HEMPFIELD TOWNSHIP PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT
FIRE PREVENTION NIGHT RESULTS OCTOBER 11, 2022
HERBERT, ROWLAND, & GRUBIC INC.
Summary
Most Fire Prevention Night event attendees could be described as families with young children, and most comments responding to this exercise were written by elementary school-age youth.
All results were related to parks and recreation and public safety. Many apply primarily to Hempfield Park. The results for both the Comprehensive Plan and Hempfield Park Master Plan reflect the youth and young family participation – an important component of public engagement that is not typically captured in the public meeting format.
Comprehensive Plan: Blue Sky Exercise
Fire Prevention Night attendees were invited to comment on all Comprehensive Plan topics (including housing, transportation, infrastructure, parks and recreation, trails, open space, community facilities, and economic development) under the prompt “My vision for Hempfield Township in 10 years is…”
1.) Bike Trail (Mountain Bike) 2.) Slides and Swings 3.) Monkey Bars 4.) Monkey Bars 5.) Secret Base 6.) Basketball Court 7.) More Parks for Big Kids!! 8.) Public Swimming Pool 9.) Mountain Bike Trails please 10.) Train Traxx* 11.) Skateboard/Scooter/Rollerblade Area 12.) More Women Firefighters 13.) More Heroes to Honor for the Community 14.) More Volunteers for Fire Stations 15.) More Playgrounds
Results:
16.) Soccer Fields 17.) Soccer 18.) More Playgrounds 19.) Bike Park 20.) Dog Park 21.) Dogs (not a park necessarily) 22.) Giant Slide 23.) Bike Trails 24.) Zipline 25.) Bike Park 26.) Inclusion for Adults and Kids with Disabilities 27.) Communication Boards 28.) Open Gym Days 29.) More Football 30.) Swimming Pool 31.) Swings 32.) Mountain Bike Trails
*This is likely related to model railroading
Blue Sky Summary Results:
The table below shows a summary of the above comments and the planning effort that they apply to:
Comprehensive Plan Both Hempfield Park Master Plan
More Women Firefighters Bike Trail (Mountain Bike) Slides and Swings
More Heroes to Honor for the Community Secret Base Monkey Bars More Volunteers for Fire Stations Basketball Court Monkey Bars
More Parks for Big Kids!! Soccer Fields Public Swimming Pool Soccer
Mountain Bike Trails please Dog Park
Train Traxx* Dogs (not a park necessarily) Skateboard/Scooter/Rollerblade Area Giant Slide
More Playgrounds Zipline
More Playgrounds Open Gym Days
Bike Park More Football
Bike Trails Swings
Bike Park
Inclusion for Adults and Kids with Disabilities
Communication Boards Swimming Pool
Mountain Bike Trails
*This is likely related to model railroading
Hempfield Park Master Plan
Fire Prevention Night attendees were invited to comment on Hempfield Park’s existing conditions using the SWOT format. Questions/prompts were provided to help participants understand the exercise.
One comment was entered from a youth participant:
Strengths
• 2 super tall tunnel slides (tallest in the County) :)
Weaknesses – no comments
Opportunities – no comments
Threats – no comments
