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4500 Colley Avenue
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Norfolk, VA 23508
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Community Centers
Q8 - Are you Very Satisfied, Satisfied, Dissatisfied, or Very Dissatisfied with the City’s
community centers?
Number
Percentage
Very Satisfied
62
19.8%
Satisfied
192
61.3%
Dissatisfied *
51
16.3%
Very Dissatisfied *
8
2.6%
313
100.0%
Overall Percent Satisfied = 81.2%
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Mean (Average) = 2.98 (n=313)
Mean Scale: 4 = Very Satisfied
3 = Satisfied
2 = Dissatisfied
1 = Very Dissatisfied
** “Very Satisfied” + “Satisfied”
NOTE: Ten people are not included in this table because they had no opinion.
* Q31 - (If dissatisfied with the community centers) What should the City do to improve
them?
(Responses grouped after the surveys were completed.)
Use Virginia Beach community centers as a model (15 people)
Build new community centers with nicer amenities (11 people)
Our community centers are rundown and inadequate (11 people)
Add pools to our community centers (6 people)
Add more exercise equipment/a nice workout gym (5 people)
Some community centers are unsafe due to crime/I saw drugs being sold there (4 people)
There is not enough for kids at our community centers (2 people)
We need expanded hours of operation (2 people)
We need more for people with disabilities (1 person)
Don’t charge kids to play basketball (1 person)
We need better staff training at our community centers (1 person)
