Teacher Association, the churches, service clubs, housing
authorities, employers, labor organizations, commercial re-
creation interests, as well as youth leaders from all sections
of the community should be invited to join. The County
Commissioner or other county representative may be in-
cluded when the needs of youth outside the city boundaries
must be considered. This is especially important when war
industries and military areas outside the city affect the
picture.

The Alameda County, California, defense council
organized a Youth Committee for Recreation and made
plans for the entire county. Local Committees were
named in each of the towns and unincorporated villages,
and subcommittees of boys and girls work with them.

Many large cities find county lines more useful than -
city dividing lines. Los Angeles and Los Angeles
County, Detroit and Wayne County, Chicago and Cook
County, for instance, plan on a county-wide basis.

The Neighborhood Committee

In large communities the neighborhood committee has
proved the best means of developing local programs close to
home, of spreading recreation opportunities as widely as
possible, and of capitalizing on neighborhood spirit.. On a
smaller scale, the neighborhood committee parallels its
parent, the Youth Recreation Committee, and collaborates
with it in tapping neighborhood resources and planning
year-round activities.

Denver, Colorado, decentralized its projects by divid-
ing the metropolitan area into 42 neighborhood districts,
each with its own committee, which, in turn, is repre-
sented on the City Youth Council.

In other communities, the neighborhood committee is
organized by a club, school or PTA, and represents all groups

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