ReCreate: Parks and Recreation Master Plan
The Parks & Recreation Master Plan was adopted on January 19, 2021.
After more than a year of extensive staff, community and stakeholder participation, City Council unanimously adopted an updated Parks & Recreation Master Plan on January 19, 2021.
The Master Plan, along with a robust Executive Summary, are available for review under the Document Library, below as an interactive booklet and online.
Want more info on the planning process? Click on video library for additional details on level of service standards, classifications, and the policy framework.
After more than a year of extensive staff, community and stakeholder participation, City Council unanimously adopted an updated Parks & Recreation Master Plan on January 19, 2021.
The Master Plan, along with a robust Executive Summary, are available for review under the Document Library, below as an interactive booklet and online.
Want more info on the planning process? Click on video library for additional details on level of service standards, classifications, and the policy framework.
The Parks & Recreation Master Plan was adopted on January 19, 2021.
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BACKGROUND INFO
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The City of Fort Collins is updating its plan for parks and recreation in the city for the first time in over ten years! Join the process to share your thoughts, values and vision for how Parks and Recreation could look in the future.The Parks and Recreation Policy Plan was last updated in 2008. The needs of our community are continually evolving, and so has the needs and expectations of the Parks system and the City’s recreation facilities.
This Master Plan process presents a great opportunity to align the vision, goals, and standards of our Parks and Recreation Facilities with evolving community needs and the many bold ideas presented in City Plan.
Key outcomes for the planning process include:
- Vision, goals and metrics
- Needed parks and recreation facilities
- Build out strategy
- Design standards and guidelines
- Strategy for special interest group requests
- Community health alignment
- Park design process
- Park refresh strategy
- Lifecycle strategies
- Paved trails
Visit fcgov.com for more information about our current Parks, Recreation and Park Planning and Development operations.
WHERE ARE WE IN THE PROCESS?
Since the start of the project in the fall of 2019, staff have been working with a consultant team, stakeholders, and community members to identify parks and recreation needs, assess how Fort Collins compares to other peer and benchmark communities, and identify key issues and priorities the plan should address.Currently, the drafted plan is available to preview. Staff will present the drafted plan to City Council next week, and will continue to accept feedback on the plan through November 20.
Videos
- Community Services' Interim Director, John Stokes, presented the final master plan for adoption by City Council at the meeting on January 5.
- Parks and Recreation Planning Team provides update to City Council
- Learn more about proposed Level of Service document which helps answer the question, “How many parks and recreational amenities do we need, and where should they go?”
- Master plan consultant, Andrew Dobshinsky, explains how classifications work as part of the Parks and Recreation Master Plan, answering the question "What types of parks and rec facilities do we have now, and what types should we have in the future?”
- Learn more about policy framework which outlines Goals for an ideal future state, Actions that move the system towards that future, and specific Methods or steps that implement the goals and actions.
Project Timeline
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Fall 2019
ReCreate: Parks and Recreation Master Plan has finished this stagePublic outreach, planning summit #1 trend and best practice research, board and commission discussions, statistically valid survey.
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Winter 2019-20
ReCreate: Parks and Recreation Master Plan has finished this stagePlanning summit #2, pop up events, public outreach, data analysis, needs assessment, and level of service deep dive all substantially complete.
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Spring 2020
ReCreate: Parks and Recreation Master Plan has finished this stageSecond Council work session, planning summit #3, begin work of funding strategies and policy framework
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Summer 2020
ReCreate: Parks and Recreation Master Plan has finished this stageThird Council work session, planning summit #4, draft plan review
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Fall 2020
ReCreate: Parks and Recreation Master Plan has finished this stageFinal plan design, executive summary, technical appendices, final Council work session
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Fall 2020
ReCreate: Parks and Recreation Master Plan has finished this stageCouncil consideration of adoption of the Plan.
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Winter 2020-21
ReCreate: Parks and Recreation Master Plan is currently at this stageCity Council adopts final plan
Who's listening
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Policy and Project Manager
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Communications Specialist
Email vvanryn@fcgov.com