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Parks master‑plan consultants outline 9–10 month process and promise bespoke strategy for Shawnee County
Summary
LandWorks Studios and partners presented a proposed countywide Parks and Recreation Master Plan, describing a five‑phase process, a nine‑to‑ten month schedule and public engagement tools; commissioners asked about level‑of‑service analysis and whether the plan would identify future park locations.
LandWorks Studios and the Shawnee County Parks and Recreation director presented a proposed departmentwide master plan to the Board of County Commissioners on Oct. 9, outlining a five‑phase process that the consultant said would take about nine to ten months to complete and would produce a 10‑year roadmap for capital and program investments.
"Master Plan's a great opportunity to do 4 or 5 different things," said Brian Sturm, who described the project team and the public‑engagement and inventory work the firm would conduct. Tim Laurent, director of the Parks and Recreation Department, introduced the presentation and emphasized prior collaboration on Family Park developments.
Sturm outlined the team (LandWorks Studio as prime, with architecture and engineering partners and ETC Institute…
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