Vision Implementation Engagement Results – Final Compilation June 21, 2021
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Vision Implementation Engagement Results – Final Compilation June 21, 2021 Introduction Background As the county’s population increases and becomes more racially, ethnically, and linguistically diverse, gaps are increasing between users and the recreational facilities and services that Parks & Recreation offers. To meet changing community needs and interests, Parks & Recreation developed a new vision for its parks and recreation system: A dynamic, community-centered system that provides opportunities for our ever-changing community to engage with inclusive and welcoming parks and recreation sites and programming. To help realize this vision, stakeholders were asked to provide input and ideas to help shape budgeting, planning and community engagement efforts over the next decade. Below is the final compilation of results from the live- virtual and online engagements that began January 26, 2021 and ran through June 4, 2021. Learn more and see the accompanying analysis of results on the project website. Compilation Overview Content Both live-virtual and online engagement opportunities included information about the Parks & Recreation system, either presented or through a short video. Over the course of this engagement some questions were refined or merged; in those cases, responses were combined to include all results. Below are the final set of questions used in nearly all engagements. A little about you… 1. (Warm-up question, online survey only) In the last few years, what have you, your family, or friends done in a Ramsey County park, facility, or program? 2. Please enter your home ZIP code (required) 3. How do you describe your race? o American Indian or Alaska Native o Native Hawaiian or other Pacific Islander o Asian or Asian American o White or Caucasian o Black or African American o Other (please specify) 4. Are you Hispanic/Latinx? (Y/N) 21st Century Vision Implementation: Background Page 1 Vision implementation feedback questions: The seven questions related to vision implementation all began with this statement: Imagine it's five years from now and Parks and Recreation is making great progress on this vision. Thinking about yourself, family, and friends in Ramsey County parks, facilities, and programs….. 5. Where are you going, what are you doing, and when? (For example: My kids and I are fishing on summer evenings. I'm skating in an arena with friends. My friends and I are walking on the winter trails.) 6. What are you seeing? Hearing? (For example: I see many of my friends also walking and sledding. I hear birds, frogs, and other nature sounds. I hear children laughing.) 7. Who else is there? (For example: Other families like mine. Lots of different people. Many children. Mostly adults.) 8. What do you love about this? How does it make you feel? 9. What’s different from today? 10. How did those changes happen? Who shaped the decisions? 11. What are 2-3 key actions we can take together to get these changes started? Participation Summary This compilation includes c. 10,500 responses from 2,086 participants in either a live-virtual engagement or via the online survey. • 162 people were convened in live-virtual sessions, facilitated and documented by community partners or Ramsey County staff: o Ramsey County Equity Advisory Committee members o Karen community members, two sessions o Ramsey County staff o Ramsey County Parks & Recreation Commission o Hmong community members o Spanish-speaking community members, three sessions o People with disabilities o Young people of color • 1,924 people participated via the online survey; beyond the warm-up question and demographics noted above, 846 responded to one of more of the seven vision implementation questions • All responses are included in this compilation • The separate analysis is for questions 5-11 only, along with those demographics (see project website). Methodology, Presentation Responses to each question are presented alphabetically and generally remain as written by the contributor or documented by a facilitator. Minor edits were made to correct obvious spelling or punctuation errors that affect clarity, remove vulgar words and NA / none / nothing responses where appropriate, protect privacy, and change repeated use of all capitalized responses to upper and lower case, If a survey participant copied the same response for multiple questions, in general only the first was retained. Because the warmup question does not directly inform vision implementation, those results are at the end of this compilation and are not part of the separate analysis. Word clouds (wordart.com) for each question show a frequency distribution of the highest-use words, with some adjustments based on question/response phrasing. 21st Century Vision Implementation: Compilation Overview Page 2 Navigation • The table of contents entries below are hyperlinks; click on any of them to jump directly to a specific section • At the top of each Results section is a green navigation box with hyperlinks, as shown at right; click on your choice to jump to the next section, return to the • Jump to next section • Return to previous section previous section, or return to the Table of Contents • Return to Table of Contents • The section name (question text) is included in the footer on each page so readers know where they are in the document Table of Contents Introduction .......................................................................................................................................... 1 Background ................................................................................................................................................................. 1 Compilation Overview ................................................................................................................................................. 1 Content ................................................................................................................................................................... 1 Participation Summary ........................................................................................................................................... 2 Methodology, Presentation .................................................................................................................................... 2 Navigation ................................................................................................................................................................... 3 Results .................................................................................................................................................. 4 1. Home ZIP code ........................................................................................................................................................ 4 2. Race, ethnicity ......................................................................................................................................................... 5 3. Where are you going, what are you doing, and when? .......................................................................................... 6 4. What are you seeing? Hearing? ............................................................................................................................ 28 5. Who else is there? ................................................................................................................................................. 48 6. What do you love about this? How does it make you feel? ................................................................................. 64 7. What's different from today? ............................................................................................................................... 82 8. How did those changes happen? Who shaped the decisions? ........................................................................... 102 9. What are 2-3 key actions we can take together to get these changes started? ................................................ 118 10. (Warm-up question) In the last few years, what have you, your family, or friends done in a Ramsey County park, facility, or program? ............................................................................................................................... 138 21st Century Vision Implementation: Navigation Page 3 Results 1. Home ZIP code This question was required for online survey respondents and requested for • Jump to next section virtual participants. The map below shows the 2,085 valid ZIP codes provided • Return to previous section except for 11 that were well outside the Twin Cities Metro Area. See complete • Return to Table of Contents results at the interactive map link here. 21st Century Vision Implementation: 1. Home ZIP code Page 4 2. Race, ethnicity Responses to these questions were optional; 2,017 participants responded to • Jump to next section race and 1,998 to ethnicity. • Return to previous section • Return to Table of Contents Race of Engagement Participants American Indian or Alaska Native 1.2% Asian or Asian American 8.5% Black or African American 3.0% Native Hawaiian or other Pacific Islander 0.1% Other (please specify) 4.0% White or Caucasian 83.2% 0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% 80% 90% Hispanic / Latino / Latinx Yes 4.8% No 95.2% 0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% 80% 90% 100% 21st Century Vision Implementation: 2. Race, ethnicity Page 5 3. Where are you going, what are you doing, and when? Participants could offer multiple responses; there