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Consultants present parks and recreation master plan visioning to North Port commissioners
Summary
GAI Consultants outlined findings from a parks inventory, statistically valid survey and public workshops, and described guiding principles that will shape recommendations due by year-end. Commissioners pressed on field supply, grant funding and timeline.
GAI Consultants presented an update on the City of North Port’s Parks and Recreation Master Plan on Sept. 8, telling the City Commission the consultant team will deliver final recommendations and costing by the end of 2025.
The presentation summarized an inventory of the city’s park assets, results of a mailed statistically valid survey and an open online survey, and public workshops and focus groups. “North Port is one of only 213 accredited parks and recreation agencies across the country,” Kristen Caborn, director of parks and public spaces at GAI Consultants, said, adding that the master plan is one of the Commission for Accreditation of Parks and Recreation Agencies (CAPRA) requirements. GAI described three project phases—existing conditions, visioning (now), and recommendations—and said the…
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