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Since 1997, SPLOST dollars have contributed millions of dollars for parks and greenspace projects in Gwinnett, paying for the development of new parks, renovations to existing parks, and a variety of amenities including 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, dog parks, plus horseshoe, shuffleboard, and bocce ball courts.
The Board of Commissioners' greenspace preservation program, made possible by SPLOST programs (1997, 2001, 2005, and 2009), gives residents a chance to enjoy Gwinnett's precious natural resources, now and in the future. With 46 award winning parks and greenspaces, our parkland totals more than 9,000 acres. Park sites range from 10 acres or less to larger community parks and open-space parks.
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2009
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Bryson Park (Phase I & II)
Facilities include:
- Sports Complex, including two soccer fields and multipurpose field complex with associated concession and restroom buildings
- Maintenance building
- Playground and court areas
- Paved trails
- Comfort station
- Parking
SPLOST funding: $3,281,500 | 
| Harbins Community Park (Phase II)
Facilities include:
- Seven-field baseball/softball complex with concession and restroom building
- Multi-purpose field with concession and restroom building
- Playground and pavilion complex
- Trails
- Parking
SPLOST funding: $12,686,615 |
| Lanier Community Park Master Plan
Park master plan includes:
- Multi-purpose field complex with concession and restroom building
- Pavilion and playground complex
- Outdoor court complex
- Trails
- Maintenance facility
SPLOST funding: $11,243,760 |
| Lions Club Park Renovation
Renovation of existing park includes:
- Five-field baseball/softball complex with concession and restroom building
- Pavilion and playground complex
- Multi-purpose trail and Greenway connection
SPLOST funding: $5,786,000 | 
| Rabbit Hill Park Expansion
Expansion includes:
- Seven-field baseball/softball complex with concession and restroom building
- Multi-purpose field complex with concession and restroom building
- Two lighted soccer fields
- Playground and pavilion complex
- Teen facilities
SPLOST funding: $10,833,760 |
| Rock Springs Park
Expansion includes:
- New soccer complex
- Concession and restroom building
SPLOST funding: $3,900,000 | 
| South Gwinnett Park Renovations
Renovation of existing park includes:
- Multi-purpose field complex with concession and restroom building
- Seven-field baseball/softball complex with concession and restroom building
SPLOST funding: $5,900,000 | 
| J.B. Williams Park
Master plan process underway
SPLOST funding: $4,700,000 |
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2005
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Alexander Park
Facilities include:
- Paved and natural surface trails
- Plaza
- Playground
- Meadow/amphitheater with a restroom building
- Lake improvements
- Maintenance building
- 18-hole disc golf course
SPLOST funding: $4,738,000 |
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Artificial Turf Fields
Replace sodded fields with artificial turf to increase the use of large football fields by decreasing downtime due to weather and overuse for the following parks:
- Bay Creek Park
- Cemetery Field
- Duncan Creek Park
- George Pierce Park
SPLOST funding: $3,164,000 |
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Bogan Park Aquatic Center
Improvements include:
- Tracks on panels of roof that open for ventilation repair and replacement
- Pool pac unit to efficiently heat the pool water
- Lap pool shell resurfaced
- Locker rooms renovated, including tiles, lights, and counters
- Repair cracks, caulking, and drain gates
- Provide a climate control system that will lengthen the useful life of the building by an estimated 30 years
SPLOST funding: $2,488,000 |
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Duncan Creek Park
Facilities include:
- Multi-purpose field with concession and restroom building
- Lighted walking track
- Teen facilities including skate park, sand volleyball, and basketball courts
SPLOST funding: $3,256,901 |
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Freemans Mill Park
Facilities include:
- Restored and raised the historic gristmill
- Playground
- Half-mile paved multi-purpose trail
- Comfort station
SPLOST funding: $2,041,915 |
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Gwinnett Environmental and Heritage Center
Improvements including:
- Event parking, including bus parking
- Festival field area
- Service center
- Historic structures’ relocation and stabilization
- Exhibit Package: Business plan calls for the changing-out of exhibits on a regular cycle, which is vital to the success of sustaining a customer base
SPLOST funding: $8,887,024 |
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Lucky Shoals Park
Redevelopment includes:
- Community recreation center and gymnasium with indoor walking track and basketball courts
- Outdoor basketball courts
