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For Rent

Flexible layouts, smart adjacencies, and separable spaces can reduce staffing needs and expand rental revenue at recreation facilities.

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Photo Credit: Dahlin Group

Increasing demand for services presents community park and recreation districts with challenges when already faced with aging facilities and limited budgets. Smart and thoughtful design can help make the best use of budgets by making spaces rentable, efficient, and flexible to staff and to operate.

Start With The Lobby

Lobbies provide an opportunity to create that first impression to the public:

Provide a place to meet. Entry areas should be configured for social interaction, offering sitting areas for visitors to meet, have casual conversations, or learn about the facility. A small bar with computer access can add to its flexibility to allow for online program registration.