The Parks and Recreation Department strives to achieve a variety of goals with the Grounds Management Policy. These goals include:

A. Maintain safe and clean facilities.
B. Provide a compelling vision for the future of the City and its parks.
C. Provide involvement and contribution opportunities for neighborhoods,  volunteers,
and individuals.
D. Create, preserve and enhance green space and park linkage systems.
E. Beautify and visually enhance the City’s open space system.
 

Florence currently contains two fully developed public parks, three developing parks, and two minimal service parks.  These lands provide an opportunity which Florence can use to enhance the quality of life of its residents.  Full development of these parklands will go a long way toward providing the City with a recognizable identity in the region.  A successful parks program helps to make the City attractive to potential home buyers. 

The Department supports the addition of new parks into the City’s park system. New developments are often required to provide open space and park opportunities within the development. These areas are sometimes offered to the City for new parks. These lands are typically unimproved. When the City acquires lands for a new park, a master plan for the development of the park is implemented. The park development policy of the Department is to make incremental improvements over time based upon a City Council-approved master plan of the park. These improvements are funded through the City’s capital budget in lieu of a bond issuance for funding.

The Department is responsible for a wide range of tasks at the City parks.  A cooperative agreement exists between the Boone County Parks & Recreation Department (BCPR) and the City of Florence. In general, the BCPR is responsible for the day-to-day scheduling of the facilities, restroom cleaning, bulk grass cutting, trash collection, refurbishment of clay infields and mulch play area surfaces, tennis court pavement surfaces, and fencing/backstop maintenance of two parks; Lincoln Woods & Florence Nature Park.