- Two lighted tennis courts
SPLOST funding: $6,487,226 |
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Peachtree Ridge Park
Facilities include:
- Youth sports complex with three baseball/softball fields and concession and restroom building
- Football field with lighted walking track
- Two soccer fields
- Outdoor basketball courts
- Playground and pavilion complex
- Handicap accessible ball field and playground for children with special needs
- 1-mile paved multi-purpose trail
SPLOST funding: $17,718,579 |
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Rhodes Jordan Park
Renovations include:
- Construction of the first phase of the lake loop multi-purpose trail
- Relocation of the entrance road within the park
- Lake dredging and shoreline stabilization
- Renovation of the picnic area with replacement of picnic pavilions and a restroom
- Irrigation from lake
- Parking improvements
- Tennis center building replacement
- Outdoor basketball courts
- Three soccer fields with concession and restroom building
- Replacement of maintenance building and horseshoe courts
SPLOST funding: $8,839,152 |
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Rock Springs Park
Facilities include:
- Football field with lighted walking track and concession and restroom building
- Six lighted tennis courts
- Playground and pavilion complex
- Comfort station
- 2-mile paved, multi-purpose trail
SPLOST funding: $6,825,038 |
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Settles Bridge Park
Facilities include:
- Skate complex
- Outdoor basketball courts
- Dog park area
- Playground and pavilion complex
- Comfort station
- 1.6-mile paved multi-purpose trail
- 2.9-mile soft-surface trail
SPLOST funding: $4,423,360 |
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Vines Park
Renovations include:
- Renovation of existing trails around the lake
- Pedestrian bridge construction
- Lake overlook
- Pavilion
- Removal of wooden structures
- Viewing area for the Garden Railroad
- Removal of aquatic plantings and silt
- Landscaping
SPLOST funding: $1,371,000 |
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West Gwinnett Park
Facilities include:
- Aquatic center with indoor competition/lap pool, indoor instructional pools, and outdoor leisure play pool
- Two lighted multi-purpose fields
- Lighted walking track
- 0.25-mile paved multi-purpose trail
SPLOST funding: $18,095,316 |
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Yellow River Post Office
Facilities include:
- Historical interpretive signage with paved walkway
- Restoration of post office building (that once served as a post office, general store, sharecropper’s house, and a school), slave cabin, and barn
- Comfort station
- Picnic tables
SPLOST funding: $708,000 |
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2001
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Active Parks Land Acquisition
Acquisition included:
- Land purchases to accomplish goals of the 2001 Capital Revision to the 1996 Parks and Recreation Master Plan.
- Four new Community Parks:
- Sugarloaf
- North Snellville
- Harbins
- South District
- Existing park expansions:
- Collins Hill
- Rhodes Jordan
- Dacula
- Lenora Park
- Shorty Howell Park
SPLOST funding: $24,885,000 |
| Alcovy – Harbins Passive Park Development
Master Plan identified improvements within the park:
- Trails of various types
- Restroom buildings
- Signage
- Pavilions
- Playgrounds
- Meadows
- Parking
- Maintenance building with yard
SPLOST funding: $3,010,000 |
| Bay Creek Park (Phase I)
Facilities included:
- Eight-field baseball-softball complex with one of the fields fully accessible and with a concession and restroom building
- Football field with a concession and restroom building
- Trails
- Sewer pump station and other utilities
- Parking
SPLOST funding: $6,981,000 |
| Best Friend Park Renovation
This project included:
- Construction of a 300-foot softball field and a 320 – 350-foot baseball field with restroom facilities
- Repair of the subsurface conditions at various courts
- Renovation of the court surfaces, fences, and lighting at Hudlow Tennis Center
- Reconstruction of the lane pool into an expanded family aquatics center
- Maintenance building, parking, and entry way improvements
- Expansion, pavilion, playground, open meadow, and trail additions
SPLOST funding: $6,981,207 |
| Bethesda Park Expansion
Construction included:
- Indoor family aquatic center with instructional pool
- Trail, playground, pavilion, and picnic area improvements
- Stand-alone football field with concession and restroom building
- Parking
SPLOST funding: $9,160,000 |
| Bogan Park Renovations
Community Center improvements included:
- Addition of a gymnasium, locker rooms, and class and office space
- Aquatic center was expanded to the lobby
- Addition of a “wet” classroom
SPLOST funding: $2,800,000 |
| Cities Share/Contributions
Contribution to Gwinnett County cities for acquisition or construction of Parks and Recreation active or passive facilities. Distribution was determined by the Gwinnett Municipal Association.
