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Parks & Recreation presents program growth and capital needs, touts scholarship and before‑and‑after school services
Summary
Parks & Recreation staff told supervisors the department runs 200+ programs, logged 112,000 registrations in 2025, operates the before‑and‑after‑school program at all 12 elementary schools and seeks capital funds for playground replacements, parking, pool repairs and a potential rec center. Staff asked for design dollars and vehicle replacements to sustain service levels.
Stacy, the Parks & Recreation presenter, told the Board that the department’s FY27 request is “guided by our mission and vision” and that growth in demand has driven expanded programming and capital needs.
“Recreation division… accounts for 18 of our full‑time staff, as well as our over 300 part‑time staff. We offer 200 plus programs every year. In 2025, we had 112,000 people register for programs,” Stacy said, highlighting the scale of operations. She noted the department offered 75 scholarships last year to reduce cost barriers for children.
Stacy described operating and CIP needs: higher maintenance and repair spending to refurbish outdoor pools (including tile/white coating work), parking‑lot paving and light‑pole replacements, playground replacement at Sherando Park (the main playground was identified as 22 years old and approaching the end of its useful life) and trail connections around Sherando Lake. She also requested a non‑CDL bus to avoid dependence on CDL drivers and outlined vehicle and equipment requests to support school‑grounds maintenance crews.
On facilities, staff proposed design dollars for repurposing an existing storage building at Clearbrook into multipurpose indoor programming space, an indoor playground at Greenwood Mill to convert a low‑use weight room for preschool programming and a long‑standing interest in a standalone recreation center. Supervisors asked whether the $10,000,000 rec‑center estimate included land; Stacy said she believed it did but would confirm.
Board members praised Parks & Recreation’s work, asked about return on investment (Stacy said the rec center and the softball complex could produce the most rental revenue), and raised questions about grant or proffer availability. Staff noted some proffer funds are already obligated to projects such as Clearbrook parking expansion and that not all proffers can be used for replacements.
Stacy closed by asking supervisors to review the handouts and said she was available to answer questions at subsequent budget workshops; staff will confirm outstanding items such as rec‑center land assumptions and exact eligibility of certain proffered funds.
