3.1.1 What We Heard
Existing building conditions/functions summary:
Overview of Supply
Tillsonburg has an overall good supply of scheduled (or potentially scheduled) sports and recreation facilities. Major indoor facilities are provided at the Community Centre. These are supplemented by two facilities dedicated to arts, culture and heritage services. Outdoor facilities such as ball diamonds and soccer fields are located at both the Community Centre and in parks. At the same time, much of the Town’s recreation indoor facility supply is outdated in terms of optimal design and building system functions, making it difficult to align services with today’s user expectations and to develop new areas of programs and activities. Capital and operations upgrades comprise a backlog of work to be completed. Moreover, there is a limited supply of non-municipal indoor recreation facilities available for community use. Glendale Secondary School, for example, is the only school in Town with a gym large enough to accommodate adult programming. The Town uses this facility but, as only one of many users, available time is limited and difficult to increase. This puts pressure on the Town’s facilities to accommodate much of the community’s sport and recreation services. Similarly, the Town – apart from soccer fields - is the primary provider of outdoor recreation facilities.
• Facility supply is overdue for capital investment to maintain these assets; ongoing issues include roof failures, HVAC dysfunction in many facility components, deteriorating brickwork, lack of AODA compliance, etc. (see Table 3.1). • There is a significant shortfall in funding for capital repairs and maintenance, resulting in limited and isolated improvements.
Current facility use patterns summary:
• Over half of 300 survey respondents (57% or 170) do not use parks and recreation services in Tillsonburg. • Among the 130 users (73% or 95 respondents) over 10% of responses indicated use of the following indoor facilities: Community Centre indoor pool (39%); fitness/health centre (35%); Kinsmen Memorial Arena (23%); Colin Campbell Community Arena (19%), and Community Centre squash courts (11%).
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Town of Tillsonburg | DRAFT Parks and Recreation Master Plan
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