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Seminole County Parks & Recreation touts national reaccreditation, library award and projects driving sports tourism
Summary
Director Rick Durham briefed the board on Parks & Recreation achievements — national CAPRA reaccreditation, Florida Library Association award for Seminole County Library, and ongoing projects including turf replacement and an indoor recreation complex — and described plans to expand summer programming and kiosk library services.
Rick Durham, director of Seminole County Parks & Recreation, told commissioners that the department won national reaccreditation under CAPRA with a top score and that the Seminole County Library system was named the Florida Library Association’s Library of the Year. Durham said the department operates about 17 facilities with roughly 200 staff and provides services ranging from library programs to trail and park maintenance.
Durham highlighted tourism and…
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