%0 Journal Article %T The Benefits and Economic Value of Community Recreation: Proposal for an Analytical Framework Based on an Exploratory Study %A Louise Briand %A Nathalie Sauv¨¦ %A Lucie Fr¨¦chette %J Canadian Journal of Nonprofit and Social Economy Research %D 2011 %I Canadian Centre for Studies in Publishing %X This article presents the results of an exploratory study on the impacts of a program provided by a community recreation centre. The study proposes an analytical framework to assess the impacts of recreation on young people and refers to product and impact concepts developed by Mar¨¦e (2005). The proposed framework includes dimensions that are sufficiently precise to grasp the impacts of community recreation centres (benefits, savings, impacts on individuals, life settings, and society), yet also sufficiently broad to allow for the evaluation of the impacts of other social endeavours. / Cet article pr¨¦sente les r¨¦sultats d'une recherche exploratoire qui ¨¦tudie les effets d'un programme d'un centre communautaire de loisir. La recherche propose un cadre d'analyse des impacts du loisir chez les jeunes qui prend appui sur les concepts de produits et d'impacts d¨¦velopp¨¦s par Mar¨¦e (2005). Le cadre d'analyse propos¨¦ comporte des dimensions suffisamment pr¨¦cises pour appr¨¦hender les impacts des centres communautaires de loisir (b¨¦n¨¦fices et ¨¦conomies pour les individus, les milieux de vie et la soci¨¦t¨¦), mais il est aussi suffisamment large pour ¨¦valuer les impacts d'autres entreprises ¨¤ vocation sociale. %K Community organization %K Social performance %K Economic value %K Recreation / Organisme communautaire %K Performance sociale %K Valeur ¨¦conomique %K Loisir %U http://anserj.ca/anser/index.php/cjnser/article/view/54/19