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Pocatello receives first formal Parks, Recreation, Open Space and Trails master plan; prioritizes trails, maintenance and accessibility
Summary
Pros Consulting presented Pocatello’s first formal Parks, Recreation, Open Space and Trails Master Plan at the April 3 work session, highlighting aging infrastructure, strong local demand for trails, and recommendations for phased capital and operational actions.
Brian Trustee, principal of Pros Consulting, presented the draft Parks, Recreation, Open Space and Trails Master Plan to the Pocatello City Council at the April 3 work session and described it as “the first of its kind for the city of Pocatello.”
The plan’s authors said it emphasizes three phases — inventory, ideation and implementation — with an emphasis on aligning the parks plan to the city comprehensive plan, increasing trail connectivity, addressing aging park infrastructure, and improving accessibility.
The plan team described extensive community engagement. Consultant Trustee said the project included stakeholder interviews, three public meetings, an online mapping tool and an online survey that ran February–August 2024; a statistically valid survey was conducted April–June 2024. Trustee said the statistically valid survey required nearly 400 completed responses and that those results were weighted most heavily in…
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