2023 Parks and Recreation Aquatics Master Plan

Aquatic Facilities Master Plan FACILITY AUDIT

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3.1 | SITE ASSESSMENTS INTRODUCTION

The 2019 Parks and Recreation Master Plan “Plan2Play” focuses on the framework of Enhance, Expand, and Connect. The framework “Enhance” suggests the City should focus on the existing assets within the parks and recreation system and developing a strategy to update and maintain them. Plan2Play also sets forth the Department’s goals through 10 Big Ideas. One Big Idea that emerged from this was “Bring up the Basics”.

Following goal and objectives were highlighted in the plan to accomplish this:

As part of the master plan implementation process, City of Greensboro identified the existing aquatic facility assessments as one of the priority projects. The City of Greensboro boasts several aquatics facilities, ranging from spraygrounds to indoor and outdoor pools. Since the introduction of the City’s first public pool in the 1950s, Greensboro has developed several strategically placed aquatics facilities throughout the city limits. However, aging and deferred maintenance funding needs have resulted in facilities to become unattractive to visitors reducing the program participation rates. In addition, the older, traditional pool facilities are not meeting the needs of the community to enjoy the latest trends in aquatics. The City decided to focus on the following aquatic facilities as priority projects to assess their existing conditions and provide recommendations on infrastructure improvements: › Barber Park, sprayground › Keeley Park, sprayground › Smith Active Adult Center, indoor pool › Lindley Park, outdoor pools › Warnersville Recreation Center, outdoor pools › Windsor Recreation Center, outdoor pool

GOAL: Ensure resources are in place so that all Greensboro parks, facilities, and programs are high quality, safe and well-maintained. Objective: Prioritize renovation of facilities with critical issues that currently impact the ability of the Department to serve the community. Objective: Identify a phased strategy for facility upgrades to ensure the city provides the highest quality spaces, equitably distributed across the city, including implementation of existing park master plans Another Big Idea is to “Create Community Hearts”. The ideology behind this idea is to focus on community parks and make them best fit the use and identity of the surrounding neighborhood and community. Below are key objectives to achieve this idea: Objective: Focus additional activity in large neighborhood parks and centers to become community gathering spaces. Objective: Seek community input before investments are made to ensure local needs are met.

› Peeler Park, outdoor pool

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