2023 Parks and Recreation Aquatics Master Plan

Aquatic Facilities Master Plan COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT

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SHARE VISION A Shared Vision event offered an opportunity to validate previously received feedback, continued the build of community awareness, and offered the public a glimpse of the design concepts, partway through the master plan process. This event occurred later in the design process when advanced graphics were available. Displays summarizing the system-wide aquatics master plan and showing the site-specific master plan were created for Peeler Outdoor Pool, Warnersville Outdoor Pool, and Lindley Outdoor Pool which were the sites with the most significant proposed changes. › Renaissance Community Rebound (251 participants) › Warnersville Back-to-School Event (66 participants) › LeBauer Park First Friday (53 participants) An online survey, with a flipbook, was also conducted during the Shared Vision component. The survey had a total of 286 respondents. There were three (3) stationary boards at McGurt Horton Library, Lindley Recreation Center, and Warnersville Recreation Center positioned to gather drop-in feedback over time and three engagement events specific to Peeler which resulted in 506 residents providing input specifically designed for the community surrounding Peeler Recreation Center. Overall, more than 70% of respondents ranked the master plans with a 5 (Love it!). A question directed at the Peeler Master Plan asked; The existing pool at Peeler Recreation Center is outdated and in need of modernizing. What do you think should go where the pool is today? Over 70% of respondents indicated they would like to see an updated pool and sprayground. At Warnerville, expansion of the pool with waterslide, ninja cross, etc ranked the highest with almost 50% of responses. At Lindley, expansion with waterslide, lazy river, etc ranked the highest with approximately 70%. The Shared Vision pop-ups were held at:

Comments included:

“Please, please keep all of our municipal pools, Greensboro residents need them, it’s a very important investment into our citizen’s health and happiness.”

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“We must continue to offer all

neighborhoods a swimming option, especially near low income housing where the option to travel to a pool is less likely.”

“If you put the pool combination in, then the Older and Elderly citizens can use it too!!”

“A food truck or ice truck would be nice, helping local businesses especially during the summer months.”

“Love the ideas for Lindley Pool!! It’s so central and if updated like the ideas would be so popular with the city. Amazing!”

The Shared Vision component of the outreach engaged 906 total participants and provided feedback leading to further direction for the Peeler Master Plan. The engagement results are included in the appendix.

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