2023 Courtenay Annual Report

Courtenay Recreation

Indoor Facility Rentals

Facility Operations The Courtenay Recreation Facility Operations team is responsible for ongoing maintenance and care of all recreation facilities including the Lewis Centre, Florence Filberg Centre, Native Sons Hall, The LINC Youth Centre, the Courtenay and District Memorial Outdoor Pool and various parks auxillary buildings. Recreation facility operations also provide customer service (reception), custodial services, indoor and outdoor facility rentals and special events.

Year

2019

2020

2021

2022

2023

# of Rental Bookings

3,539

478

823

3,560 1.702

Rental Hours

25,700 9,598 23,628 18,044 15,062

Rental Revenues

$214,659 $35,900 $88,683 $135,540 $149,850

Outdoor Rentals (pool, parks, sports fields) Year 2019 2020 2021 2023 # of Rental Bookings 6,742 1,539 1,742 2,935 3,633 Rental Hours 8,642 5,136 6,339 9,955 11,587 Rental Revenues $43,758 $11,100 $20,500 $42,943 $43,591 2022

Leisure for Everyone Accessibility Program (LEAP) Becomes Permanent In 2021 Courtenay Recreation, in partnership with the Town of Comox, Comox Valley Regional District, and the Village of Cumberland began exploring options for a regional recreation subsidy program with consistent eligibility requirements to make recreation services more inclusive and accessible across municipalities. The resulting Leisure for Everyone Program (LEAP) launched in 2021 as a one-year pilot program for youth 18 and under. In 2022 the pilot program was expanded to include 19 years & over. Over those two years, Courtenay Recreation issued 772 LEAP memberships. Due to the success of the two-year pilot program, each municipality moved forward with making LEAP a permanent membership within recreation departments. Courtenay Council adopted LEAP permanently in November 2023. The LEAP pass provides 52 free drop ins to each municipal recreation department and discounts on CVRD programs for eligible participants living in the Comox Valley. At Courtenay Recreation, LEAP is offered in addition to the Recreation Access Pass, which is a subsidy program for individuals/families with low income living in the City of Courtenay.

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