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Twenty-three seventh and eighth grade students from Macdonald Middle School in East
Lansing participated in the visioning process on Thursday, April 13th, 2006. The session
lasted nearly an hour and consisted of a series of brainstorming exercises in which small
groups of participants worked together to formulate ideas about East Lansing’s parks,
recreation, and arts programs and facilities.
The workshop was lively and the students were well focused on the task of identifying
what they liked and what they wanted to see improved in the parks, recreation & arts
facilities and programs. They recorded their ideas and established priorities by voting for
those most important to them. Finally, they shared their results with the entire audience.
DISCUSSION ON PREFERENCES
The students put a line down the middle of a piece of paper and listed their likes and
dislikes in terms of park facilities.
Likes:
(Comments with an ¾ in front received the most votes.)
¾ Variety of things to do at Patriarche Park
¾ Nice slides and clean pool at Aquatic Center
¾ Soccer fields are clean and well maintained and spacious
• Junior Dance (Cotillion) at Hannah Center
• Tennis Courts in parks
• Shaw Watertower Park has fun things to do
• Concessions at Soccer Complex
• BBQ at Patriarche Park
• Good auditorium in Hannah Center
• Wooden “castle” at Patriarche Park
• Tasty Twist
• Bailey Park
• Movies in the park at Valley Court
Dislikes:
(Comments with an ¾ in front received the most votes.)
• Shaw Watertower needs monkey bars
• Full size soccer field at Hannah
• Rename “Welcome” Park to something else
• Bailey needs more family activities
• Parks use too many pea stones and woodchips rather than cushioned mats
• Bees can be a problem in some parks
• Soccer Complex nets need to be maintained
Participants:
Name Grade
Ana Rittenhouse 8
Noah Weiland 8
Ingrid Bauk 8
Jessica Moscati 8
Max Mittleman 8
Ben Heavenrich 8
Gus Navarro 8
Landon Turner 7
Alan Pham 8
Robert Turnbull 7
Malika Glover 8
Jessica Peatress 8
Kaitlin Lapka 7
Aleksandra Petrovic 8
Mike Hagan 8
Caroline Stowe 7
Rollin Baker 7
Catie Bargerstock 7
Megan Heeder 7
Amina Chatti 7
Lilly Keyes 8
Obi Onyeczili 8
Richard Nzokov 8