APPENDIX Q5. Do you pay a membership for a fitness or sports facility? pool • classes offered • CCA Sports, the defunct WARM Fest, other music events, Vintage Art Fairs, the old mid week farmers markets, the raft race way back when, • BR Carnival, Music Fest • Easter egg hunt this spring • Sports - kickball. Classes - kids gymnastics. Art Fairs, etc • Spring programs • Bicentennial, Kids Rock • Ballet classes • Festivals, carnival, flag football • Yoga • Gymnastics and Easter egg hunt • Concerts, day camps • Ballet class and soccer • Bollywood dance, meditation classes, warmfest, carnival • Some of the music festivals • Carnival and the Dog Park when we had a puppy. • n/a - I don’t have children • Ballet classes • Carnival • The nighttime Easter egg hunt • Prenatal and adult yoga, touch a truck, gingerbread house, music class • Touch a truck, swimming • CCA Flag Football • Friday concerts and Touch a Truck • Easter egg hunt • pool events and events at the Family Center • soccer and cross-country training • Soccer, Touch a Truck • Gymnastics • cross country • Concerts, the BRVA carnival, dog olympics • cleanups, gardening, concerts, festivals, famers market • Dance classes. Sad the ones we did were cancelled recently. • park clean up, carnival, summer concerts, gatherings at shelters (rental) Farmers Market (a few years back)
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Q7. Please rate the condition of the park and facilities?
If poor, please explain why? • The bathrooms needn’t to be scrubbed and repainted. Last year terd was on the floor in the men’s bathroom for a month. Sorry for saying terd • The dog park is in horrible shape. I’ve been a member for years and the upkeep has gotten worse year after year. • The paths are dusty and the sports fields are bumpy (have had friends hurt themselves while trying to play sports), Dog park is muddy • Downed tree blocking trail in woods has been there over 6 months. Also, a huge limb fell in playground area and was left for over a month. Safety hazard. Still use the park because it is close but not well-maintained. • pool building leaves something to be desired, pool itself good • landscaping sometimes overgrown, poor signage, drainage, overflowing recycling center, pool shut often so perhaps repurpose that space for something that requires less oversight, and not easy to walk to from Broad Ripple Avenue but would love to if well maintained and easy, wide sidewalk access provided
• The baseball field is unsafe for competition • Dog park is in constant disarray • Old, at times the pool is closed • Very Uninspiring • Dead trees (EAB), poor upkeep, Big bad weeds, branches • Parking lot is in bad shape, trails/paths have erosion and hold water, exercise equipment could be improved, field is in rough shape, lighting is poor • Dog park is PATHETIC & NEGLECTED!, It is a HUGE embarrassment, especially compared to Free parks elsewhere! The Entire park looks dirty & neglected. Also pathetic that is took a month (or more?) to replace pools’ broken pump (during pool season!) Weeds & broken glass in EVERY parking lot on a daily basis that is never removed. Huge Potholes!! Staff at BR office seems to lack common sense & any desire to be effective, or proactive. • outdated and run down; nonexistent (drinking fountain) • run down, parking lot needs resurfaced, water fountain at bark park never works. • It doesn’t come close to its potential to be a
vibrant and innovative comminity hub • The pool was full of green water for half the summer last year. There is no longer a maintenance department to take care of the grounds. After a weekend the trash is overflowing. The recycling bins are a trashy, mess all the time. The bathrooms at the playground are incredibly gross when open. • It is very muddy but the trees are beautiful. Overall it just does not seem very well maintained. • The restrooms are bad, lots of trash from the recycling area, fields are not kept great. • New to area • Parking lot, restrooms, recycling • The park has been poorly maintained the last couple of years • Toilet Rooms and Playgrounds are old, not kept up well. • Outdated, dog park has fun activites but dirty • Bathrooms are disgusting. • Trash and full or non-exitant trash bins. • Needs upkeep • trails are eroded, trashy, damaged limbs hanging from trees, broken benches, equipment poorly maintained • Dog park and pool • The park bathrooms are disgusting • poison ivy, ratty playground, old tables • Run down • The pool needs a serious upgrade, access to river is limited. • upkeep is just not there. Dog park and pool are not well maintained. Things are constantly broken. • Grass is not well maintained, flag football has destroyed the grass. Parking lots are in poor shape, there are poor restroom facilities, only a port-o-poti • The bathrooms are disgusting. • The outside/entrance of the park is extremely dated and it does not feel welcoming. It also appears to need several updates throughout the park. • Recycling bins always overflowing. Single men parked in cars awaiting who knows what makes me feel unsafe. • Bare bones design and maintenance • It’s starting to look shabby and neglected. Signage is bad to non-existent, trail is almost washed out in places. Pool house has rotted out fascia boards. • Dirty restrooms, old tables, old volleyball courts, pool looks uninviting, and leaves and