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An excellent suggestion was made during the focus group of holding a yearly <br />"get to know your Hugo parks" open house to let residents know more about <br />the parks, facilities, programs and trails offered in Hugo. Another suggestion <br />was to promote the parks in the local newspaper (The Hugo Citizen) with a <br />feature story every two weeks on a park, facility, program or trail. <br />4) What types of recreation programs are you currently active in? <br />Where? Why? What other programs could be offered or what is <br />missing from Hugo programs? What would be better times to <br />offer programs? <br />Several focus group members indicated they travel to White Bear Lake to <br />use their facilities (ice skating, fitness) and specifically for yoga. A few <br />members of the group also stated that they participate in senior aerobics in <br />White Bear Lake and would love to see these programs offered in Hugo <br />(these are usually held during the day because seniors don't want to drive at <br />night). Other groups members stated they used Centerville for gymnastics <br />and for swimming for their kids. Another member in the focus group plays <br />racketball in White Bear Lake. <br />Times that would work better for people would be 5:30 or 6:30 pm during <br />the week with options for weekend classes. A former fitness instructor in the <br />focus group suggested having a morning class for stay-at-home parents and <br />an after -work class/program for working adults. Focus group participants <br />that currently use programs outside of the City of Hugo pay upwards of $80 <br />for classes. The focus group indicated that this would be a good way for the <br />City of Hugo to pay for programs. The focus group also agreed that ideally <br />Hugo would have a recreational complex that would be used for both <br />programs and other activities so people could take a class/program while <br />their kids played in the gym, swam, or did arts -and -crafts. <br />The focus group felt strongly that residents of Hugo should receive resident <br />discounts at White Bear Lake recreational facilities. <br />5) Additional Comments? <br />Please add more tennis courts! Directional signs would be a great idea for <br />letting people know where parks, facilities and trails are within Hugo. Create <br />more winter programs that rent sleds, cross-country skis and poles to help <br />Hugo citizens embrace the winter more. Update the park dedication fees and <br />increase these fees to increase the funding for parks and facilities. Increase <br />opportunities for volunteers to participate in planning for parks and <br />recreation (i.e., help establishing a dog park). Set up a foundation for Hugo <br />parks and recreation and do some fundraising. <br />21 <br />