Approved Materials - Reston Community Center
Approved Materials - Reston Community Center
Approved Materials - Reston Community Center
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Summary<br />
The next steps for the Board and staff will be to delve more deeply into the financial implications<br />
of the staff review and recommendations. We should discuss how we are currently subsidizing<br />
experiences and services provided by RCC. Do the models we identified in 2006 continue to<br />
have applicability to our current and future operations<br />
We believe that the areas offering the best options for review of subsidy levels and adjusting<br />
pricing are:<br />
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Aquatics visits<br />
Studios, drop-in fees<br />
Rental fees and services<br />
The staff continues to support the use of substantial subsidy to promote broad goals that<br />
encourage participation and community building. Examples of these are:<br />
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<strong>Community</strong> events<br />
Youth, Teen and 55+ programming<br />
Family programming<br />
We recommend continued collaboration and partnership with other <strong>Reston</strong> and Fairfax County<br />
organizations to deliver specialized content and to support a network of <strong>Reston</strong> based nonprofits<br />
and activities related to the RCC mission.<br />
RCC should continue investment in our existing facilities, internal business and operations<br />
systems, as well as equipment in existing facilities. Resources should underwrite the<br />
appropriate staffing to assure RCC offerings and facilities are managed effectively and deliver<br />
the highest possible quality in programs and services.<br />
As we explore new facility opportunities, we recommend whatever cost recovery and subsidy<br />
relationships we establish for existing ones be consistent with like programs and services in new<br />
RCC locations. Naturally, there may well be new uses that have no analogous existing<br />
program, but the philosophy and practices we adopt for RCC today will inform the approaches<br />
we implement in the future.<br />
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