Quality of Life
Parks & Recreation
80+ parks, trails, pools and year-round programs.
What Parks & Recreation does
From neighborhood playgrounds to the region's greenway trails, Parks & Recreation stewards more than eighty parks and natural areas and runs the classes, leagues, camps and aquatics that fill Springfield's calendar all year.
Responsibilities
- Park, trail, playground and sports-field upkeep
- Recreation programs, youth camps and adult leagues
- Aquatic centers, pools and splash pads
- Shelter, field and facility reservations