A new pilot program will evaluate local parks and recreation facilities in a number of Saskatchewan communities.

The Town of Shaunavon is one of the eleven communities taking part.

"It's really a tool, an assessment tool for recreational departments in order to help them build a plan for the future," said  Ava Kalaschnick is the town's director of Wellness and Leisure. "We are really looking at developing policies and procedures, especially in recreation because we don't have any of this. So when we are looking at this assessment tool we would like to develop procedures and plans and put these in place for the recreation department."

Kyle and Gravelbourg are the other communities in the southwest that are taking part.