City of Tampa Parks & Recreation Master Plan
Welcome to the City of Tampa Parks and Recreation Master Plan Home Page –
Your Vision for Our Tomorrow
Open Houses
The City of Tampa Parks & Recreation Department is working to reimagine our parks and recreation services through a Parks and Recreation Master Plan. The plan is currently in its final phase of development, and a draft is now available for community review. We invite you to attend one of the four open houses listed below to review the findings and recommendations and provide any feedback you may have. In case you can’t make it, the Draft Master Plan document will be available on the project website.
Open House #1
May 2, 2023 | 6:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m.
David M. Barksdale Active Adult Center
1801 N. Lincoln Avenue
Tampa, FL 33607
(On the west side of Macfarlane Park)
Open House #2
May 3, 2023 | 6:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m.
Copeland Park Center
11001 N. 15th Street
Tampa, FL 3361
Open House #3
May 10, 2023 | 6:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m.
Port Tampa Community Center
4702 W. McCoy Street
Tampa, FL 33616
Open House #4
May 11, 2023 | 6:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m.
Cyrus Greene Community Center
2101 E. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard
Tampa, FL 33610
Virtual Open House
As part of the City of Tampa Parks & Recreation Department’s efforts to reimagine our parks, recreation programs, and department services, the City utilized a Virtual Open House to present initial findings obtain public input. The Virtual Open House and the project materials are still available for viewing.
To access, click the “Virtual Open House” button below. Once in the Virtual Open House, you can watch a short welcome video, view information boards, and participate in a series of engagement exercises to provide your input.
The Virtual Open House can be accessed at any time, so feel free to share this link with your friends and neighbors and help establish Your Vision for Our Tomorrow!
View our Virtual Meeting Presentations!
In addition to the Virtual Open House, the City also held a series of Virtual Community Meetings in an effort to obtain additional public feedback.
All meetings were open to the public, and were held via Zoom. A video of the presentation can be viewed using the links to the meeting pages on the right, and PDFs of the presentation are available for download.
Meeting Pages and Presentations:
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Virtual Community Meeting #1
Council District 4 – neighborhoods in and around southern Tampa
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Virtual Community Meeting #2
Council District 5 – neighborhoods in and around eastern Tampa
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Virtual Community Meeting #3
Council District 6 – neighborhoods in and around western Tampa
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Virtual Community Meeting #4
Council District 7 – neighborhoods in and around northern Tampa.
Gold Medal Finalist
With your input we can continue to push the envelope forward and together Transform Tampa’s Tomorrow.
Tampa Parks and Recreation was recently nominated for the 4th time as a finalist for the 2021 National Gold Medal Awards for Excellence in Park and Recreation Management. Agencies are judged on their ability to address the needs of those they serve through the collective energies of community members, staff members and elected officials.
Tampa Parks & Recreation joins three other finalists in their class that will compete for Grand Plaque honor which will be awarded in September.