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Dormont Rec Board Meeting - Event Debrief and Marketing Ideas - 2026-08-19

Borough Council & Boards — Wednesday, August 19, 2026
BodyDormont, Pennsylvania
SessionBorough Council & Boards
DateWednesday, August 19, 2026
StatusFILED
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Speaker 1

0:03

That last email wasn't going through.

0:05

I think I might have mistyped

Unassigned speaker

0:07

it.

Speaker 2

0:08

He is in, like, I think you're on the invite for this, right?

0:11

Yeah.

0:12

So you should be able to find his email from that.

Speaker 1

0:14

I'll get it from like the uh your email that I got sent out.

Speaker 2

0:17

Yeah.

0:18

Perfect.

Speaker 1

0:18

Oh, I got it.

0:19

Okay.

0:20

I got it.

0:20

I

Unassigned speaker

0:20

got it.

Unassigned speaker

0:22

All

Speaker 2

0:23

right.

0:23

So calling to order the August 11th, 2025 meeting of the Dormont rec board.

0:29

And we have no guests to acknowledge, right?

0:33

Since Cole left.

0:34

All right.

0:34

So we'll start off with just some event debriefs.

0:38

So the movies in the parking lot, I can talk about that.

0:41

So we decide to cram all three movies into August because we had so many rainouts.

0:46

And you know, I guess because time of year, like they the attendance was not really up the par, I think, from the other ones that we've done.

0:53

You know, maybe if you counted up all the people and the kids, like 20 people at each

Unassigned speaker

0:57

one.

Speaker 2

0:58

Um,

Unassigned speaker

0:58

but

Speaker 2

0:59

I don't think there's anything we could have done really differently, to be honest with you, at this point in

Unassigned speaker

1:03

time.

Speaker 2

1:03

Um maybe next year we consider instead of trying to do what we're doing now, we come up with some rain dates within the month.

1:10

So we

Unassigned speaker

1:11

can

Speaker 2

1:12

try.

1:12

We did try to do that too, but uh, you know, obviously it rained on the rain dates, so we had to cancel as well.

1:18

Um feedback or anything like that from anybody that was

Unassigned speaker

1:23

there.

Speaker 3

1:24

Um some of the feedback that I got was people who were at the pool weren't sure if the movie was happening and what the movie was, and so maybe preemptively sharing out just a flyer in the pool lobby as you're walking through, or a sign as people are parking and dropping kids

Unassigned speaker

1:40

off.

Speaker 3

1:40

Um that it is for sure happening and what the movie

Speaker 4

1:45

yes, and I think one of the things about the for sure happening is that with the data, like we don't know until the end.

1:52

Yeah.

1:53

Um but definitely we can share out the flyers.

1:55

They now have a screen that they have connected that does like rolling announcement kind of things, so that is something that we can start to utilize more.

2:03

Um it's right behind the cashiers.

2:05

One side is like the radar to show like pool closures and both and like how lightning strikes are, but on the right side, it's like

Unassigned speaker

2:12

they're

Speaker 4

2:12

having a karaoke night and all these different other kinds of events kind of.

Speaker 5

2:17

Just use like installed that.

Speaker 4

2:18

Well, the TVs have always been there.

2:20

We finally got the computers set up so that they can actually start doing that.

2:24

Um they just started, I think, within the last month or two.

2:26

Nice.

2:27

Okay, cool.

Unassigned speaker

2:28

I

Speaker 5

2:29

think too, we can um share maybe a little earlier on socials.

2:32

I felt like some of them were like maybe week before, a couple days before, where I think in past years we had shared than that, and we shared often.

2:42

It was like early and often, and I think we got better attendance, but honestly, like to your point, John, I don't think

Unassigned speaker

2:48

we know

Speaker 5

2:48

that we ended that would have changed.

Discussion Breakdown — Share of Meeting
Community Engagement███████████████████████████████████████39%
Parks and Recreation████████████████████████████████████36%
Arts And Culture███████████11%
Youth Programs████████8%
Procedural███3%
Public Engagement██2%
Technology and Innovation█1%
Summary of Proceedings

Dormont Rec Board Meeting Summary

Meeting held on August 19, 2026. The Dormont Rec Board convened to debrief recent events, including the rescheduled movies in the parking lot and yoga in the park, and to discuss strategies for improving attendance and community outreach. No formal votes or official motions were made during the session.

Consent Calendar

  • No consent calendar was discussed. The meeting had no formal approvals, minutes review, or routine resolutions.

Public Comments & Testimony

  • No public comments or testimony were provided during this meeting.

Discussion Items

  • Movies in the Parking Lot debrief: Board members discussed the decision to reschedule all three August movies due to multiple rainouts. Attendance was lower than hoped, with roughly 20 people per showing. Members felt the weather and vacation schedules were likely causes. Suggestions included better use of the new electronic announcement screen at the pool (behind the cashiers, showing events like karaoke night and pool closures) and posting flyers in the pool lobby so attendees know whether a movie is happening and which film is playing.
  • Promotion and outreach: Members discussed posting flyers and signs at the pool and using the pool's new electronic announcement screen. Councilman Downs's weekly newsletter (Borough's Business) and the monthly

Meeting Transcript

That last email wasn't going through. I think I might have mistyped it. He is in, like, I think you're on the invite for this, right? Yeah. So you should be able to find his email from that. I'll get it from like the uh your email that I got sent out. Yeah. Perfect. Oh, I got it. Okay. I got it. I got it. All right. So calling to order the August 11th, 2025 meeting of the Dormont rec board. And we have no guests to acknowledge, right? Since Cole left. All right. So we'll start off with just some event debriefs. So the movies in the parking lot, I can talk about that. So we decide to cram all three movies into August because we had so many rainouts. And you know, I guess because time of year, like they the attendance was not really up the par, I think, from the other ones that we've done. You know, maybe if you counted up all the people and the kids, like 20 people at each one. Um, but I don't think there's anything we could have done really differently, to be honest with you, at this point in time. Um maybe next year we consider instead of trying to do what we're doing now, we come up with some rain dates within the month. So we can try. We did try to do that too, but uh, you know, obviously it rained on the rain dates, so we had to cancel as well. Um feedback or anything like that from anybody that was there. Um some of the feedback that I got was people who were at the pool weren't sure if the movie was happening and what the movie was, and so maybe preemptively sharing out just a flyer in the pool lobby as you're walking through, or a sign as people are parking and dropping kids off. Um that it is for sure happening and what the movie yes, and I think one of the things about the for sure happening is that with the data, like we don't know until the end. Yeah. Um but definitely we can share out the flyers. They now have a screen that they have connected that does like rolling announcement kind of things, so that is something that we can start to utilize more. Um it's right behind the cashiers. One side is like the radar to show like pool closures and both and like how lightning strikes are, but on the right side, it's like they're having a karaoke night and all these different other kinds of events kind of. Just use like installed that. Well, the TVs have always been there.

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