1 - Introduction
City Collaboration: A meeting between the Parks and Recreation Department and Rowlett’s Parks Advisory Board was held on November 8, 2017. This review session assisted in fine-tuning this Master Plan. It is with all this cooperation and information gathered that this document is able to succeed. This development process allows the collaborative efforts mentioned to achieve a successful update to the Rowlett Parks, Recreation, and Open Space Master Plan. Parks and Recreation System Vision Realize Rowlett 2020 , Rowlett’s Comprehensive Plan, establishes a strong vision for the future of Rowlett. In that vision, it discusses the future of the parks and recreation system stating that “Rowlett will become a community of the lake, not just on the lake. Existing active water activities on Lake Ray Hubbard will be enhanced with lower intensity activities such as birding and kayaking. The community will be connected by high and low intensity recreational trails, as well as water taxis and trolleys that make it easy to reach recreation and entertainment.” The vision is complemented by a market analysis that cited the following as assets which poise the city for growth: transit improvements, waterfront amenities, a healthy quality of life, and policy and financing commitments to the same. Realize Rowlett 2020 set the foundation for the waterways in Rowlett, including Lake Ray Hubbard and Muddy Creek, to be utilized as potential transportation options, connections, recreation opportunities, destinations, ecotourism areas, aesthetic contributors, and amenities. The comprehensive plan and its associated amendments also provide concepts that have led to a new hierarchy of parks and recreation destinations and connections as detailed in this Parks and Recreation Master Plan that include seven Primary Destinations, two types of Secondary Destinations, and four types of Connections (see Chapter 2).
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