PenMet Parks Survey
The PenMet Parks (Peninsula Metropolitan Park District) is in the process of updating their Comprehensive Park, Recreation, and Open Space Plan (Park Plan) for 2012. Your input is essential to creating a balanced park system that responds to your community needs. The Park Plan update evaluates the park, recreation and open space needs of the approximately 45,000 residents living within the District’s boundaries. The District serves the Gig Harbor Peninsula, including Fox Island. Its boundaries reach from the Narrows Bridge in the south to the Purdy Bridge and the Pierce County line in the north.

Please follow the link below to complete this brief, 11-question survey and help us assess the current condition and future need for parks and recreation facilities and programs in the District.

Click here for the PenMet Parks Survey

Thank you for your time and assistance on this important project for your community. Please complete your survey by Feb. 24, 2012.

PenMet Parks is in the process of updating the District's Comprehensive Park, Open Space and Recreation Plan.  The planning process involves work by PenMet staff, our consultant, Hough, Beck & Baird with HDR, and citizen input.

We have a citizen's advisory group made up of people involved with a variety of park and recreation matters in the community.  These individuals provide representation and communication from the citizen focus groups.

The process involves public input in a variety of forms:

• Survey Questionnaire for Community Organizations (will be e-mailed for completion and return upon request)
• Focus Group meetings on a variety of subjects (completed, see list below)
• Public Workshop to review all focus group work (October 25th)
• Additional public meetings throughout the process culminating in February, 2012 (see Next Steps below)
• Public surveys on general park and recreation topics and specific projects and services within the District

The focus groups have met and those responses are available via links below which addressed the following:

• Questions related to the specific focus group subject(s)
• Update of the focus group input to the 2006 planning effort
• Update of the inventory of facilities relevant to this focus group
• Priorities for the particular focus group topic

Next Steps:

• Compile Public Workshop information (will be presented here when complete)
• Continue update of park and recreation facility inventory (will be presented here when complete)

Focus Groups:

Focus Group Responses:  (see attached links)

--Volunteers Focus Group Q&A
--Water Access Focus Group Q&A
--Arts Focus Group Q&A
--Biking & Skating Focus Group Q&A
--Courts & Fields Focus Group Q&A
--Dogs & Equestrian Focus Group Q&A
--Endowments & Fundraising Focus Group Q&A
--Facility Providers Focus Group Q&A
--Gardens Focus Group Q&A
--Open Space Focus Group Q&A
--Playgrounds & Special Needs Focus Group Q&A
--Recreation Programming Focus Group Q&A
--Swimming & Spray Parks Focus Group Q&A
--Trails & Running Focus Group Q&A

For additional information, contact Eric Guenther at PenMet Parks,
253-858-3400, ext 222 or eguenther@PenMetParks.org.