Web Applications: Innovative Passport to Parks Information

About the Program

Category: Parks and Recreation (Best in Category)

Year: 2022

Life changed for everyone when COVID-19 struck in March 2020. With isolation orders in place, people reevaluated priorities. Many residents flocked to park sites with a desire for fresh air, exercise, activity, and a sense of comfort. Park use in Chesterfield County increased by almost one million visitors during this period. Many of these visitors were first-time park users. Staff quickly realized that additional methods of providing park information to the public would be helpful and necessary. Chesterfield Parks and Recreation embarked on a process to create web applications to provide residents with a large amount of information in a concise manner, on an easy-to-use and accessible platform. So far three web applications have been created, completely internally, which furnish the public with resources on trails, public water access, and playgrounds.