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Adult Sports
Golf Services 2020 Program Activity
Rounds Played Adult Season Pass Family Season Pass Senior Season Pass Youth Season Pass 28,988 47 3 109 34
Student Season Pass
17 Range Ball Buckets 19,107 First Tee of Bloomington 128 Junior Golf 0
Total 2020 Participations 48,433 Program Revenue
General Fund
$682,689 Non-Reverting $160,798
Total 2020 Revenue $843,488
Program Expenses
General Fund
$752,233 Non-Reverting $142,148
Total 2020 Expenses $894,382
There was a 34% increase in the number of Cascades Golf Course participations (35,912 to 48,433), and a 22% increase in revenue ($686,780 to $843,488) from 2019 to 2020. Cascades Golf Course has the objective of maximizing public play with a balance of leagues, tournaments, youth programs, and golf outings. Youth programs include the First Tee of Bloomington and the PGA Junior League.
• Cascades Golf Course recorded 28,988 18-hole rounds, a 33% increase over the past five-year average of 21,809 18hole rounds. • Cascades Golf Course clubhouse was rented 23 times in 2020. • Cascades Golf Course has, since 2018, undergone a fairway improvement project to replace its Kentucky Bluegrass/ rye fairways with Meyer Zoysia. The Ridge Course was the first, with 37,000 square yards of fairway replaced with
Zoysia in 2018, followed by an additional 37,500 square yards on the Quarry Course in 2019 and 46,920 square yards on the Pine Course in 2020 to finish the project.
Recreation
The Recreation Division is responsible for programs, events, and services specially designed for preschoolers, youth, teens, adults, senior adults, and participants with varying degrees of ability. These activities are held at Department facilities such as the Allison-Jukebox Community Center, Banneker Community Center, Switchyard Park, and Showers Common. A number of programs are facilitated through partnership agreements with other community organizations.
Youth Programs
All areas within Youth Programs saw impacts from the COVID-19 pandemic in both reduced capacity for programs and buildings, and in the loss of revenue.
Rentals at the Allison-Jukebox Community Center took place only through early March 2020. Kid City Spring Break Days were cancelled, and Kid City Summer Camp registration was limited to a small percentage of its usual capacity. Kid City Break Days in the fall and winter seasons also operated under reduced program capacity. Inclusion services were also reduced, in compliance with Centers for Disease Control physical distancing guidelines, to protect the health and safety of participants and staff Youth Programs is responsible for programs and services designed for youth. These activities take place at the Allison-Jukebox Community Center and satellite sites. Youth Programs also includes the Inclusive Recreation area. The Bloomington Parks and Recreation Department is committed to an inclusive approach to recreation.
Youth Programs
• The Allison-Jukebox Community Center hosted the Bloomington Mask Drive in April and May. • Kid City adopted Centers for Disease Control guidelines for child care, and held nine weeks of a modified and safe summer day camp that served 48 unique campers. • Kid City Break Days also followed Centers for Disease Control guidelines, and operated six sessions serving 24 unique campers -Inclusion Recreation Services served four campers in Kid City programs. • Staff created Kid City Recess, a weekday education, recreation and social program for eLearners in grades K through 7.
Kid City Recess was held during the fall season at the Allison-Jukebox Community Center.
Inclusive Recreation
• Served four campers in Kid City Summer Camp and Break Days.
Youth Programs/Inclusion 2020 Program Activity
Adult/Family Sailing Ballroom Dancing 133 82
Break Days
159 Break Days—Inclusion 4 Community Events—Inclusion 4 Kid City Camps—Inclusion 48 Kid City Camps—Total 885 Kid City Recess 112 Rentals 848 Youth Sailing Camp 1,140
Total 2019 Participations 14,565 Program Revenue
General Fund
$0 Non-Reverting $116,867
Total 2020 Revenue $116,867
Program Expenses
General Fund
$162,864 Non-Reverting $99,237
Total 2020 Expenses $262,101
There was a 78% decrease in Youth Programs participations (14,565 to 3,415), and a 53% decrease in revenue ($248,728 to $116,867) from 2019 to 2020.
Community Events
The Community Events area provides an eclectic mix of cultural and outdoor activities and year-round events to provide enjoyment, education, and a sense of community for the diversity of people who make Bloomington their home. Special events and programs, art fairs, Performing Arts Series, Movies in the Park, Farmers’ Market, Community Gardens, and the Holiday Market are examples of the diversity in programming and projects Community Events offers to the Bloomington community.