Cities are:
- Auburn
- Berkeley Lake
- Braselton
- Buford
- Dacula
- Duluth
- Grayson
- Lawrenceville
- Lilburn
- Loganville
- Norcross
- Snellville
- Sugar Hill
- Suwanee
SPLOST funding: $10,000,000 |
| Collins Hill Park Improvements
Improvements included:
- Additional parking
- Tennis court relocation
- Separate standalone maintenance compound
- Trail improvements
- Hardscaping of the viewing areas around the ballfields
- Stormwater upgrades
SPLOST funding: $1,300,000 |
| Dacula Park Activity Center
Improvements include:
- Construction of an activity building and parking on new land that was acquired next to the existing park
- Connecting the pedestrian trail system to the new activity building
- Construct of an additional picnic and playground area, and tennis and basketball courts
SPLOST funding: $3,118,000 |
| DeShong Park
The first phase of a passive community park located in the southwestern section of Gwinnett County.
SPLOST funding: $1,886,102 |
| Five Forks at Ronald Reagan
Passive Community Park Development includes:
- A multi-purpose trail
- A pavilion playground area with restroom
- A senior activity area with a small pavilion
- Two bocce ball courts
- Two horseshoe courts
- Two shuffleboard courts
- A teen area with a street skateboard feature
- Two half-court basketball courts
- A small pavilion
- A dog park
SPLOST funding: $1,846,233 |
| George Pierce Park (Phase II)
This phase included the addition of:
- Two youth baseball/softball fields
- Concession and restroom building
- Community center
- Outdoor basketball and tennis courts
- Trail construction
- Parking enhancements
SPLOST funding: $5,950,000 |
| Greenways Development
Two pilot projects have been identified. One will connect Tribble Mill with the new properties at Harbins: Alcovy and Palm Creek. This will involve land acquisition along a portion of the corridor of the Alcovy River.
The other project is the Ivy Creek Greenway and will involve connection within the F. Wayne Hill Water Resources Center to both the Mall of Georgia and George Pierce Park. This will also connect with Suwanee’s Richard Trice Trail.
SPLOST funding: $2,900,000 |
| Gwinnett Environmental and Heritage Center
The Gwinnett Environmental and Heritage Center is a facility for environmental education, a natural history and cultural history museum, and a host for passive recreational activities such as trails.
SPLOST funding: $8,363,195 |
| Hog Mountain Community Park (Little Mulberry Park)
Phase I development of Hog Mountain Community Park included:
- Sports field complex with associated support building(s) and parking
- Trails
- Playgrounds
- Picnic pavilions
SPLOST funding: $4,500,000 |
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Holcomb Bridge Park
Construction included:
- Demolition of Pinckneyville Arts Center
- Trails
- A playground
- Restrooms
- Pavilion
SPLOST funding: $590,000 |
| Jones Bridge Park Shoreline Stabilization (Phase II)
Construction included:
- Stabilized/limited erosion of river bank
- Reforestation and revegetation of the bank
- Constructed elements to control and direct access to the bank and river
SPLOST funding: $900,000 |
| Kanoheda Area Park (Sweet Water Park)
The first phase of a passive community park located in the Kanoheda Area.
