The Parks Department consists of one full-time Superintendent, as well as one shared and three permanent full-time laborers. A number of seasonal employees are hired during summer months.
The Parks Department maintains all town owned green areas, which includes parks, medians, abandoned cemeteries, and municipal grounds. The park system consists of eight developed parks, two "pocket parks" and three "green spaces". These are: Maxwell Park, Franklin Park, Dunrovin Park, Ryder Park, Willis Carrier Recreation Center, Cedar Bay Park, Butternut Creek Recreation and Nature Area, Fiddlers Green, Grist Mill Pocket Park, Avery Pocket Park, Richards, Delaney and Weisner Green Spaces.
Keep an eye out for our newest green space addition, this will be where the old Colvin St. Corner Gas Station resides! |