COVID-19 and the restrictions on gathering sizes significantly impacted all community events scheduled in 2020. Staff focused on public safety and the provision of services, and developed an online Farmers’ Market that served farm vendors and customers during the April through November Market season, while an in-person, physically distanced, no-contact Market operated at Showers Common from June through November.
The Performing Arts Series of free concerts in city parks was abbreviated, but was able to occur safely with a reservation system to limit crowd sizes, and with face covering and physical distancing requirements in place. Movies in the Parks and other events were held with the same protocols.
• The annual Touch A Truck was transformed into a virtual event with 15 videos made with 19 participant groups posted every half hour on the Parks and Recreation Facebook page. The video can be viewed on the Parks & Recreation YouTube channel. • A safe alternative to the annul Trick or Treat Trail, the Kids Halloween Party in the Park was held in Switchyard Park and included a take-home craft/activity bag, a Halloween movie and costumed characters. A total of 215 people attended. • The Bloomington Community Farmers’ Market created an online Market with drive-through pick up, and a safe and physically distanced in-person Market with limited numbers of vendors and attendees. The Tuesday Market moved successfully to Switchyard
Park and followed the same no-contact and physical distancing guidelines. • The Community Garden program opened a new site at Switchyard Park featuring 39 raised garden beds. All available plots at all three garden locations were rented, allowing 198 unique gardeners to tend to 245 rented plots. • Sponsorship revenue doubled (from $12,000 to $24,000) for the Performing Arts Series in 2020 thanks to support from local businesses. The increase allowed for diverse, quality performances at Switchyard Park and expansion of the Performing Arts Series. • Five Movies in the Parks and 18 concerts were offered with new safety procedures such as online pre-registration for contact tracing, marked seating circles, and microphone sanitization guidelines. • Community Events partnered with Code and Key Escape Room to run a successful outdoor escape room with a “Stranger Things” theme. The program sold out, and a total of 52 groups participated. • The Glow in the Dark Scavenger Hunt was created to provide recreation opportunities that met COVID-19 safety protocols. One hundred forty participants searched Switchyard Park for letters made from glow sticks, and used the letters to spell out phrases. • The Bloomington Pumpkin Launch held two separate launch sessions to limit crowd sizes and adhere to COVID-19 safety protocols.
Kids Halloween Party in the Park Main Stage and Performance Lawn at Switchyard Park Bloomington Pumpkin Launch Monroe County Fairgrounds
Community Events 2020 Program Activity
50+ Expo CANCELLED 0 A Fair of the Arts CANCELLED 0 Bloomington Street Fair CANCELLED 0 Cemetery Tours 108 Children’s Expo CANCELLED 0 Coffee & Canvas CANCELLED 0 Drool in the Pool CANCELLED 0 Farmers’ Market—Saturday 38,569 Farmers’ Market—Saturday Vendors 1,348 Farmers’ Market—Tuesday 1,282 Farmers’ Market—Tuesday Vendors 115 Festival of Ghost Stories 132 Flurry Scurry Pajama Run 12 Fourth of July Parade CANCELLED 0 Garden Classes 25 Glow in the Dark Scavenger Hunt 140 Holiday Market 1,188 Homegrown Indiana Farm Tours 0 Howl at the Moon Dog Walk 65 Junk in the Trunk 603 Messy Mania 56 Mobile Stage Rentals 0 Movies in the Park 1,447 Nature Sounds 59 Outdoor Escape Room 260 Peoples Park Concerts 627 Pop-Up Programs 84 Performing Arts Series 995 Pumpkin Launch 327 Seusspicious Behavior 150 Slip ‘N Foam CANCELLED 0 Spring Fling CANCELLED 0 Summer Kickoff Celebration CANCELLED 0 Touch a Truck (held virtually) 0 Kids Halloween Party in the Park 210 Winter Palooza 204 Yappy Hours CANCELLED 0
Total 2020 Participations 47,446 Program Revenue—Community Events
General Fund $914 Non-Reverting $51,674
Total 2020 Revenue $52,588
Program Expenses—Community Events General Fund $408,125 Non-Reverting $47,723 Total 2020 Expenses $455,849
Program Revenue—Farmers’ Market
General Fund
$0 Non-Reverting $41,929
Total 2019 Revenue $41,929
Program Expenses—Farmers’ Market
General Fund $8,420 Non-Reverting $140,291
Total 2020 Expenses $148,712
There was a 73% decrease in the number of Community Events participations (180,968 to 47,446), and a 56% decrease in revenue ($119,527 to $52,588) from 2019 to 2020.
There was a 66% decrease in the number of Farmers’ Market participations (122,944 to 41,314), and a 58% decrease in revenue ($100,456 to $41,929) from 2019 to 2020.
