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PARKS AND RECREATION

Includes Parks Administration, Burleson Recreation Center, Russell Farm Art Center,
Parks and Athletics, Parks Maintenance, Recreation, Hidden Creek Golf Course and
Cemetery

Burleson Recreation Center serves the community in many different capacities. It provides a fitness
center, indoor and outdoor swimming pool, KidZone, gymnasiym, fitness classes, numerous programs,
and community wide events.

Russell Farm Art Center is a local attraction that offers the community a glimpse into the past and how
it relates to the present. The center also offers unique programs that focus on historical, agricultural,
and art education.

Parks Maintenance and Athletic Fields Division is responsible for maintaining and improving all city parks,
athletic fields and facilities, developing new strategies to improve Burleson parks system through the
Parks Master Plan and creating a safe, healthy, and sustainable parks system in which our citizens can
enjoy a network of well-planned and maintained park facilities.

Hidden Creek Golf Course exists to provide a high quality golf experience at a reasonable price. Hidden
Creek also provides a healthy outdoor recreational opportunity for the citizens to allow them time
with their friends and family.

Goals and accomplishments below include 4B and Parks Performance in addition to GF.
Strategic Plan and Emphasis

 SFA 1: High Performing City Organization
o Develop a list of City-owned properties and provide City Council with options for
potential sales of tracts

 SFA 2: Dynamic & Preferred City
o Attract and retain top-tier businesses to promote high-quality economic development
by expanding and diversifying the tax base; and creating jobs that allow our residents to
work where they live.

o Consideration of revisions and updates to the City’s Economic Development Plan, which
focuses on major retail, commercial and industrial corridors across the City.
o Begin development of the Hooper Business Park in Chisholm Summit.
o Consider options to create a new industrial park in an effort to diversify the City’s tax
base and provide a more resilient local economy.

o Continue efforts to attract new-to-market retail establishments.
o Pursue the development of a new trade school within the city limits to provide training
opportunities for skilled labor positions.

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