This document analyzes Lee County's park system using a methodology similar to ParkScore, which ranks US cities. It finds that Lee County scores 17.5 out of 120 total points, earning it a ParkScore ranking of 21 out of 40 major US cities. The analysis breaks down Lee County's scores in four categories: Service & Investment (9/40 points), Access (1/40 points), Acreage (11/40 points), and Total Population Served (17.5%). This provides an overview of how Lee County's park system compares to other US cities in terms of resources, access, land size, and population served.

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Lee County Parks & Recreation Park Score Analysis
Lakes Regional Park
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Half Mile Access0 0.25 0.50.125 Miles
Above: Lee County Parks and Recreation SystemService Area Analysis
Above: Lakes Regional Park and service areas at two entrances. Service area is defined by
a half-mile, or about a ten-minute walk, along a public road network. This process identifies
the percentage of the population living within the half-mile service area.
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Entrance 1
Poster and analysis by George Sprehn and Dan Calvert, Lee County Parks and Recreation November 2012
Percent of unincorporated Lee County population served by park system.
¹ County Parks
City Limits ¹0 3.5 71.75
Miles
This project uses the methodologies of ParkScore, a rating system by
the Trust for Public Land, to rate Lee County's parks and recreation.
ParkScore ranks 40 US cities by park acreage, service and investment,
and access. Points are awarded in each category, normalized, and
ranked. Here, Lee County is likewise rated and ranked with the cities.
(See TPL at http://parkscore.tpl.org/methodology.php for full details)
Park Score
0.0 2.0 4.0 6.0 8.0 10.0 12.0 14.0
TOTAL POP SERVED
Below 18
18 TO 64
Above 64
Percent Served within 10-minute walk
AgeCategory
Percent Served by Age
Raw Score Park Score
17.5= 21 of 120
Lee County Parks and Recreation Park Score
TPL's ParkScores of 40 major US cities range from 21.5 to 74.0
+ +
Service and
Investment
Service and Investment measures resource commitment to parks. Points
are awarded in equally weighted categories: playgrounds per resident
and spending per resident. In TPL's national sample of 40 cities,
playgrounds per 10,000 residents range 1 - 5, median 1.89, and spending
per resident ranges $31 to $303 with a median of $85.
9 of 40
In the Service and Investment category up to 40 points can be awarded,
split equally between Spending per Resident (20) and Playgrounds per
10,000 Residents (20). Lee County earns 4 of 20 and 5 of 20, respectively,
gaining 9 of 40 points overall. This places Lee County at the national
median of $85 in spending per resident, and just below the national
median of 1.87 playgrounds per 10,000 residents at 1.53.
Spending per
Resident: $84.82
4 of 20 Points
Playgrounds per
10,000 Residents:
1.53
5 of 20 Points
In the Access category up to 40 points can be awarded. Lee County
earns 1 of 40 points at 12% of unincorporated residents served.
This places Lee County below TPL's national sample of 40 cities
( median 57%). Lee County's score is representative of a large
county area as opposed to ParkScore's city areas.
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Serviced
Population
12%
The Access category measures the percent of the population living within
a half-mile, or about a 10-minute walk, of a park's entrance. The service
area is determined by network analysis. Points awarded are based on
TPL's national sample of 40 cities, the range is 26 to 97 percent with
a median of 57 percent.
Access Acreage
The Acreage category takes into account the influence of regional parks.
Points are based on TPL's national sample, where median park size
ranges from 0.6 to 19.9 acres, median 4.9 acres, and park acres as a
percentage of city area ranges from 2.3 to 22.8 percent, with a
median of 9.1 percent.
Median Park Size:
6.3 acres
7 of 20 Points
Park Land as
Percent of County
Area: 4.9%
4 of 20 Points
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In the Acreage catagory up to 40 points can be awarded split
equally between Median Park Size (20) and Park Lands as
Percent of County Area (20). Lee County earns 7 of 20 and
4 of 20, respectively. This places Lee County (6.3 acres) above
TPL's median of 4.9 acres median park size. Lee County's 4.9
percent is below the mean of 9.1 percent in the Park Lands as
Percent of County Area category.