What follows are some of the highlights:
Swift Current
- A couple of the communities have 50% cost recovery of their recreation facilities.
- Swift Current imposed non-resident fees with three outcomes:
- rural municipalities were offended,
- tourists were affected,
- regional collaboration slowed
- the non-resident fees were removed in less than a year.
Brooks/County of Newell AB
- Strong personal relationships were leveraged to strengthen county and municipal relationships.
- Intentionally worked to break down barriers and municipal boundaries:
- used inclusive events for the region,
- communities started recognizing and hosting other communities at local events.
- tours of the local region.
- Developed regional recreation agreements:
- all arena schedules are coordinated,
- a village arena was converted to a field house.
- The County provides a million dollars per year for communities to enhance their programs or facilities and it can be spent on capital or operations.
White City/Town of Balgonie
- Developed the White Butte Planning Committee with voluntary participation.
- Trying to develop a regional trail system including Regina.
- Regina shares both capital and operational costs.
- There is revenue sharing.
- Fees for all facilities in the region are the same.
- When non-residents of Regina register for Regina programs they have to wait for Regina residents to full the clay.
Gull Lake and Region
- Gull Lake, two Rural Municipalities and an hamlet cost share a recreation director position.
- Losses on the pool in Gull Lake are split 50/50 between Gull Lake and the RMs
- A per capita levy is imposed by the partners to be reinvested in recreation
- Smaller communities don't have the resources, the critical mass of tax revenue, to provide the same facilities and programs as cities
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