10.1. PRSR 10-03-2018 Item: 10.1
Elk>'141 Memorandum
River
To: Parks and Recreation Commission
From: Steve Benoit
Date: September 27, 2018
Subject: Staff Report
September Programs
• Farmers Market
• Adult Softball Leagues
• Eager Elks Soccer
• Eager Elks All Sorts of Sports
• Open Gym
• Fall Flag Football
• Fall Women's Volleyball
Marketing Efforts
• Created posters and flyers for Spooktacular
• Elk River Library programs—Facebook post,website
• Entered and monitored September Facebook and Twitter posts and Facebook
events
• Created and sent out September email newsletter
• Maintained Parks and Recreation department website pages
• Maintained Rectrac
• Created Farmers Market weekly poster
• Printed Arena Posters, Farmers Market, and Spooktacular posters
• Created and mailed postcards to Deerfield Hill Park for Ribbon Cutting
• Submitted newspaper ad for Woodland Trails Volunteer Committee interviews
• Entered events into Elk River Chamber online calendar
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Website September Stats
Top 5 Page Views:
Facilities—2,040 (Top facility-YAC with 239 views)
Craft Show—643
Parks and Recreation—582
Arena—436
Hockey Leagues and Tournaments - 326
Top 3 Links clicked:
Jobs—578
Linked Documents—532
William H Houlton Conservation Area Hunting Map - 34
Webtrac—463
August Facebook:
Page Views—315 (Number of times page was viewed by logged in or logged out user)
Reach—53,959 (Number of people who had any posts from our page enter their screen)
Post Engagements—3,161 (Number of times people have engaged with page through likes,
comments, shares and more)
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Elk Memorandum Item: 10.1
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River
To: Parks and Recreation Commission
From: Steve Benoit
Date: September 27, 2018
Subject: Activity Center Report
September Programs
• Wonders of the National Parks
• Charles Lindberg Presentation
• Assets and Nursing Homes
• Foot Clinic
• Fabulous Friday Card Bingo
• Newcomers Brunch
• Master Gardeners
• In House and Monticello Pool Tournaments
• Fitness Classes—Fit and Friends,Yoga, Cardio,Line Dance
• Cards—500, Smear,Bridge, Hand&Foot, Cribbage
• Hobby Groups—Woodcarving, Quilting, Card Making,Finger Painting
• Support Groups: Parkinson's,Alzheimer's
• Trips: Crossroads, Mystic Lake,Treasure Island
Marketing Efforts
• Signage for public meetings on proposed new Activity Center site
• Development and distribution of 1200 Senior Scene Monthly Newsletters
• Star News "Seniors On The Go" column and"Happenings" Section
• Facebook Posts
• Event Postcards
• Maintained Activity Center website page
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