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Figure 4.1: Park assessment scores across Kansas City
mix of things to do,
the appropriateness
of uses witnessed,
and opportunities for
revenue generation at
a given park property.
The “Amenities”
criterion examined the
conditions of physical
features at the parks
such as playground
and sports equipment,
landscaping,
stormwater
management, shelters
or restroom buildings,
site furnishings or
fences, and mechical
or electrical systems
such as lighting or
irrigation. For any
question where a
park simply did not
offer such amenities,
it earned a score of
3 out of 5. The idea
here was to avoid
penalizing a park for
having natural areas
or being a natural
park or preserve. In
many cases, a park
needed to go “above
and beyond” to earn a
score of 4 or 5 on any
question. Similarly,
earning a 1 or 2 usually
meant a park exhibited
signs of neglect and
disrepair rather than
simplicity. Upon going
through the entire
rubric, a park achieved
a score of somewhere
between 0 and 100

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