Parks & Recreation> Mesa's Oldest Municipal Park Gets Its Due

Maybe it took a longtime - about 5years with all kinds of delays and "holds" - to put some of that 2012 $70M taxpayer-funded Parks & Recreation Bond Issue for debt obligations to good use with the 2017 deadline fast approaching [and a possible hike in new taxes included in the budget for FY2016/2017] but now the city will soon find a contractor.

See it Here

City of Mesa : 2012 Parks Bond Program

www.mesaaz.gov/about-us/city-projects/bonds/parks-bond

On November 6, 2012 Mesa voters approved the Parks $70 million Bond Program. ... Preliminary Master Plan [PDF] ... Pioneer Park ... Concept Plan [PDF]

 

Park Score 2016 >> Mesa Ranked #91 out of top 100 - scoring only 34 out of 100 points

Using mapping technology and demographic data, we determined how well each city is meeting the need for parks.
See the full ranking analysis.
Link to this interactive map right below
http://parkscore.tpl.org/map.php?city=Mesa

Park Facts

• Park acreage: 2,521 acres
• People served per park acre: 183
• Oldest municipal park: Pioneer Park, est. 1947
• Largest municipal park: Red Mountain Park, 582 acres
• Most-visited municipal park: Riverview Park

City Stats

• City area: 83,578 acres
• Median park size: 2.6 acres
• Park land as % of city area: 3.0 %
• Spending per resident: $69.96.  
• Basketball Hoops per 10,000: 2.6
• Dog Parks per 100,000 Residents: 0.4
• Playgrounds per 10,000: 1.4
• Recreation / Senior Centers
  per 20,000 Residents: 0.2
• Population density: 5.5 per acre