Brooklyn Park rec programs help to slash youth crime | StarTribune.com
December 28, 2012 Tags: news
Category: Youth No Comments 
The city launched a war on teenage boredom and, after years of cuts, the City Council opened its pocketbook for youth programs. They hired more staff, created more youth programming and threw open the doors to the Zanewood Recreation Center.
It worked.
A new study shows 42 percent of Brooklyn Park teens are now participating in some kind of after-school or summer programming. The city has also witnessed a 39 percent drop in juvenile crime, and city leaders say that’s no coincidence.
The city launched a war on teenage boredom and, after years of cuts, the City Council opened its pocketbook for youth programs. They hired more staff, created more youth programming and threw open the doors to the Zanewood Recreation Center.
It worked.
A new study shows 42 percent of Brooklyn Park teens are now participating in some kind of after-school or summer programming. The city has also witnessed a 39 percent drop in juvenile crime, and city leaders say that’s no coincidence.
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