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Staff presents 2025 parks impact report as board weighs 5% budget cut
Summary
Staff liaison Trish Georges told the advisory board the 2025 Parks & Recreation Impact Report shows a 51.3% department-wide cost-recovery rate and nearly 850,000 annual park visits; members asked for detailed budget numbers as staff warned a proposed 5% operating cut could force reductions to events and programs.
Trish Georges, the Parks & Recreation staff liaison, presented the department's 2025 Impact Report covering the fiscal year from 10/01/2024 to 09/25/2025 and told the North Port Parks & Recreation Advisory Board that the department achieved a 51.3% cost-recovery rate overall. "We were able to obtain a 51.3% cost recovery rate," Georges said, noting that the figure is well above a commonly cited national recreation benchmark.
Georges broke down several major revenue and attendance items: Warm Mineral Springs was reported as generating significant revenue and showing about 148% cost recovery on its own; the recreation department and the North Port Aquatic Center also produced revenue. Georges said the…
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