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Parks and RecreationDRAFT 5-61 <br />Chapter 5. <br />parKS, reCreatION aND <br />OpeN SpaCe <br />Parks, recreation, open space, and trails play a critical role in the physical, social, <br />and natural environment of a community. As a whole, the system consists of a wide <br />variety of features, including a regional park, community parks, neighborhood parks, <br />recreational centers, open space areas, regional trails, and local trails. This section of <br />the comprehensive plan is to provide, in general terms, a basic framework for the City <br />of New Brighton’s systems and how they will continue to grow and adapt to future <br />demands. <br />Parks, recreation, open space, and trails continually rise to the top in community <br />surveys as the most important community and livability features in New Brighton. The <br />community has expressed a strong desire to improving ageing or outdated facilities, <br />adding new concepts and ideas to existing parks, providing programing that meets <br />emerging trends and strengthening connections within or to the park system as top <br />priorities. <br />What We heard <br />More than any other topic, community members had the most to say about New <br />Brighton’s Parks, Trails, and Open Space throughout the New Brighton 2040 <br />process. That passion is highlighted with selected quotes from community <br />members about what they’d like to see for the future of parks, trails, recreation, <br />and open space. <br />""Our parks are a <br />tremendous resource <br />and we should invest <br />more into them