FROM NORTH TO SOUTH AND EAST TO WEST Reaching Every Resident 2016 PROPOSED OPERATING BUDGET REACHING EVERY RESIDENT
Bronx River Reservation Pathway improvements at Crane Road Bridge restoration
From the Connecticut and Putnam bor- Mission – Create life-enriching ders to the beginning of New York City, experiences at safe, clean, affordable or from Long Island Sound to the Hudson parks and preserve our natural River, the renowned Westchester County resources through responsible Parks, Recreation and Conservation (PRC) leadership. touches every resident, most of who enjoy, Residents can count on PRC to be utilize and want their Parks! accountable, professional and provide excellence as evidenced by being Most residents use Parks and 85% rate Nationally Accredited for close to a decade them good/excellent. and a half. PRC constantly demonstrates its strong commitment to consistently 50 parks on 18,000 acres, PRC offers delivering a high level of service. open space, programs, community events, sports, affordable entertainment and some Nationally Accredited – Only agency in of the best views in the county. New York State to achieve accreditation by the National Park and Recreation Association (NRPA). FROM NORTH TO SOUTH AND EAST TO WEST
2016 NUMBERS PROPOSED OPERATING BUDGET PRC VALUE TO RESIDENTS $45.6 Million Expense Budget $350.... Million Asset 2.5% of County Budget (not including land value) 81% operating cost covered by revenues, national average is 23% $183.... Million Economic Impact $36 per resident annual cost on the local economy
Waterfall on the Bronx River near the Crane Road Bridge restoration REACHING EVERY RESIDENT
Keeping lives healthy
Fitness course at Kensico Dam Plaza, Valhalla (left)
Cycling and sightseeing on the North County Trailway (full page) FROM NORTH TO SOUTH AND EAST TO WEST
Entertaining everyone
Westchester’s Winter Wonderland at Kensico Dam Plaza (above left)
Playland Park, Rye (above right)
The Westchester Knicks at the County Center (right) REACHING EVERY RESIDENT
Remembering the past Muscoot Farm, Somers (right)
Commemorating the end of World War II at Lasdon Park in Katonah (below) FROM NORTH TO SOUTH AND EAST TO WEST
Consciously conserving
Westchester County Parks sanctuaries (left)
Cranberry Lake Preserve (full page) REACHING EVERY RESIDENT
Improving our assets
Maintenance building under construction at Lasdon Park in Katonah. (right)
Lenoir Preserve in Yonkers (full page) FROM NORTH TO SOUTH AND EAST TO WEST
Relying on Friends REACHING EVERY RESIDENT
Relying on Excellent Practices
Westchester County Parks is the only agency in New York State to be accredited by the National Recreation and Park Association. From North to South and East to West
Blue Mountain Hillside Woods, Hastings Muscoot Farm, Somerss Sportsman Center Reservation, Peekskill Cortlandt Hilltop Hanover Farm Nature Study Woods Briarcliff-Peekskill Trailway and Trails, Yorktown New Rochelle Sprain Lake Golf Course Ossining to Peekskill Yonkers Hudson Hills Golf Course North County Trailway Bronx River Pathway Ossining Mount Pleasant to Putnam Sprain Ridge Park Valhalla to Yonkers County Yonkers Jay Property, Rye Bronx River Reservation Oscawana, Cortlandt Tibbetts Brook Park Valhalla to Yonkers Kensico Dam Plaza Yonkers Valhalla Pocantico Lake, Briarcliff Cranberry Lake Preserve Trailside Nature Museum North White Plains Kingsland Point Park Playland Park, Rye Cross River Sleepy Hollow Croton Gorge Park Edith G. Read Wildlife Twin Lakes Park Cortlandt Kitchawan Preserve Sanctuary, Rye Eastchester Yorktown Croton Point Park, Croton Ridge Road Park V.E. Macy Park Lasdon Park, Arboretum Hartsdale Ardsley Dunwoodie Golf Course and Veterans Memorial Yonkers Katonah Sal J. Prezioso Wampus Pond Mountain Lakes Park Armonk George’s Island Park Lenoir Preserve, Yonkers North Salem Montrose Ward Pound Ridge Maple Moor Golf Course Saxon Woods Golf Course Reservation, Cross River Glen Island Park White Plains Scarsdale New Rochelle Westchester County Marshlands Conservancy Saxon Woods Park Center, White Plains Graham Hills Park Rye White Plains Mount Pleasant Willson’s Woods Park Merestead, Mount Kisco Silver Lake Preserve Mount Vernon John E. Hand Park East White Plains Yorktown Mildred D. Lasdon Bird and Woodlands Lake Nature Sanctuary, Somers South County Trailway Irvington Hart’s Brook Nature Elmsford to Yonkers Preserve and Arboretum Mohansic Golf Course Hartsdale Yorktown 45
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