Bloomington Community Farmers’ Market Showers Common
The Banneker Community Center is a Bloomington Parks and Recreation facility that is dedicated to inspiring youth to maximize their potential through safe and effective programming, and to provide programs and activities that connect the Bloomington community through a cultural and nutritional hub.
Banneker Community Center
• Facility renovations funded by the $243,600 Regional Opportunities Initiative grant received in 2019 included all new furniture, updated kitchen, library shelves and benches, iPads, a projector, screen, and speakers for the gym, epoxy flooring in gym hallway, and a new 14-passenger minibus. • Banneker was one of 15 agencies in the country to receive a National Recreation and Park Association Nutrition Hub grant in 2019. The grant award totals $80,000 over two years, and focuses on a community health needs assessment and programming to connect underserved residents to nutrition-based services and healthy foods at Banneker. • The summer Banneker Camp adapted to deliver breakfast and dinner to more than 85 children each day. In addition to nutritious food, Banneker staff also delivered recreational activity packets and supplies. A record 10,288 meals were delivered to households, 86% included children who qualify for free or reduced school meals. • The Banneker Community Center Advisory Council, a resident-led board that serves as a connection to the broader
Bloomington community, proposed and developed the City’s first Black Lives Matter mural. The mural was painted
October 24 on Elm Street beside the Banneker Community Center by a team of 83 community volunteers. • Banneker acquired a total of $18,934 in donations in 2020
Banneker Community Center 2020 Program Activity
After-School Programs Break Days Gym Drop-ins Drop-ins
3,254 12 238 791 Family Resource Center 434 Food Service Program 10,552 IU School of Nursing 80 LEARN Homeschool 240 Monroe Co. Comm. School Corp. 30 Other Events 20 Paid Rentals 2,063 Preschool Programs 209 Special Olympics/Life Designs 100 Teen Night Owls/Mentoring 12 Waived Rentals 245
Total 2020 Participations 18,326 Program Revenue
General Fund
$6,026 Non-Reverting $19,524
Total 2020 Revenue $25,550
Program Expenses
General Fund
$309,347 Non-Reverting $19,492
Total 2020 Expenses $328,839
There was a 36% decrease in the number of Banneker Community Center participations (28,681 to 18,326), and a 7% decrease in revenue ($27,609 to $25,550) from 2019 to 2020.
Buskirk-Chumley Theater
Buskirk-Chumley Theater 2020 Program Activity
Days of Use Rentals BCT Presents 35 21
Participations
2020 attendance BCT Presents attendance 4,701 Rental attendance 4,974
Photo courtesy of Indiana Public Media.
There was a 83% decrease in Buskirk-Chumley Theater attendance (58,287 to 9,675) from 2019 to 2020.
Health and Wellness
The Health and Wellness area provides opportunities through programs, events and partnerships to encourage physical activity, to communicate the benefits of healthy choices and to promote Department resources that support healthy lifestyles.
• The Board of Park Commissioners and Monroe County Health Department entered a partnership agreement in February for a year-long pilot program to install sharps containers in Seminary Park, Rev. Ernest D. Butler Park, and Building
Trades Park to increase safe disposal options for used hypodermic needles. • Offered 20 free, outdoor fitness classes at Switchyard Park from May through October with more than 225 participations. • Assisted in the development of the Parks and Recreation Department’s COVID-19 reopening plans, used by each program area to outline steps to safely resume operations and adapt to changing pandemic preparation guidelines. • Collaborated with partner IU Health to adapt the Get Onboard Active Living (GOAL) program to a virtual format, and successfully implemented the virtual, six-week program for five children and their families. • Partnered with IU Health Bloomington, the Monroe County Health Department, and Centerstone of Indiana to launch the “Public Health in Parks” initiative to provide harm reduction, public health services, and connections to social services for people who spend their days in city parks. • Six hourly park use permits were approved for four unique applicants in 2020.
Health and Wellness 2020 Program Activity
Active Living Coalition 7 Veterans Day 5K Run/Ruck (virtual) 5 Bryan Park Kids Triathlon (virtual) 5 Employee Health Fair 0 Get Onboard Active Living (G.O.A.L.) 74 Jazzercise & Switchyard Park Fitness 226 Rigamajig & Imagination Playground 0 Tai Chi 0 Walking Club CANCELLED 0 Well Checks CANCELLED 0
Total 2020 Participations 317 Program Revenue
General Fund $0
Non-Reverting $228
Bloomington Police Department Downtown Outreach Grant $18,021
Total 2020 Revenue $18,249
Program Expenses
General Fund
$87,485 Non-Reverting $18,292
