After nearly a year long process the Amherst Recreation Commission has completed its Facilities and Program plan, otherwise known as the Amherst Recreation Master Plan. You may recall that about this time last year the Commission called upon you to help by distributing a needs assessment survey to your membership and requesting attendance at one of the two public sensing sessions.
Gale Associates, Inc. assisted the Commission by completing an inventory and evaluation of the town's recreational assets, evaluated the survey results and took comments from the public. We are proud of our results. The community responded in record numbers. Over 950 residents responded to the survey and the sensing sessions were well attended.
The full details of the facilities assessment and needs survey along with results from the condition assessment and usage reports are summarized in the final report.
On Thursday, November 18th, 7:30 p.m. at the Town Hall, on behalf of the Recreation Commission, Gale Associates, Inc. will present the final report to the Amherst Board of Selectmen. The public meeting will be held at the Town Hall beginning at 7:30 p.m.
As you assisted last year, we are requesting your help once again. If you can distribute this note and encourage your membership to attend the public hearing we would greatly appreciate your assistance. Since your organization was instrumental in our results, we certainly want to share the information with them. It will be another opportunity to make a public comment.
You can access the recreation master plan document at www.amherstrec.org . We encourage you to review the document and bring any questions or comments you may have to the public meeting.
Once again, thank you for your interest. You have been instrumental in helping reach our goal of developing a recreation master plan.
Thank you for your consideration,
Nancy McMillan, Amherst Recreation Director
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