Create, the first of the four stages of the Create, Develop, Nurture, and Release Model, begins the process. This step weighs the elements of the program and its relationship to the community needs, appropriate goals, and the provision of quality leisure service. Knowledge of the community needs simplifies this process. Quality criteria should be established to maximize the participants' experience. These criteria require careful thought for their role later in the model.
Quality extends beyond site, time, and instructor.
Attention to detail, albeit time-consuming, has great impact on participants. A quality experience is a lasting experience. Finally, creation of the program includes a progression towards independence during its sojourn with the agency. Realization that a program may fall on the wayside on the journey toward independence is part of the game. Changing community needs or an incomplete Create stage may result in a failure to achieve independence.