Park Visitation Data
At a glance
Based on auto-generated captions; names and numbers may be misheard.
- What: Staff report on park visitor counts from a subscription analytics service using anonymized, aggregated cell phone location data.
- Where it stands: Informational; no board vote.
- Next: Monthly updates continue.
Details
- About 750,000 visits to city parks in September. Frequent top parks: a large tournament sports complex, Chisholm Creek Park and Sportsplex Park.
- Dog parks: Country Acres (new last year) at about 1.5 times last year's visits, and K9 Rooster already at last year's total. Disc golf and pickleball roughly 60 to 100% of last year.
- Playgrounds: the presenter found she had classified amenities incorrectly (as outdoor recreation instead of parks), which had undercounted family visits; reclassifying roughly doubled most numbers. Flat Rock leads at about 46,000 visitors (85% of last year's total), Central Riverside second, and Frogtown Wetlands about 300% of last year after its new playground. The strong Central Riverside numbers support its renovation (see Parks Capital Improvement Program).
Discussion time
About 8 minutes across 1 meeting (from transcript timestamps; approximate).
| Meeting | Minutes |
|---|---|
| 2026-10-12 - Board of Park Commissioners | 8 |
Log
- 2026-10-12 - Board of Park Commissioners - Monthly data report on amenity and park use, with a classification correction.
Sources
- Watch the video (roughly 53:03 to 1:01:15)