Parks & Recreation Five Year Recreation Plan ... - City of Marquette

Parks and Recreation Master Plan Update 2011
City of Marquette
Frequency of Use of Various Programs and Activities
From the list of 25 recreation programs and activities available within the City of Marquette or
Chocolay Township, respondents who have at least one person in their household participate in
a program or activity were asked to indicate how often they participate in each program/activity.
The following summarizes key findings based on those respondents who have at least one
person in their household participate in the program/activity:
(Note: The graph below does not show the percentage of respondents who indicated “less than
once/month” or “seldom/never”.)
Ninety-six percent (96%) of respondent households who participate in running or
walking indicated they currently participate in it at least once a month. There are
three other programs/activities that over 75% of respondent households currently
participate in at least once a month, including: adult fitness/aerobics classes, weight
training (85%), visiting nature areas/spending time outdoors (83%), and youth soccer
(77%). It should also be noted that running or walking (56%) and adult fitness/aerobics
classes, weight training (56%) are the programs/activities that the highest percentage of
respondents participate in several times per week.
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