SPLOST funding: $1,896,416 |
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Lenora Park Expansion
Lenora Park, with the addition of land to the original park, was expanded according to the master site plan. The identified projects included:
- Stand-alone football field
- Miscellaneous renovations to existing facilities,
- Outdoor aquatic center
- Trail expansion
- Lakeshore improvements
- Dog park
- Athletic field lighting upgrade
- Entrance improvements including signs, utilities, and parking
SPLOST funding: $6,789,000 |
| Little Mulberry Park Development
This park is to be developed in two phases. The first phase developed the Fence Road side of the park. This included:
- A pavilion
- Restroom building
- Playground
- Multi-purpose and nature trails
- Parking
- Signage
- Maintenance building
The second phase constructed the Karina Miller Nature Preserve side of the park. This included:
- Equestrian and multipurpose trail development
- Fishing piers and bridges
- Parking
- Restroom building
- Utility service
SPLOST funding: $5,147,568 |
| McDaniel Farm Park Development
The first phase of development included:
- Preservation and renovation of all of the existing buildings recommended in the master plan except the main residence
- Multi-purpose and nature trails with associated bridges
- Interpretive signage
- Restroom building
- Parking
- A maintenance building
SPLOST funding: $2,571,000 |
| Mountain Park Aquatic Center and Activity Building
Development of new Aquatics Center with an indoor and outdoor pool and Activity Building to replace the pool facility at Mountain Park. Facility also includes:
SPLOST funding: $9,200,569 |
| Park Maintenance Facilities
Addition of stand-alone maintenance compound to existing parks at Bay Creek and Lucky Shoals.
SPLOST funding: $430,536 |
| Passive Community Park Development
The first phase of a passive community park was developed in the Rockbridge area (Graves property).
SPLOST funding: $1,878,759 |
| Passive Parks Land Acquisition
Land acquisition of passive parks in various areas of the county preserves open space for future residents.
SPLOST funding: $55,000,000 |
| PIB Aquatic Center Master Plan (West Gwinnett Park Aquatic Center)
Completion of a master plan and soil testing for the Peachtree Industrial Boulevard Aquatic Center park site.
SPLOST funding: $75,000 |
| Rhodes Jordan Park Expansion
Expansion includes:
- Football concession and restroom building
- Parking
- New pressbox and storage facility
SPLOST funding: $410,516 |
| Settles Bridge Master Plan
Master Plan for the Settles Bridge property that was a collaboration with the National Park Service and Georgia Department of Natural Resources.
SPLOST funding: $60,000 |
| Shorty Howell Park Redevelopment
Redevelopment of existing park included:
- Baseball/softball complex
- Stand-alone football field
- Activity building and precinct
- Maintenance compound
- Other park renovations will include a picnic pavilion, trails, utilities, and other items identified in the master plan
SPLOST funding: $8,983,435 |
| Spriggs Road Park Site Master Plan
Completion of a master plan for the Spriggs Road park site.
SPLOST funding: $40,000 |
| Tribble Mill Park
Construction included:
- Playground equipment and installation
- Surfacing and drainage installation for a destination playground
SPLOST funding: $200,000 |
| Yellow River Park
The first phase of development consisted of:
- Multi-purpose, nature, equestrian mountain biking trails
- Signage
- Parking
- Two restrooms buildings
- Changing station and washing area for mountain bikers
- Pavilion(s)
- Playground
- Maintenance building
SPLOST funding: $2,562,027 |
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1997
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Best Friend Park
Renovations and improvements included:
- Renovated the gym
- Replaced the tennis center pro shop
- Paved the tennis center parking lot
- Added sidewalks and landscaping to the park
- Added park signage.
