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regional park but a major park project the Parklands of Floyds Fork has since added
approximately 3,600 acres of parkland that is bisected by a major stream corridor Floyds
Fork.
Needs Assessment
To provide a basis for assessing park and recreational facility needs, the 1995 plan
divided Louisville into seven recreational service areas with similar characteristics such as
topography, housing mix, density, and socioeconomic character (see Figure IV.A.2: Recreation
Planning Service Areas). The service areas consisted of one or more of 13 market zones
developed by DPDS to project population and housing units from 1995 to 2020³. The
recreational service areas based on the market zones are generally as follows:
• Service Area A encompassed much of the former City of Louisville north of Algonquin
Parkway and Henry Watterson Expressway (I-264).
• Service Area B included northeast Louisville (north of Westport Road).
• Service Area C consisted of east central Louisville including part of the former City of
Louisville and other incorporated municipalities (i.e., the area roughly bounded by I-264,
Bardstown Road, the Gene Snyder Freeway, and Westport Road).
• Service Area D included the area on both sides of Floyds Fork in eastern Louisville.
• Service Area E encompassed the south central part of Louisville from Bardstown Road
west to the CSX Transportation Company right-of-way, including the portion of Louisville
around Standiford Field.
• Service Area F consisted of the area around the Jefferson Memorial Forest in
southwestern Louisville.
• Service Area G encompassed west central Louisville including part of the former City of
Louisville (i.e., the area north of Service Area F and south of the Algonquin Parkway).
The recommended parkland acreage standards were applied to the DPDS 1995 and 2020
population projections to determine current and future deficiencies. The results of the analysis
for each of the service areas and Louisville/Jefferson County as a whole are summarized in Table
IV.A.2.
Based on the recommended standard of 10 acres of neighborhood, community, and
major urban parkland per 1,000 residents, Louisville and Jefferson County as a whole were
found to have a deficiency of 1,674 acres which was projected to increase to 2,238 acres in the
year 2020 if no additional parkland is acquired. All service areas with the exception of Floyds
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