By opening facilities for community members and connecting youth to physical activities in culture halls, railways and fields, community fitness and sports facilities, and parks and playgrounds, sharing agreements increase access to physical activity venues (NPAP, AHRQ HCIE-Martin, FSUW-Shared Use 2014). Sharing agreements can also increase the level of physical activity, particularly in low-income municipalities (ALR-Spengler 2012, ALR-Disparities 2011, NPAP, Maddock 2008, CDC-JUA Health Equity). The implementation of organized physical activity programs, combined with sharing agreements, can significantly increase the use of facilities (DeFosset 2016; Lafleur 2013), also in rural areas (Carlton 2017). The safety of schools provided by Community members is also associated with increased use of the facilities (DeFosset 2016). Use of ALBD-FL joints – Active Living By Design (ALBD). Resources: Lake Worth, Greenacres, Palm Springs, FL: creating free space through sharing. Faith-based organizations across the country also use shared use agreements to expand access to their recreational facilities and programs, as in North Carolina (ChangeLab-Congregation Use Shared Use 2014). FSUW-Shared Use 2014 – Framework for Shared Use Workgroup (FSUW). Implementation of evidence: establishing a framework for assessing the costs and impact of sharing agreements. Los Angeles County Department of Public Health, ChangeLab Solutions, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Public Health Law Research.
2014. (4) More than one municipality may participate in a joint use and planning contract. Stein 2015a – Pierre A, Baldyga W, Hilgendorf A, et al. Challenges in promoting Common Use Agreements: Experiences of Community Transformation AwardIng Laureates in North Carolina, Illinois and Wisconsin, 2011-2014. Prevention of chronic diseases. 2015;12 (E51):1-7 Maddock 2008 – Maddock J, Choy LB, Nett B, McGurk MD, Tamashiro R. Increased access to physical activity sites through a sharing agreement: A case study in the municipal Honolulu. prevention of chronic diseases.
2008;5 (3):A91. (j) to assess, if any, the impact that would affect the trade and mobility agreements for which Canada or Alberta would be signed if the profession became a regulated profession; Vincent 2010 – Vincent JM. Partnerships for Sharing: Expanding the use of public school infrastructure for the benefit of students and communities. Berkeley: Center for Cities – Schools, University of California, Berkeley; 2010. Many cities, counties and states use sharing agreements to expand access to physical activity sites, including New York City; Seattle (joint use of SRTSNP); Lake Worth, Greenacres and Palm Springs, Florida (ALBD-FL Joint Use); Fairfax County, Virginia, CDC-JUA-Spotlight VA; Hamilton County, Ohio (WeThrive-Community Wellness); Pitt County, North Carolina (ALBD-Pitt County) and California (SRTSNP-Joint Use). The Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD) and the American Youth Soccer Organization (AYSO) have a shared use agreement and, as part of their agreement, AYSO recruits participants in the LAUSD participation area and offers scholarships to students who are not short of economic resources (FSUW-Shared use 2014). One study suggests that formal sharing agreements are more common in large school districts, urban areas and in the west than in the Midwest, South and Northeast (Everett Jones 2015). (n.2) ”sharing and planning agreement,” an agreement pursuant to Section 53.1; Community-wide sharing, open use or use agreements provide the public with access to existing facilities by defining the conditions for sharing costs and risks associated with extending the use of real estate. Public, private or not-for-profit organizations such as schools, colleges, municipal centres and seniors` centres, government agencies responsible for unused or unused public lands, faith-based organizations, hospitals, military or mixed development projects may enter into sharing agreements to allow the community access to its assets before or after hours.
