Parks and Recreation department releases new Master Plan; seeks comment

After more than a year of work, the city’s Department of Parks, Recreation and Community Facilities has released a draft Master Plan — and the city is seeking public comment on the plan. There will be a series of public meetings in late September and early October for Richmond residents to review and weigh in on […]

September 18, 2008; 7:27 PM • by North Richmond News

After more than a year of work, the city’s Department of Parks, Recreation and Community Facilities has released a draft Master Plan — and the city is seeking public comment on the plan.

There will be a series of public meetings in late September and early October for Richmond residents to review and weigh in on the draft document, and the document itself is available for download as a PDF at the Parks and Rec website.

The Department began working on a Master Plan in April 2007 to guide it through the next 10 years. A draft of the plan has now been completed based on information collected from an assessment of the Department’s parks, facilities and services, focus group meetings, and a statistically valid survey of Richmond households. As a final step before presenting the plan to City Council for adoption, the Department wants to provide citizens with the opportunity to review the draft and provide comments and additional input.

The upcoming public sessions are open to the public, and are scheduled to last about an hour (North Richmond locations are in bold type):

Tuesday, September 30

Noon Hickory Hill Conference Room 3000 E. Belt Blvd.

Noon Pine Camp Arts and Community Center 4901 Old Brook Rd.

6 p.m. Hickory Hill Conference Room 3000 E. Belt Blvd.

6 p.m. Pine Camp Arts and Community Center 4901 Old Brook Rd.

Wednesday, October 1

Noon Forest Hill Park Stone House 4100 Forest Hill Ave.

Noon Byrd Park Roundhouse 800 S. Davis Ave.

6 p.m. Powhatan Community Center 5051 Northampton St.

6 p.m. Randolph Community Center 1415 Grayland Ave.

Thursday, October 2