P&R Annual Report 2019

expand As part of our Plan2Play master plan, Greensboro Parks and Recreation is working to expand oferings by strengthening partnerships and creating transformational programs.

Key Accomplishments

• Continued expansion of the grass and pollinator garden in the Greensboro Arboretum. • Developed a new private family columbarium section in Forest Lawn Cemetery. • Recruited and hired a fulltime community garden coordinator to improve gardening access and education. • Added ftness equipment and oferings at Henry Street and Steelman parks. • Expanded athletic oferings for youth with Start Smart Sports including baseball, football, and basketball. • Expanded aquatics with Swim Fanatics Swim Club ofering additional programs such as swim teams, swim lessons, and water ftness. • Expanded E.N.E.R.G.Y. at the Park to include Rosewood Park. • Expanded senior programming to include TaiRoGa and ukulele classes. • Programming expanded for all recreation center summer camps to learn about environmental education and outdoor adventure at Lake Higgins. • Expanded Challenger Sports Series with the addition of basketball. • Expanded music outreach into additional schools and Cone Health to hold therapeutic drumming classes for community members with Parkinson’s disease. • Began operations in the Barber Park Event Center hosting more than 100 events. • Helped develop a city wide policy and inventory management for Public Art in Greensboro. • Hosted frst Annual Drone Rodeo at Gateway Gardens. • Created additional environmental education and outdoor adventure programming for recreation center summer camp participants at Lake Higgins. • Added basketball to the Challenger Sports series.