City of Ypsilanti Parks and Recreation Master Plan Survey

Welcome to the City of Ypsilanti Parks & Recreation Master Plan Survey

We are looking for your input as we begin the process of updating the City of Ypsilanti's Parks and Recreation Master Plan. Your responses will help the City plan for the future of your city parks and recreation facilities and services.

This survey asks for your opinion on a variety of questions. Please answer each question as you see fit. Your responses will remain anonymous. Additional surveys are available at City Hall.

1.In the past year, how many times have you or a member of your household visited our City parks and facilities?

Never

5 times or less

6 to 10 times

Over 10 times

Ainsworth Park

Never

5 times or less

6 to 10 times

Over 10 times

B2B Trail

Never

5 times or less

6 to 10 times

Over 10 times

Candy Cane Park

Never

5 times or less

6 to 10 times

Over 10 times

Carrie Mattingly Tot Lot

Never

5 times or less

6 to 10 times

Over 10 times

Charles Street Tot Lot

Never

5 times or less

6 to 10 times

Over 10 times

Edith Hefley Tot Lot

Never

5 times or less

6 to 10 times

Over 10 times

Freighthouse

Never

5 times or less

6 to 10 times

Over 10 times

Frog Island Park

Never

5 times or less

6 to 10 times

Over 10 times

Haab Brothers Park

Never

5 times or less

6 to 10 times

Over 10 times

Huron Landing

Never

5 times or less

6 to 10 times

Over 10 times

Market Plaza

Never

5 times or less

6 to 10 times

Over 10 times

Parkridge Community Center

Never

5 times or less

6 to 10 times

Over 10 times

Parkridge Park

Never

5 times or less

6 to 10 times

Over 10 times

Peninsular Park

Never

5 times or less

6 to 10 times

Over 10 times

Prospect Park

Never

5 times or less

6 to 10 times

Over 10 times

Recreation Park

Never

5 times or less

6 to 10 times

Over 10 times

River's Edge Park/Water Street Trail

Never

5 times or less

6 to 10 times

Over 10 times

Riverside Park

Never

5 times or less

6 to 10 times

Over 10 times

Rutherford Pool

Never

5 times or less

6 to 10 times

Over 10 times

Senior Citizens Center

Never

5 times or less

6 to 10 times

Over 10 times

Spanish American War Memorial

Never

5 times or less

6 to 10 times

Over 10 times

Waterworks Park

Never

5 times or less

6 to 10 times

Over 10 times

Park Map

2.What improvements to Frog Island Park are most important to you?

Not Important At All

Slightly Important

Somewhat Important

Very Important

Extremely Important

Improvements to the amphitheater

Not Important At All

Slightly Important

Somewhat Important

Very Important

Extremely Important

Additional Vehicular Parking

Not Important At All

Slightly Important

Somewhat Important

Very Important

Extremely Important

Improvements to the Field

Not Important At All

Slightly Important

Somewhat Important

Very Important

Extremely Important

Improvements to existing walking track

Not Important At All

Slightly Important

Somewhat Important

Very Important

Extremely Important

Improvements to the existing vehicular parking lot

Not Important At All

Slightly Important

Somewhat Important

Very Important

Extremely Important

Additional Seating or Picnic Area

Not Important At All

Slightly Important

Somewhat Important

Very Important

Extremely Important

Addition of permanent restrooms

Not Important At All

Slightly Important

Somewhat Important

Very Important

Extremely Important

Improvement to existing Community Garden

Not Important At All

Slightly Important

Somewhat Important

Very Important

Extremely Important

Stormwater Management & MItigation

Not Important At All

Slightly Important

Somewhat Important

Very Important

Extremely Important

Bike connectivity/parking

Not Important At All

Slightly Important

Somewhat Important

Very Important

Extremely Important

Pedestrian connectivity/accessibility

Not Important At All

Slightly Important

Somewhat Important

Very Important

Extremely Important

Other (please specify)

3.What improvements to Parkridge Park are most important to you?

Not Important At All

Slightly Important

Somewhat Important

Very Important

Extremely Important

Improvement of existing trails

Not Important At All

Slightly Important

Somewhat Important

Very Important

Extremely Important

Improvement of existing ball field

Not Important At All

Slightly Important

Somewhat Important

Very Important

Extremely Important

Additional Seating or picnic area

Not Important At All

Slightly Important

Somewhat Important

Very Important

Extremely Important

Improvements to the existing picnic shelter

Not Important At All

Slightly Important

Somewhat Important

Very Important

Extremely Important

Improvement to the existing basketball

Not Important At All

Slightly Important

Somewhat Important

Very Important

Extremely Important

Improvements to the existing tennis courts

Not Important At All

Slightly Important

Somewhat Important

Very Important

Extremely Important

Removal of existing horeshoe pits

Not Important At All

Slightly Important

Somewhat Important

Very Important

Extremely Important

Improvements to the existing play structure

Not Important At All

Slightly Important

Somewhat Important

Very Important

Extremely Important

Bike connectivity/parking

Not Important At All

Slightly Important

Somewhat Important

Very Important

Extremely Important

Pedestrian connectivity/accessbility

Not Important At All

Slightly Important

Somewhat Important

Very Important

Extremely Important

Other (please specify)

4.What improvements to Prospect Park are most important to you?

