Village of Vicksburg Parks and Recreation Master Plan Survey

Welcome to the Village of Vicksburg Parks & Recreation Master Plan Survey

We are looking for your input as we begin the process of updating the Village of Vicksburg Parks and Recreation Master Plan. Your responses will help the Village plan for the future of your village 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 Village Hall.

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

Never

5 times or less

6 to 10 times

Over 10 times

Vicksburg Recreation Area & Disc Golf Course

Never

5 times or less

6 to 10 times

Over 10 times

Community Pavilion Area

Never

5 times or less

6 to 10 times

Over 10 times

Historic Village

Never

5 times or less

6 to 10 times

Over 10 times

Sunset Lake Beach

Never

5 times or less

6 to 10 times

Over 10 times

Veteran's Park

Never

5 times or less

6 to 10 times

Over 10 times

Clark Park

Never

5 times or less

6 to 10 times

Over 10 times

Oswalt Park

Never

5 times or less

6 to 10 times

Over 10 times

Angels Crossing Golf Club

Never

5 times or less

6 to 10 times

Over 10 times

Community Garden

Never

5 times or less

6 to 10 times

Over 10 times

Park Map

2.What improvements to the Vicksburg Recreation Area & Disc Golf Course are most important to you?

Not Important At All

Slightly Important

Somewhat Important

Very Important

Extremely Important

Improvements to the disc golf course

Not Important At All

Slightly Important

Somewhat Important

Very Important

Extremely Important

Additional 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

Improvements to the Fields

Not Important At All

Slightly Important

Somewhat Important

Very Important

Extremely Important

Improvements to Existing Trail

Not Important At All

Slightly Important

Somewhat Important

Very Important

Extremely Important

Additional Trails

Not Important At All

Slightly Important

Somewhat Important

Very Important

Extremely Important

Mountain Biking Trails or pump track

Not Important At All

Slightly Important

Somewhat Important

Very Important

Extremely Important

Skate Park

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

Other (please specify)

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

Not Important At All

Slightly Important

Somewhat Important

Very Important

Extremely Important

Improvements to the parking lot

Not Important At All

Slightly Important

Somewhat Important

Very Important

Extremely Important

Additional 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

Development of trails

Not Important At All

Slightly Important

Somewhat Important

Very Important

Extremely Important

Addition of band shell or amphitheater

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 observation deck

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

Other (please specify)

4.What improvements to Sunset Lake Park are most important to you?

Not Important At All

Slightly Important

Somewhat Important

Very Important

Extremely Important

Improvements to the parking lot

Not Important At All

Slightly Important

Somewhat Important

Very Important

Extremely Important

Additional 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

Addition of water activities

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 boardwalk

Not Important At All

Slightly Important

Somewhat Important

Very Important

Extremely Important

Addition of trail connectivity to Sunset Lake Park

Not Important At All

Slightly Important

Somewhat Important

Very Important

Extremely Important

Improvements to the boat launch

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

Other (please specify)

5.What improvements to the Historic Village are most important to you?

Not Important At All

Slightly Important

Somewhat Important

Very Important

Extremely Important

Improvements to the parking lot

Not Important At All

Slightly Important

Somewhat Important

Very Important

Extremely Important

Additional Parking

Not Important At All

Slightly Important

Somewhat Important

Very Important

Extremely Important

Improvement to trails and walkways

Not Important At All

Slightly Important

Somewhat Important

Very Important

Extremely Important

Improvement to the open air pavilion

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

Addition of trail connective to the Historic Village

Not Important At All

Slightly Important

Somewhat Important

Very Important

Extremely Important

Other (please specify)

Draft Veteran's Memorial Rendering

6.Provided here is a draft rendering of a veteran's memorial. Would you like to see a veteran's memorial like this at the Historic Village?

Yes

7.Please indicate to what extent each of the following events currently offered by the Village are important to you.

Not important at all

Slightly important

Somewhat important

Very important

Extremely important

Movies in the Park

Not important at all

Slightly important

Somewhat important

Very important

Extremely important

Burg Days of Summer

Not important at all

Slightly important

Somewhat important

Very important

Extremely important

Vicksburg 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

Other:

8.How would you rank the following goals for the overall Village parks and recreation system?

Least priority

Low priority

Medium priority

High priority

Top priority

Maintain and improve existing parks.

Prioritize improvements of parks & trails along Sunset Lake

Prioritize connectivity to all Village Parks and to the downtown

Promote and support the continued development of the Vicksburg Recreation Area & Disc Golf Course

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

Purchase new land for future park development

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

Other

9.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

Prairie View County Park

Gourdneck State Game Area

Eliason Nature Preserve

West Lake Nature Preserve

Scotts Mill County Park

Swan Park

Leo J Burch Park

Ramona Park

Schrier Park

Feek County Park

Other (please specify)

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

11.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:

12.Please rate the importance of 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:

13.The arts were identified as a priority in the Village's Comprehensive Master Plan. Please rate the importance of the art(s) you would like featured in the Village.

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

Not important at all

Slightly important

Somewhat important

Very important

Extremely important

More performing arts opportunities to attend

Not important at all

Slightly important

Somewhat important

Very important

Extremely important

More performing arts opportunities to participate in

Not important at all

Slightly important

Somewhat important

Very important

Extremely important

Art classes or programs for myself or my family members

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:

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

15.Are you a resident of the Village?

Yes

16.How long have you lived in the Village of Vicksburg?

Less than 5 years

6 to 10 years

11 to 15 years

More than 15 years

17.In what zip code area do you live?

49097

49087

49088

49002

49072

49093

18.How old are you?

Under 25

25 to 34

35 to 44

45 to 54

55 to 64

65 and over

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

5 or more

Thank You! Click DONE to submit the survey.