03 - PLAN DEVELOPMENT PROCESS
Facility and Program Usage Approximately 37 percent of respondents used a City park or recreation facility at least once a week, whereas approximately 23 percent of respondents reported never using a City park and recreation facility, or using one at least once a year. The following Parks and Recreation facilities reported the highest rates of utilization within the past year:
Recreation Center
46%
Zeiger Park
40%
Grimes Park
29%
Roy Orr Trail
24%
For the top facilities utilized within the past year, these are fairly low rates of utilization overall.
Approximately 76 percent of respondents utilize the City’s trail system, which is a moderate rate of utilization. The top reasons for utilization of the City’s trail system were the following:
Zeizer Park
Exercise
38%
Leisure
26%
Communing with Nature
7%
Of particular note is that no respondents utilize the trail system for transportation. This suggests that there is potential opportunity for more multi-use trails to connect destinations in DeSoto and neighboring cities.
Grimes Park
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