Not Important At All

Slightly Important

Somewhat Important

Very Important

Extremely Important

Improvements to the existing skate park

Not Important At All

Slightly Important

Somewhat Important

Very Important

Extremely Important

Improvements to existing basketball courts

Not Important At All

Slightly Important

Somewhat Important

Very Important

Extremely Important

Improvements to trails and walkways

Not Important At All

Slightly Important

Somewhat Important

Very Important

Extremely Important

Improvement to the play structure

Not Important At All

Slightly Important

Somewhat Important

Very Important

Extremely Important

Improvements to existing tennis courts

Not Important At All

Slightly Important

Somewhat Important

Very Important

Extremely Important

Improvements to existing ball fields

Not Important At All

Slightly Important

Somewhat Important

Very Important

Extremely Important

Additional vehicular parking

Not Important At All

Slightly Important

Somewhat Important

Very Important

Extremely Important

Improvements to existing picnic shelter

Not Important At All

Slightly Important

Somewhat Important

Very Important

Extremely Important

Bike connectivity/parking

Not Important At All

Slightly Important

Somewhat Important

Very Important

Extremely Important

Pedestrian connectivity/accessbility

Not Important At All

Slightly Important

Somewhat Important

Very Important

Extremely Important

Other (please specify)

5.What improvements to Recreation Park are most important to you?

Not Important At All

Slightly Important

Somewhat Important

Very Important

Extremely Important

Improvements to existing vehicular parking lot

Not Important At All

Slightly Important

Somewhat Important

Very Important

Extremely Important

Additional vehicular parking

Not Important At All

Slightly Important

Somewhat Important

Very Important

Extremely Important

New Play Structure

Not Important At All

Slightly Important

Somewhat Important

Very Important

Extremely Important

Improvement to the picnic shelter

Not Important At All

Slightly Important

Somewhat Important

Very Important

Extremely Important

Additional Seating or Picnic Area

Not Important At All

Slightly Important

Somewhat Important

Very Important

Extremely Important

Improvements to the existing walking trails

Not Important At All

Slightly Important

Somewhat Important

Very Important

Extremely Important

Improvements to the ball fields

Not Important At All

Slightly Important

Somewhat Important

Very Important

Extremely Important

Improvements to the existing basketball courts

Not Important At All

Slightly Important

Somewhat Important

Very Important

Extremely Important

Bike connectivity/parking

Not Important At All

Slightly Important

Somewhat Important

Very Important

Extremely Important

Pedestrian connectivity/accessibility

Not Important At All

Slightly Important

Somewhat Important

Very Important

Extremely Important

Other (please specify)

6.What improvements to Riverside Park are most important to you?

Not Important At All

Slightly Important

Somewhat Important

Very Important

Extremely Important

Improvements to existing vehicular parking lot

Not Important At All

Slightly Important

Somewhat Important

Very Important

Extremely Important

Additional vehicular parking

Not Important At All

Slightly Important

Somewhat Important

Very Important

Extremely Important

Improvement to the picnic shelter

Not Important At All

Slightly Important

Somewhat Important

Very Important

Extremely Important

Additional Seating or Picnic Area

Not Important At All

Slightly Important

Somewhat Important

Very Important

Extremely Important

Improvements to the existing walking trails

Not Important At All

Slightly Important

Somewhat Important

Very Important

Extremely Important

Improvements to existing gazebo

Not Important At All

Slightly Important

Somewhat Important

Very Important

Extremely Important

Stormwater Management

Not Important At All

Slightly Important

Somewhat Important

Very Important

Extremely Important

Addition of permanent restrooms

Not Important At All

Slightly Important

Somewhat Important

Very Important

Extremely Important

Bike connectivity/parking

Not Important At All

Slightly Important

Somewhat Important

Very Important

Extremely Important

Pedestrian connectivity/accessbility

Not Important At All

Slightly Important

Somewhat Important

Very Important

Extremely Important

Other (please specify)

7.What improvements to Waterworks Park are most important to you?