SPLOST funding: $1,627,815 | 
| Bethesda Park
Designed park extension project included the addition of:
- Parking lots for baseball/softball and soccer areas
- Restroom for pee-wee/tee-ball fields
- Park road and utilities
- Sidewalks and paved multi-use trail
- Improved signage
- Landscaping
- Irrigation
SPLOST funding: $2,068,566 |
| Dacula Park
Implemented redevelopment and facilities expansion of the park included:
- New ball field and football field developments
- Expanded passive recreation
- Maintenance facility
- Signage
- Perimeter trail
- Automobile and pedestrian circulation
- Other infrastructure improvements
SPLOST funding: $3,300,623 |
| George Pierce Park
Following the purchase of the land for park expansion, park improvements were prioritized based on available funding. These improvements included:
- Improved storm drainage
- Replaced pond dam
- Paved perimeter trail and park sidewalks
- Pedestrian controls
- Signage
- Irrigation
- Landscape
- Miscellaneous concrete paving
SPLOST funding: $1,627,954 | 
| Greenway Development
Development included:
- Preparation of Greenway Master Plans and construction documents for selected corridor
- Obtaining of Greenway corridors and associated parking and service areas by means of easement and fee simple purchase
- Construction of Greenway trails and associated signage, restroom facilities, and other improvements
SPLOST funding: $1,188,905 |
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Harmony Grove Soccer Complex
Renovations included:
- Construction of new concession and restroom building
- Various vehicular and pedestrian system paving improvements
- Paving of picnic plaza and bleacher areas
- Improving drainage and lighting
- Addition of park signage
SPLOST funding: $504,791 |
| Jones Bridge Park Shoreline Stabilization
Stabilization included:
- Stabilizing and limiting erosion of river bank
- Reforestation and revegetation of the bank
- Construction of elements to control and direct access to the bank and river
SPLOST funding: $422,847 |
| Mountain Park Redevelopment
Provided a park master plan and then implemented redevelopment and facilities expansion of the park including:
- New ball field and tennis complexes
- Expanded passive recreation
- Automobile pedestrian circulation
- Maintenance complex
- Infrastructure improvements
SPLOST funding: $4,008,681 |
| Nature Center at Gwinnett Environmental and Heritage Center
The Environmental and Heritage Center Nature Center includes:
- A facility for environmental education
- A natural history and cultural history museum
- Passive recreational activities such as trails
SPLOST funding: $19,900 |
| North District New Park Development (Rabbit Hill)
- Acquired total of 200 acres of park land on one or two sites
- Master plan for the site
- Design Phase I development of a new community park with soccer field complex, passive recreation facilities, and natural open space
SPLOST funding: $7,953,108 |
| Passive Community Park Program (Sweet Water)
Addition of new park acreage in Kanoheda Elementary School area.
SPLOST funding: $965,784 |
| Pinckneyville Park
Construction design and administration for Pinckneyville Park included:
- Development of existing park land with soccer complex, trails, picnic areas, and playgrounds
- Land expansion and development of a community and arts center
- Establishment of County design standards for future projects
SPLOST funding: $6,792,187 |
| Pinckneyville Park Expansion
Expansion included:
- Acquisition of parkland in the West District
- Master plan the site
- Development of a baseball/softball complex
- Skating facility
- Large picnic pavilion
- Family picnic area
- Paved walking trail
- Other passive recreation development
SPLOST funding: $8,430,312 |
| Rhodes Jordan Park Expansion and Development
Acquired additional land and made improvements to existing and new park properties including:
- An eight-court tennis complex
- A new community center with gymnasium and outdoor leisure pool
- Road improvements
- Trail
- Parking
- Concession and restroom building
- Other passive improvements
SPLOST funding: $9,380,340 |
| Shorty Howell Park Expansion and Development
Expansion included:
- Acquired park expansion acreage
- Prepared park master plan
SPLOST funding: $4,197,729 |
| South District New Park Development (Lenora Park)
Acquired 150 acres of park land on one site and master plan the site. Purchased additional South District park land with emphasis on expansion of existing facilities.
SPLOST funding: $3,102,585 |
| Tribble Mill Park Improvements
Added park improvements to include a number of facilities:
- Stage and equipment for the festival field
- Two comfort stations
- Multi-purpose and nature trails
- Road extensions to the fishing lake and festival field
- Lake access facilities
- Increased parking and other infrastructure improvements
- Grand pavilion
- Signage
- Sand volleyball courts
- Playground equipment
SPLOST funding: $4,224,280 |
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