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Parks and RecreationDRAFT 5-65 <br />Community Center <br />The 70,000 square foot Community Center is home to the Parks & Recreation <br />Department and a focal point for the community. It serves as a gathering place for New <br />Brighton and surrounding areas, having 500,000 visits annually for recreation, social, <br />and business purposes. The Community Center hosts birthday parties, weddings and <br />social functions, and meetings. Community Center facilities include the Eagles Nest <br />Indoor Playground, meeting and event space, fitness center, walking/running track, <br />gymnasium, multi-purpose rooms, fitness studio, and a senior center. <br />Open Space Parks and Greenways <br />The City currently has two parks providing general open space areas: Creekview and <br />Hansen Parks. These are primarily for the purpose of preserving important natural <br />resources (e.g. wetlands, woodlands, etc.). These parks accommodate more passive <br />activities like walking and wildlife interpretation rather than athletic activities. <br />Greenways create connections or linkages which are extensions of the park system <br />and connect important natural resource elements while re-establishing important <br />historical wetland and drainage patterns. These are generally very large parks whose <br />primary purpose is the protection of valuable natural resources. <br />School Facilities <br />Mounds View School District #621 has four schools within New Brighton, including <br />Irondale High School and Highview Middle School. These school sites offer public <br />access to some recreation facilities. New Brighton participates in cooperative <br />recreation programming with the Mounds View School District #621. <br />School Parks <br />These are smaller elementary school parks with a limited amount of facilities including <br />playground equipment and ball fields which from time to time are rented for City Park <br />programming. They are three- to ten-acres in size. <br />Athletic Parks <br />Athletic parks are those found in conjunction with school facilities. These accommodate <br />athletic events and, in particular, school athletic events. These are structured <br />and programmed facilities that serve the entire community but are not under the <br />jurisdiction of the City of New Brighton. <br />Survey says <br />9 out of 10 <br />residents <br />use City <br />Park or Trail <br />facilities.