Not Important At All

Slightly Important

Somewhat Important

Very Important

Extremely Important

Improvements to existing vehicular parking lot

Not Important At All

Slightly Important

Somewhat Important

Very Important

Extremely Important

Additional vehicular parking

Not Important At All

Slightly Important

Somewhat Important

Very Important

Extremely Important

Improvement to the picnic shelter

Not Important At All

Slightly Important

Somewhat Important

Very Important

Extremely Important

Additional Seating or Picnic Area

Not Important At All

Slightly Important

Somewhat Important

Very Important

Extremely Important

Improvements to the existing walking trails

Not Important At All

Slightly Important

Somewhat Important

Very Important

Extremely Important

Improvements to existing disc golf course

Not Important At All

Slightly Important

Somewhat Important

Very Important

Extremely Important

Stormwater Management

Not Important At All

Slightly Important

Somewhat Important

Very Important

Extremely Important

Addition of permanent restrooms

Not Important At All

Slightly Important

Somewhat Important

Very Important

Extremely Important

Improvements to existing ball fields

Not Important At All

Slightly Important

Somewhat Important

Very Important

Extremely Important

Bike connectivity/parking

Not Important At All

Slightly Important

Somewhat Important

Very Important

Extremely Important

Pedestrian connectivity/accessibility

Not Important At All

Slightly Important

Somewhat Important

Very Important

Extremely Important

Other (please specify)

8.The dam in Peninsular Park is scheduled for removal in 2027, potentially adding land to the park area. What new or improved amenities would you like to see in that park?

9.Please indicate to what extent each of the following programs and/or events currently offered by the City are important to you.

Not important at all

Slightly important

Somewhat important

Very important

Extremely important

Freighthouse Events

Not important at all

Slightly important

Somewhat important

Very important

Extremely important

Fall River Day

Not important at all

Slightly important

Somewhat important

Very important

Extremely important

Ypsilanti Farmer's Market

Not important at all

Slightly important

Somewhat important

Very important

Extremely important

Community Garden Plots

Not important at all

Slightly important

Somewhat important

Very important

Extremely important

Little League Baseball

Not important at all

Slightly important

Somewhat important

Very important

Extremely important

Ypsilanti Symphony Orchestra

Not important at all

Slightly important

Somewhat important

Very important

Extremely important

Ypsi Pride

Not important at all

Slightly important

Somewhat important

Very important

Extremely important

Yoga in the Park

Not important at all

Slightly important

Somewhat important

Very important

Extremely important

Back to School Bash

Not important at all

Slightly important

Somewhat important

Very important

Extremely important

Other:

10.How would you rank the following goals for the overall City parks and recreation system?

Least priority

Low priority

Medium priority

High priority

Top priority

Maintain and improve existing parks.

Least priority

Low priority

Medium priority

High priority

Top priority

Prioritize improvements of community parks (Riverside, Frog Island, etc.)

Least priority

Low priority

Medium priority

High priority

Top priority

Prioritize improvements of neighborhood parks (Tot Lots, Candy Cane, etc.)

Least priority

Low priority

Medium priority

High priority

Top priority

Work to enhance the management of the parks' trees and natural habitat to ensure best stewardship practices.

Least priority

Low priority

Medium priority

High priority

Top priority

Purchase new land for future park development

Least priority

Low priority

Medium priority

High priority

Top priority

Prioritize public art in the parks, along trails and in the downtown

Least priority

Low priority

Medium priority

High priority

Top priority

Other

11.In the past year, how many times have you or a member of your household visited nearby parks not owned by us?

Never

5 times or less

6 to 10 times

Over 10 times

North Bay Park

Never

5 times or less

6 to 10 times

Over 10 times

Parker Mill County Park

Never

5 times or less

6 to 10 times

Over 10 times

Rolling Hills County Park

Never

5 times or less

6 to 10 times

Over 10 times

Clubview Park

Never

5 times or less

6 to 10 times

Over 10 times

Burns Park

Never

5 times or less

6 to 10 times

Over 10 times

Gallup Park

Never

5 times or less

6 to 10 times

Over 10 times

Green Oaks Golf Course

Never

5 times or less

6 to 10 times

Over 10 times

LeFurge Woods Nature Preserve

Never

5 times or less

6 to 10 times

Over 10 times

Independence Park

Never

5 times or less

6 to 10 times

Over 10 times

Community Center Park

Never

5 times or less

6 to 10 times

Over 10 times

Ypsilanti Township CommUNITY Skatepark

Never

5 times or less

6 to 10 times

Over 10 times

Other (please specify)

12.What features did you enjoy the most in the other nearby parks that you have visited?

13.Please rate the importance of the following activities/recreation facilities to you.

