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Joint - Use
Joint-Use
What is Joint-use?
To my understanding, it is the sharing of a building or open space by two parties.
i. e.
Let us take a school, such as Sierra Vista, if we implemented joint-use, one party would be the school body and another party, the community. We could isolate one part of the establishment such as the school gym and let both parties make use of it. Such as, students in gym class, after school athletes, as well as families in the community looking for a great physical activity to do together.
In one of our past meetings we discussed and shared whether this would be a good thing for our community. I personally think it would. There is not much green area in our city and I personally do not have my own gym-sized basketball court in my backyard. As we shared, youth leaders came up with some pros and cons to this idea.
Here’s a list :
Pros:
-more opportunities to be fit
-more $ saved by not having to maintain separate facilities
Cons:
-impeding with practice
Share your opinions with us.
What do you think about joint- use in your community?
What is Joint-use?
To my understanding, it is the sharing of a building or open space by two parties.
i. e.
Let us take a school, such as Sierra Vista, if we implemented joint-use, one party would be the school body and another party, the community. We could isolate one part of the establishment such as the school gym and let both parties make use of it. Such as, students in gym class, after school athletes, as well as families in the community looking for a great physical activity to do together.
In one of our past meetings we discussed and shared whether this would be a good thing for our community. I personally think it would. There is not much green area in our city and I personally do not have my own gym-sized basketball court in my backyard. As we shared, youth leaders came up with some pros and cons to this idea.
Here’s a list :
Pros:
-more opportunities to be fit
-more $ saved by not having to maintain separate facilities
Cons:
-impeding with practice
Share your opinions with us.
What do you think about joint- use in your community?
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Comment by Christina Cardenas on August 21, 2009 at 4:24pm -
I think its super important to bring this up in our community especially when your community doesnt have that many parks or they seem too unsafe to go to..............
I found this great websight, www.jointuse. org and it has tons of resources to see how you can make this happen in your community. Here are some facts I found on the website:
Examples of joint use agreements:
1. A principal unlocks the school gate after hours so neighbors can shoot hoops or play ball on evenings and weekends.
2. A school and swim team share a pool.
3. A school opens its soccer field to a local league for weekend games.
4. A YMCA opens its gym to the local PE teacher so students have a place to exercise.
Why is joint use needed?
The research is clear: the more active children are, the healthier they will be now and when they grow up. Yet certain places make physical activity harder instead of easier. Place matters since experts now know that where we live, work and play — the physical environment itself — determines, to a large degree, whether we will be healthy.
Too often, kids find the gate to their school’s blacktop or basketball court locked after school hours, locking them out of opportunities to be active. Closing off recreational facilities after school leaves many children and families struggling to incorporate physical activity into their daily routines. They may live in an area without a nearby park or be unable to afford exercise equipment or a gym membership.
Joint use agreements can fix these problems. Joint use makes physical activity easier by providing kids and adults alike with safe, conveniently located and inviting places to exercise and play. Besides making sense from a health perspective, joint use agreements make sense financially because they build upon assets a community already has. Sharing existing space is cheaper and more efficient than duplicating the same facilities in other parts of the community.
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