El Dorado Hills Chamber Directory - (Page 14) Parks and Recreation he El Dorado Hills Community Services District (CSD) provides parks, recreation services, manages street landscape and lighting, enforces covenants, conditions and restrictions (CC&Rs), and (through contractual franchises) garbage collection and cable television. Governed by a five-member elected board of directors, the district has a full-time staff of 44. The district’s fiscal year 2007-08 budget is approximately $8.9 million. An additional $2.16 million allotted for capital CSD’s Saturday in the Park construction (parks). The CSD provides an array of recreation activities for all ages, including day camp, preschool, sports camps, pee-wee sports, youth basketball. Also offered are archery, art, chess, computers, cooking, dance, fencing, karate, swimming, water polo, dances and holiday events. New amenities last year, the Teen Center and Skate Park, are growing in popularity and provide teens a safe place to socialize and recreate. s of December 2005, businesses with two to four employees “This past year the CSD staff, along with the Board of were the most common in El Dorado County, and made up 36 Directors, celebrated the first birthday of the Teen Center and percent of all establishments. Another 35 consisted of only one Skate Park. Each entity caters to our youth through physical member, suggesting a strong trend of small local businesses. activity, mental stimulation, social interaction, education and In 2005, 43 percent of businesses offered some type of service to their plain old fun,” says Marni Francisco-Cady, CSD Recreation customers, making the service sector the most prominent industry in the Director. county. Another 16 percent of businesses were made up of retail trade Activities for adults 55 and older have expanded with the companies and 12 percent were made up of construction companies, Senior Center on Lassen Lane. The center offers opportunities compared to almost seven percent in California. While the overall for seniors interested in taking classes, learning computers, makeup of industry sectors was quite similar in El Dorado County to bingo, bridge, health and wellness, going on trips or just California trends, finance, insurance and real estate businesses made socializing with friends. up 2.2 percent less of total industries in El Dorado County than in the Special interest activities are also expanding with new state. All other industries with the exception of construction had less classes in cooking, fitness, dance, travel, fine arts, leisure, than a 2 percent difference in share of total industries. sports, and more. Adult sports leagues such as basketball, flag residential growth in el dorado hills football, soccer, senior softball, softball, and volleyball are also available. Housing Units The Activities Guide, which lists all District programs, is 2005 – 13,215 mailed to homes three times a year. For more information, visit 2006 – 13,646 www.edhcsd.org or call 916-933-6624. 2007 – 14,029 The District owns and manages almost 385 acres of parkland. This includes nearly 200 acres of parks, of which Population 107 are undeveloped, and 78 acres of open space with a current 2005 – 39,636 market value of more than $80,000,000. There are twenty five 2006 – 40,929 neighborhood and community parks. Facilities include an 2007 – 42,078 aquatics center, gym and activities buildings with classrooms, and sports fields. Parks currently under design or construction Homes Constructed include Promontory Community Park Phase 2, Lake Forest 2005 – 764 Park, Windsor Point Park and Valley View Park. 2006 – 431 Bertelsen and Stephen Harris Parks, two older parks, 2007 – 383 recently underwent renovation. The 18.7 acre Promontory Community Park opened spring of 2007. The District also took Average Home Price: $672,335 ownership and operation of the Archery Range on El Dorado Hills Boulevard summer of 2007. Commercial Development A Recycling and Buy Back Center is now open Tuesday by Square Footage through Saturday at 4421 Latrobe Road for green waste and 2005 – 681,765 mixed recycling. 2006 – 306,883 Find out more about the CSD by visiting www.edhcsd.org. 2007 – 291,969 T Quick Facts A 14 | 2008 El Dorado Hills Chamber of Commerce Directory | www.eldoradohillschamber.org http://www.edhcsd.org http://www.edhcsd.org http://www.eldoradohillschamber.org
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