Not important at all

Slightly important

Somewhat important

Very important

Extremely important

Sidewalks/Trails for Walking

Not important at all

Slightly important

Somewhat important

Very important

Extremely important

Bike Lanes and Bike Paths for Bicycling

Not important at all

Slightly important

Somewhat important

Very important

Extremely important

Nature Areas with Nature Trails

Not important at all

Slightly important

Somewhat important

Very important

Extremely important

Playground Structures

Not important at all

Slightly important

Somewhat important

Very important

Extremely important

Picnic Areas and Pavilions

Not important at all

Slightly important

Somewhat important

Very important

Extremely important

Ball Fields (Soccer, Baseball, Softball, etc.)

Not important at all

Slightly important

Somewhat important

Very important

Extremely important

Sport Courts (Tennis, Pickleball, Basketball, etc.)

Not important at all

Slightly important

Somewhat important

Very important

Extremely important

Splash Pad

Not important at all

Slightly important

Somewhat important

Very important

Extremely important

Skateboarding and/or BMX Bike Facilities

Not important at all

Slightly important

Somewhat important

Very important

Extremely important

Dog Park

Not important at all

Slightly important

Somewhat important

Very important

Extremely important

Hunting

Not important at all

Slightly important

Somewhat important

Very important

Extremely important

Canoeing/Kayaking

Not important at all

Slightly important

Somewhat important

Very important

Extremely important

Golf

Not important at all

Slightly important

Somewhat important

Very important

Extremely important

Beach & Lake Facilities

Not important at all

Slightly important

Somewhat important

Very important

Extremely important

Veteran's Memorial

Not important at all

Slightly important

Somewhat important

Very important

Extremely important

Public Art

Not important at all

Slightly important

Somewhat important

Very important

Extremely important

Fishing

Not important at all

Slightly important

Somewhat important

Very important

Extremely important

Other:

14.Please rate the importance of these recreation programs to you.

Not important at all

Slightly important

Somewhat important

Very important

Extremely important

Baseball/Softball

Not important at all

Slightly important

Somewhat important

Very important

Extremely important

Soccer

Not important at all

Slightly important

Somewhat important

Very important

Extremely important

Tennis

Not important at all

Slightly important

Somewhat important

Very important

Extremely important

Pickleball

Not important at all

Slightly important

Somewhat important

Very important

Extremely important

Volleyball

Not important at all

Slightly important

Somewhat important

Very important

Extremely important

Golf

Not important at all

Slightly important

Somewhat important

Very important

Extremely important

Dance

Not important at all

Slightly important

Somewhat important

Very important

Extremely important

Exercise and Fitness Classes

Not important at all

Slightly important

Somewhat important

Very important

Extremely important

Summer Camps

Not important at all

Slightly important

Somewhat important

Very important

Extremely important

Children's Programs

Not important at all

Slightly important

Somewhat important

Very important

Extremely important

Adult Programs

Not important at all

Slightly important

Somewhat important

Very important

Extremely important

Senior Programs

Not important at all

Slightly important

Somewhat important

Very important

Extremely important

Teen Programs

Not important at all

Slightly important

Somewhat important

Very important

Extremely important

Family Programs

Not important at all

Slightly important

Somewhat important

Very important

Extremely important

Concerts, Shows and Movies

Not important at all

Slightly important

Somewhat important

Very important

Extremely important

Special Events

Not important at all

Slightly important

Somewhat important

Very important

Extremely important

Multi Generational Programming

Not important at all

Slightly important

Somewhat important

Very important

Extremely important

Other:

15.The arts are a priority for the City of Ypsilanti and its Parks & Arts Commission. Please rate the importance of the art(s) you would like featured in the City.

Not important at all

Slightly important

Somewhat important

Very important

Extremely important

Public art in parks

Not important at all

Slightly important

Somewhat important

Very important

Extremely important

Public art in the Downtown/Depot Town

Not important at all

Slightly important

Somewhat important

Very important

Extremely important

More performing arts opportunities to attend (theater, concerts, etc.)

Not important at all

Slightly important

Somewhat important

Very important

Extremely important

More performing arts opportunities to participate in (street dances, flash mobs, community art builds, etc.)

Not important at all

Slightly important

Somewhat important

Very important

Extremely important

Art classes or programs for myself or my family members (painting, pottery, drawing, etc.)

Not important at all

Slightly important

Somewhat important

Very important

Extremely important

Art events (Art in the Park, Art Festivals, etc.)

Not important at all

Slightly important

Somewhat important

Very important

Extremely important

Other:

16.Is there anything else you would like us to consider in regard to City parks & recreation services?

17.Are you a resident of the City?

Yes

18.How long have you lived in the City of Ypsilanti?

Less than 5 years

6 to 10 years

11 to 15 years

More than 15 years

19.In what zip code area do you live?

48197

48198

48188

48111

48109

48104

48108

20.How old are you?

Under 25

25 to 34

35 to 44

45 to 54

55 to 64

65 and over

21.How many children under 18 live in your household?

5 or more

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