Parks & Forestry is responsible for maintenance and upkeep of more than 2,000 acres of parks and playground areas throughout the city of Dayton.
This Division maintains 66 parks that encompass 930 acres throughout the city. Parks are open annually from April 1 through October 31 and offer a wide variety of playing fields.
Services provided by Parks & Forestry crews include:
n Park cleaning and mowing -- Parks are mowed and cleaned as needed or on a bi-weekly basis;
n Athletic fields -- 93 athletic fields are prepared for all games and tournaments scheduled;
n Street and park trees -- Over 87,000 street trees are maintained throughout the city in addition to 2,400 trees in 66 different parks;
n Holiday Festival lighting downtown -- The holiday tree at Courthouse Square is decorated with over 48,000 lights, trees around the Square with over 66,000 lights totaling over 114,000 lights;
n Facilities maintenance and snow removal -- At 19 recreation centers, 53 park shelters and 49 playgrounds;
n Right-of-ways -- 64 right-of-ways are mowed four times annually and cleaned monthly;
n Tree Nursery/Greenhouse -- Trees and flowers are grown at the City's Nursery and Greenhouse, for park plantings and community groups. The Self-Help Tree Program charges $30.00 per tree. Applications will be available at your Priority Board beginning in July.
The Division of Parks & Forestry is located at 325 N. Paul Laurence Dunbar St. Call 937-333-5300.
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