Executive
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Community Activity Center Concept
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Community Activity
Center Concept
An Army post is like a city. The quality of life is depen-
dent on each person having a sense of identification with
his or her community - the whole installation, and the
troop unit or family neighborhood. This is important for
maintaining morale and supporting the Installation Com-
mander in fulfillment of the post mission. The placement
and character of community programs and facilities can
greatly affect the sense of community.
The Community Activity Center concept is that of group-
ing community facilities to build or reinforce a pattern of
community life on post. This means bringing together
Morale Support Activities and other morale, welfare, rec-
reation and community support programs so that facilities
compliment each other, creating a lively center of activity
(see figure 1 - 1). Functions previously operated and
accommodated independently are housed in a shared
Center consisting either of a single building or related
complex of buildings. Community Activity Centers serve
the entire post population, including troops and families.
They can achieve improved program effectiveness, coor-
dinated operation, savings in maintenance and opera-
tional costs, and more efficient staff utilization.
Community Activity Center Concept
Figure 1 - 1
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