4.0 Parks, Cemetery, and Trails 4.1 Introduction & Assessment Background
4.1.1 Overview of Supply
Existing Provision Rates and Service Levels
The Town of Tillsonburg has more than 80 hectares of outdoor open space including 30 parks, approximately 40 kilometers of trails, and two cemeteries. Park amenities include basketball courts, playgrounds, picnic/ shade shelters, a splash pad, an outdoor pool, a skatepark, a BMX pump track, outdoor fitness stations, multi-purpose/ outdoor skating pads, and a leash-free dog park (Table 4-1). The Town’s 30 parks are inventoried in detail in Appendix B.
A comparative analysis of parkland and outdoor park amenity provision in other municipalities was conducted for benchmarking purposes (Table 4-2 and Table 4-3). Data was collected from publicly- accessible inventories, planning documents, and open data on municipal websites.
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