• Speak Up for Heritage Parks!

    The Parks Department is proposing significant changes in the way it manages Heritage Parks. They now emphasize active recreation and sports at the expense of natural recreation, such as walking, hiking, observing native plants and wildlife, and quiet enjoyment.

    Kitsap’s Heritage Parks preserve habitats with diverse flora and fauna. This plan jeopardizes natural habitats and wildlife corridors.

    In the county’s survey, residents overwhelmingly value Kitsap’s rural look and feel and support policies that protect rural spaces and scenic areas. The proposed plan goes in the opposite direction.

    If you agree that the proposed plan should be changed to preserve Kitsap’s natural habitat, you must make your opinion known to the Park’s Planner and the Planning Commission, NOW! […]

  • Community Engagement in Parks Decision-Making

    Organization of PROS Plan

    The organization of the plan needs improvement. Here are examples of improvements needed in the organization of the plan:

    Figure 1-1(p.8) appears to be a depiction of the order of the chapters. The Demand and Needs Analysis chapter is shown as coming before the Goals and Objectives chapter. These are reversed in the text.
    Most of the first four pages of the Overview and the Demand & Needs Analysis chapter seems more logically to fit in the Inventory & Assessment chapter which provides background and the general picture of the context for the PROS Plan. […]

  • Better Heritage Park Planning Process

    Organization of PROS Plan

    The organization of the plan needs improvement. Here are examples of improvements needed in the organization of the plan:

    Figure 1-1(p.8) appears to be a depiction of the order of the chapters. The Demand and Needs Analysis chapter is shown as coming before the Goals and Objectives chapter. These are reversed in the text.
    Most of the first four pages of the Overview and the Demand & Needs Analysis chapter seems more logically to fit in the Inventory & Assessment chapter which provides background and the general picture of the context for the PROS Plan. […]

  • Heritage Park Designation of PGFHP

    Organization of PROS Plan

    The organization of the plan needs improvement. Here are examples of improvements needed in the organization of the plan:

    Figure 1-1(p.8) appears to be a depiction of the order of the chapters. The Demand and Needs Analysis chapter is shown as coming before the Goals and Objectives chapter. These are reversed in the text.
    Most of the first four pages of the Overview and the Demand & Needs Analysis chapter seems more logically to fit in the Inventory & Assessment chapter which provides background and the general picture of the context for the PROS Plan. […]

  • Stewardship of Heritage Parks

    Organization of PROS Plan

    The organization of the plan needs improvement. Here are examples of improvements needed in the organization of the plan:

    Figure 1-1(p.8) appears to be a depiction of the order of the chapters. The Demand and Needs Analysis chapter is shown as coming before the Goals and Objectives chapter. These are reversed in the text.
    Most of the first four pages of the Overview and the Demand & Needs Analysis chapter seems more logically to fit in the Inventory & Assessment chapter which provides background and the general picture of the context for the PROS Plan. […]