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INITIATIVE 5: ACTIVITY
<br />Facilitate events, programs, sports, and indoor
<br />and outdoor recreation activities to support
<br />community health, fitness, empowerment,
<br />development, and lifelong learning.
<br />5.1 Diversify recreation programs, events, and
<br />activities to meet the varied needs of the
<br />community.
<br />a. Activate parks, recreation facilities, and
<br />trails to support active lifestyles, mental
<br />health, youth development, lifelong
<br />learning and environmental health
<br />benefits that support individual and
<br />community well-being. (GP)
<br />b. Provide a variety of programs and
<br />events to support active and passive
<br />recreation, indoor and outdoor recreation
<br />opportunities, as well as traditional and
<br />trending activities. (GP)
<br />c. Diversify types of activities to respond
<br />to busy lifestyles, including a mix
<br />of programmed and self -directed
<br />opportunities, as well as scheduled and
<br />drop -in activities.
<br />d. Provide and promote a variety of
<br />events, programs and activities for
<br />residents and visitors to create inclusive,
<br />multigenerational, family -friendly
<br />recreation and art experiences for all ages,
<br />interests, abilities, incomes, and cultures.
<br />e. Continue to support events, activities,
<br />fairs, and festivals that celebrate Santa
<br />Ana's heritage, history, and racial and
<br />cultural divaitg Council
<br />5.2 Provide, facilitate, or expand programs to
<br />offer the types of opportunities desired.
<br />a. Continue to support the program service
<br />areas noted in the PMP. (See Chapter 5.)
<br />b. Expand special events, sports, and
<br />activities such as aquatics, arts and crafts,
<br />music and performance, health and
<br />wellness, and community enrichment
<br />programs as new facilities are developed.
<br />Increase programming staff, materials,
<br />supplies, and support services (marketing,
<br />communications, technology, human
<br />resources) to support this expansion.
<br />c. Coordinate with partners to expand
<br />"educational" enrichment programs
<br />to respond to City goals. Consider
<br />partnerships with theater, art, and music
<br />groups and Santa Ana educational
<br />institutions to support science, technology,
<br />engineering, art, and math (STEAM)
<br />programs and camps, as well as history
<br />programs and youth homework support in
<br />afterschool programs. Coordinate with the
<br />goals and initiatives of the Community Arts
<br />and Cultural Master Plan to support art
<br />programs for children and youth.
<br />d. Invest in mobile recreation and pop-up
<br />activities to bring recreation, art, nature
<br />interpretation, social activities and games
<br />to community events and areas not served
<br />by park land within a 10-minute walk.
<br />Provide pop-up programs periodically
<br />throughout the City to creatively involve
<br />residents who might not otherwise 44 _ 87
<br />aware of or participate in programs.
<br />SANTA ANA PARKS MASTER PLAN
<br />CHAPTER 6: SYSTEMWIDE RECOMMENDATIONS
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