City Survey: How We Use Our Parks

The Parks Master Plan will go before the City Council in early 2011. What the survey says about our greenspaces.

New Year's resolutions include getting in shape? For many people, that process will be that much easier thanks to the city's network of greenspace.  Last summer, the City of Norcross released its first Parks Master Plan, a 20-year vision that city officials hope will guide parks planning, policy development and the securing of grants. "Public space is vital to community health and social development and parks and trails are two of the most visible and accessible elements of public space," the report stated. After public comment closed in December, the plan is going before the council in January.  As part of the process, Norcross conducted two surveys, one with a sampling of more than 700 of the city's 7th and 11th graders, the other a …

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