Greensboro Plan2Play Parks and Recreation Master Plan 2019

90 - FEBRUARY 2019

Enhance: Bring up the Basics SUPPORTING PARTIES + PARTNERS • Neighborhood Associations

KEY PROJECTS & TIMEFRAME Near-term (0-5 years) • Create a deferred maintenance + ADA compliance plan for all Department assets to identify funding mechanisms and priority facilities for renovations and upgrades. • Begin upgrades to basic infrastructure within and in proximity to parks and facilities, including new benches, signage and playground equipment, starting with neighborhood/census tracts with the highest identified need. • Continue phased regional park upgrades to Barber Park, Keeley Park and Hester Park and phased renovations to Gateway Gardens. • Implement master plan renovations at Griffin Community Park, Peeler Community Park, and Smith Community Park. • Develop design strategy and phasing/ funding timeline for upgrades to special sites and facilities and community parks including Gillespie Golf Course, Bryan Park, Carolyn Allen Park, and the Sportsplex.

• Analyze and identify a primary lake facility for significant renovations. • Complete Piedmont Discovery park locater app in collaboration with High Point and Guilford County. • Develop a palette of amenities that provide more unique park experiences such as nature play, environmental education resources, signage, community gardens, games, and other options developed together with the community as a means to add character and vibrancy to the system’s many neighborhood parks. • Identify 10 neighborhood parks for upgrades and begin outreach with neighborhoods that surround these parks to ensure the park upgrades meet community needs and aspirations. Parks previously identified for upgrades that should be included within near-

• Guilford County and adjacent communities • Greensboro Field Operations Department • Greensboro Department of Transportation

• Greensboro Planning Department

• Greensboro Division of Water Resources • Greensboro Division of Facilities Construction

• Greensboro Police Department

• Greensboro residents

term priorities are: Sussman Park, Steelman Park, and Heath Park.

• Greensboro Engineering and Inspections Department

• Expand existing GIS database, continue to evaluate park access and equitable distribution of amenities