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Winter Springs parks manager reports 13,500 attendees at Winter Wonderland, outlines accessibility upgrades and a boardwalk grant pursuit

Parks, Recs and Mobility Advisory Committee · February 5, 2026
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Parks manager Michael Christ reported about 13,500 cars visited the Winter Wonderland drive-through and described recent maintenance and accessibility upgrades; staff and administration said the city has re-engaged a grant writer for a potential Central Winds boardwalk RTP application and budgeted $100,000 for FY26 accessibility enhancements.

Michael Christ, parks manager for the City of Winter Springs, told the Parks, Recs and Mobility Advisory Committee that recent parks programming and maintenance work included a notably high turnout for the Winter Wonderland drive-through and a set of accessibility and small capital improvements across city parks.

"We had about 13,500 cars, and that was over the week of the eighth to the twelfth," Christ said, reporting the drive-through's attendance. He also summarized recent work at Sunshine Park and Central Winds Park — brush removal, pressure washing, restroom repainting and parking-spot repainting — and listed refurbishments: a sandpit at Torcasso Park, surge protectors installed at the Central Winds Park administration building…

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