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Current Citizen Parks and Recreation Usage In response to the question, "In the last 12 months, has anyone in your household visited any of the following Hugo park or recreation facilities?" urban and rural survey respondents answered similarly, and were most likely to select a City of Hugo sidewalk or trail area or a Hugo neighborhood park. In response to the question, "In the past 12 months, has anyone in your household done any of the following activities at a Hugo park or trail area?", again urban and rural survey respondents answered similarly, and were most likely to select walking, bicycle riding or that they used children's playground equipment. Urban and rural survey respondents were least likely to select played horseshoes and cross-country skiing. A majority of urban and rural survey respondents responded no when asked if anyone in their household had registered for a recreation program in the last 12 months. Reasons survey respondents did not register for a recreation program differed between urban and rural residents: both selected "no interest" as their highest reason, but urban survey respondents also selected "have not received enough information about the programs" as their highest. This result suggests that the City of Hugo could benefit from better marketing of the recreation programs currently offered. Among survey respondents who answered yes to if anyone in their household had registered for a recreation program in the last 12 months, a majority of survey respondents from the urban area of Hugo indicated that the programs their household participated in were located in the White Bear Lake area and a majority of rural residents indicated the activities they participated in were located in the City of Stillwater. A significant proportion of both urban and rural residents said their household participated in programs offered by Stillwater Area Schools of Community Education. Survey respondents who answered yes to if anyone had participated in a recreational program were then asked which specific recreation programs anyone in their household had participated in during the last 12 months. Among urban respondents, the highest participation rate was for organized team sports. Among rural respondents, the highest participation was in senior clubs; family time and adult team sports (all with equal percentages). When respondents who answered yes to if anyone in the household had participated in a recreation program were asked how they felt about the fees they were charged for the recreational program they registered for, both urban and rural respondents generally felt as though the fees were about right. M