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High Springs adopts 10-year parks and recreation master plan
Summary
The High Springs City Commission unanimously adopted a parks and recreation master plan presented by GAI Consultants that sets short-, mid- and long-term priorities for park improvements, connectivity, lighting, programming and land acquisition to serve growing areas of the city.
The City Commission of High Springs voted unanimously to adopt a parks and recreation master plan that lays out a 10-year blueprint for parks, trails and recreation programming.
The plan, presented by Kristen Caborn, director of Parks and Open Spaces at GAI Consultants, recommends short-term (0–2 years), mid-term (2–5 years) and long-term (6+ years) projects, a capital improvement plan spreadsheet for staff tracking, standards for park size and amenities, and strategies to fill park “deserts” in newly annexed and developing areas of the city.
Caborn told commissioners the consultants began working with the city in late 2022 and that public outreach in 2023 shaped the recommendations. “Our assignment when we began the project was really to create a blueprint for the next 10 years of parks and recreation in High Springs,” Caborn said. She described inventory work, GIS documentation of park infrastructure and a public-input process that included on-site workshops and focus groups.
The plan inventories…
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