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Plan Your Parks - Social Media <br />The County shared a "Plan Your Parks" advertisement on social media and the County <br />Refer to Figure 13. The post on social media specifically targeted <br />underserved minority populations within a 20-mile <br />radius and reached almost 8000 people. The post <br />included a short anonymous survey in English, <br />Spanish and Somali that asked for input on <br />access to parks, transportation to parks, preferred <br />amenities and activities, preferred trail surfacing, <br />park cleanliness, city respondent was from, age, <br />sex and ethnicity. There were 100 survey <br />respondents and most were regular park users. <br />The majority of respondents were female, <br />Caucasian, between 25-64 years of age and from <br />Anoka County. Other respondents were <br />between 15-24 years of age, were American <br />Indian/Alaska Native, Hispanic or Latino or of <br />another ethnicity not specified. Some <br />respondents were from Hennepin and Sherburne <br />counties. <br />Parks home page. <br />Anoka County Parks <br />'�pn »ie1 yj <br />Anoka County Parks would like to engage current park users and those <br />that are unfamiliar with the park system to assist in future planning efforts_ <br />Please help us by completing this online survey to ensure that park <br />amenities reflect the changing community needs_ <br />Plan Your Parks - Anoka County- <br />Provide feedback and learn more about how parks are developed. <br />l6 Like Page <br />JqoKKACCUNrrus Learn More <br />ii Lace • Comment r► Share <br />FIGURE 4 <br />Plan Your Parks - Public Events <br />The County conducted two public <br />events to reach non -park users and <br />underserved populations. One event <br />has held at a local mall during a busy <br />shopping season and the other was <br />held at the County's Blaine Service <br />Center. Refer to Figures 14 and 15 for <br />images of the events. At both events, <br />staff attempted to track age, ethnicity <br />and gender of each individual <br />engaged. The mall event engaged <br />approximately 75 people. Of those 75 <br />people, approximately half were <br />considered part of the underserved <br />population. About half the people <br />were estimated to be between 25-64, <br />while the others were split between the <br />over 65 years of age range or under 25 <br />years of age range. This event is <br />considered a success in that half of <br />those engaged were part of the <br />targeted underserved population. <br />I-IGURE 14 <br />FIGURE 5 <br />3/6/2017 Mississippi West Regional Park Master Plan Amendment <br />13 <br />