The last four-year SPLOST program raised more than $180 million for parks and greenspace. Freeman's Mill Park is the latest to open in 2010 with funding from the 2005 SPLOST. | | Gwinnett's nationally recognized park system is largely the result of SPLOST funding that started in 1997. From buying land to building ball fields, Gwinnett uses citizen advisory committees to help determine needs and amenities, set priorities, and work with park designers to create a wide variety of facilities for both active and passive recreation. | | | | Bay Creek Park
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| The aquatic centers feature both indoor and outdoor pools and water play areas. Other parks have indoor gymnasiums, community meeting rooms, and senior centers. Gwinnett parks offer equestrian, mountain biking, and hiking trails and many feature paved multi-purpose trails suitable for roller blades, bicycles or wheelchairs. Two parks feature universal-design playgrounds and ball fields that are easily accessible by special needs users. | Multi-Purpose Trails |
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| The Board of Commissioners' greenspace preservation program, made possible by three SPLOST programs (1997, 2001 and 2005), gives residents a chance to enjoy Gwinnett's precious natural resources, now and in the future. With 44 award winning parks and several others in development, our parkland totals more than 9,000 acres. Park sites range from 10 acres or less, to larger community parks, as well as open-space parks. | | | | | Amenities vary from park to park and may include such features as picnic areas, pavilions, multi-purpose trails, mountain biking and equestrian trails, multi-purpose courts, fishing lakes, playgrounds, sports fields, gymnasiums, tennis courts, aquatic facilities, a disc golf course, skate complexes, a dog park, plus horseshoe, shuffleboard and bocce ball courts and more. We also operate several community centers, a senior recreation center and programs, as well as activity buildings and historic sites. | |
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George Pierce Community Center | Lucky Shoals Community Center | | |
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GCPR has emerged as one of the nation's leaders in acquiring and developing parks. Gwinnett Ccounty Parks were named first in the nation in 2008 and recently named number one park system in Georgia in 2010. GCPR is working to offer balanced and varied programs at the different locations in its inventor.
Click here to view a series of videos about Gwinnett County parks. |
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