Parks, RCS Long-Range Plan

Collage of Lakewood parks and recreation offerings

The City of Lakewood is pleased to announce the release of the Park, Recreation, and Community Services Long-Range Plan.

The Parks, Recreation, and Community Services Long-Range Plan (the “Plan”) serves as a foundational guide for the City’s ongoing recreation initiatives.

It provides a strategic framework to ensure the efficient and effective allocation of public resources to maintain, enhance, and expand recreational facilities, programs, services, and events.

The Plan reflects a significant investment in community engagement, with 1,848 residents contributing through interviews, focus group participation, pop-up event interactions, or by completing the Plan survey.

The draft Plan was made available for public review during an initial 30-day public comment period from July 9 to Sept. 12, 2025.

While the Plan is a valuable resource, final decision-making authority rests with current and future City Councils, who govern with the best interests of residents in mind.

 

The long-range plan:

  • Engages the Lakewood community in a variety of outreach channels to ensure the Plan reflects the needs of our residents.
  • Involves advisory boards and key leaders to inform decision-making.
  • Provides an overarching investment strategy that balances fiscal responsibility, sustainable management practices, unmet park system needs and evolving recreation trends.
  • Explores options for improvement, re-use, and/or expansion of the park and recreational system.
  • Establishes directions to enhance our parks, recreation facilities, programs, events, and community services to support quality of life, health and wellness, community cohesion, safety, access and inclusivity.

View the Park System Map(PDF, 818KB)

 

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