Specifications include, but are not limited to: Columbus Recreation and Parks Department seeks to develop a 2025 – 2035 Master Plan and supporting Five Year Strategic Plan that guides the department’s programming, places and policies to drive real quality-of-life improvements for all Columbus residents. For more than 100 years the Columbus Recreation and Parks Department has provided opportunities and spaces for Columbus residents to connect with play, recreation, and leisure. The 2025 – 2035 Master Plan and Strategic Planning process is a critical inflection point. This month, CRPD will achieve CAPRA accreditation, a yearlong application process that required an extensive review, and in some instances creation, of department systems, policies and procedures. We are data-rich, having completed inventories, needs assessments and gap analyses in areas such as Tree Canopy, Land Acquisition, Recreation Trends and Capital Needs. In the past five years, CRPD has seen historic levels of capital investment in parks and facilities and is poised to continue receiving the funds to complete much needed expansion in sports and aquatics facilities. The environment in which CRPD operates today is ripe for creating a 2025 – 2035 Master Plan that is more focused, more attainable and more attuned to the recreational and wellbeing priorities of Columbus’ 1M residents than at any point in the last several decades.
