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Research
Park Metrics: A Little Investment of
Time for a Wealth of Information
By Kevin Roth, Ph.D.

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t is that time of the year when the simple act of setting aside 15-30 minutes of
your time can have a positive impact on our industry. Those 15-30 minutes spent
either entering or updating your agency's information in NRPA Park Metrics not
only will provide other agencies like yours with access to invaluable peer insight,
but also will help you identify steps your agency can take to ensure that it is best serving your community.
NRPA Park Metrics is the most comprehensive source of data standards and
insights for park and recreation agencies
across the United States. We are in the
final stretch of collecting 2017 data, and
you can help by completing your Agency
Performance Survey. The data collected
through this survey is the basis of the annual NRPA Agency Performance Review (APR)
that will be published later this spring.

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The APR presents a comprehensive
profile of local and regional park and
recreation agencies in the United States.
There is no other industry benchmarking
resource that provides you with more
powerful data and insights to help you
gauge your agency's performance against
those of its peers. Last year's report contained the insights of nearly 1,000 park
and recreation agencies, providing our

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field with a wealth of data. This includes
every type of agency, spanning from
large systems located in urban settings
to smaller agencies that serve just a few
hundred residents in small, rural towns.
The NRPA Research team has had the
opportunity to speak with many of your
peers over the past year. What you have
told us is that the data presented in both
Park Metrics and the NRPA Agency Performance Review have had a real impact
on agency strategic planning and budgeting. However, these tools are only as
good as the information contributed, so
having your agency's data in Park Metrics is imperative.
Park Metrics is the slimmed-down,
streamlined questionnaire, based on the
old PRORAGIS system. If you have not
already checked out the survey instrument, you will see that the 30-question
survey takes far less time to complete and
only asks questions that are relevant to a
majority of park and recreation agencies.
We have organized the questionnaire
into eight different sections:
* Jurisdiction (location, population, size
of area served)
* Agency Operations (operating expenditures, revenue sources)
* Capital Budget (current year, five-year
capital budget)
* Personnel (FTE counts, distribution of
responsibilities)
* Workload (number of parks and buildings, mileage of trails, number of people served)
* Agency Responsibilities (what agencies operate, maintain, contract)
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