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Parks and Recreation begins update to Plan to Play; deferred maintenance estimated at $215 million
Summary
Metro Parks and Recreation said it is updating the countywide Plan to Play master plan (originally completed in 2017), has opened public engagement with more than 1,200 initial survey responses, and identified an estimated $215,000,000 in deferred maintenance across the park system.
Tim Naech, representing Metro Parks and Recreation, told the Sustainability Advisory Committee that the department has begun a 2025 update to Plan to Play, the countywide parks and greenways master plan first completed in 2017.
The update will not replace the 2017 plan but will build on its recommendations, Neach said, focusing on what was missed in 2017 and how the city should prioritize parks investments moving forward. "We're looking at all of the recommendations from 2017, and looking at them as kind of benchmarks or measures for how we're doing," Neach said.
Parks staff held an initial round of public…
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