Hey , Hendricks County Teachers !
WE WANT TO SUPPORT YOU !
Are you looking for someone
to read a nature story to your kindergartners outside ? Need your high school students to complete an online interview with a naturalist about career options within the field of parks and recreation ? Are you interested in video presentations about Hoosier plants and animals ? We are interested in hearing what free virtual presentations or free outdoor in-person activities in the school yard would be helpful for you ! How can we be of assistance to you during these uncertain times ? Please contact us at mccloudnp @ hcparks . net or at ( 765 ) 676-5437 to make arrangements . We look forward to hearing from you !
HENDRICKS COUNTY
PARKS & RECREATION
COMPREHENSIVE MASTER PLAN SURVEY RESULTS PLANNING FOR 2021-25
We are submitting our 2021-25 Comprehensive Master
Plan ( CMP ) to the Indiana Department of Natural Resources this winter , which gives us a road map for the direction our department is taking over the next five years .
Part of the CMP process is to randomly sample the Hendricks County population to get their opinions about our parks , our department , and parks and recreation in general . We completed the survey over the course of two months in the fall of 2020 , and here is some of what we learned .
3 MOST POPULAR ATTRACTIONS
FOR GUESTS AT MCCLOUD NATURE PARK ARE TRAILS , NATURE , AND THE BIG WALNUT CREEK ( IN THAT ORDER ).
of Hendricks County residents do not oppose the expansion of the Vandalia Trail east from Amo through Clayton and Cartersburg to Plainfield .
67 % ARE SUPPORTIVE OR VERY SUPPORTIVE OF THIS PLAN .
THE AMENITIES THAT HENDRICKS COUNTY RESIDENTS MOST
WANT TO SEE AT W . S . GIBBS MEMORIAL PARK ARE
TRAILS , PICNIC AREAS , BICYCLE TRAILS , AND GREEN SPACE ( IN THAT ORDER ). of Hendricks County residents say that parks are important or very important to them personally .
93 % FEEL THAT PARKS ARE IMPORTANT OR VERY IMPORTANT TO THE COMMUNITY .
of Hendricks County residents visit a park at least once a year .
63 % VISIT A PARK AT LEAST ONCE A MONTH .
TO SEE ALL OF THE SURVEY RESULTS AND THE 2021-25 COMPREHENSIVE MASTER PLAN , VISIT HENDRICKSCOUNTYPARKS . ORG .
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