in the <br />same or another central location), renovate the building. <br />• Improve partnership with the Y to better meet city recreation program <br />needs. Specifically: <br /> ▶Negotiate for additional swimming passes for Elk River residents. <br /> ▶Additional storage. <br /> ▶Expanded hours for city use. <br /> ▶Stronger city identity. <br /> ▶Providing a mechanism for cost recovery when providing city programs <br />at the Y. <br />• Continue to partner with Community Education indoor programming <br />locations. <br />• When renovating or creating new indoor program locations, create flexible, <br />adaptable, multi-use spaces and changeable components to adapt with needs <br />and interests. <br />• Develop spaces that can function for events such as conferences, weddings, <br />receptions, parties, trade shows, and other larger gatherings. <br />5. Host community events that facilitate community interaction and foster <br />community pride and identity. <br />Strategies: <br />• Evolve the Riverfront Concert Series at Rivers Edge Commons to a higher <br />profile community event that becomes a greater economic benefit. <br />• Continue to support hosting regional and statewide events such as the 2014 <br />Hockey Day Minnesota, in partnership with the school district, and the <br />Northwest Suburban Conference Cross Country Running Championships <br />at the golf course. <br />• Support family events such as Spooktacular at Halloween and the 4th of July <br />celebration. <br />Page 133 of 240