College Station Community Recreation Center Update

1. College Station Community
Recreation Center Update
A FourSquare Market Study

2. • Conducted February 2020
– Telephone interviews with 600 randomly-selected households in
Brazos County
– 21% of those surveyed were affiliated with a fitness center
• Three possible locations were proposed:
o Near Beachy Central Park
o Near Fire Station 6
o Near Baylor Scott & White Hospital
• Central Park and Station 6 locations had highest response
rating
FourSquare Study

3. Location Options

4. Program Interest
• 4.6% of all unaffiliated households expressed a great deal of
interest in joining a recreation center (higher than the national
average of 4.5%)
• 26 program categories
• Top four programs and services received moderate interest (scale:
very low, low, moderate, high, very high)
– Outdoor Pool
– Children & Family Programs
– Soccer
– Teen Programs

5. Council Direction
• Advance project independently of the Citizens Advisory
Committee
• Consider project along with other projects through Citizens
Advisory Committee
• Research and recommend:
o Recreation center operations management (CoCS or YMCA)
o Recreation programming opportunities with outside agencies
(e.g., YMCA)