Recreation & Open Spaces

What's Already Being Done?

• The Upper Chichester Township Recreation Department has taken a holistic approach to Recreation using community outreach to guide program offerings and park improvements. This includes the creation of a Junior recreation Board made of High School members from the Community, aimed at ensuring our youngest population has a voice in Recreation.

• The Upper Chichester Township Recreation Board has made changes to existing events and has worked to plan new events that will be held on an annual basis, including the long-running Community Day now being held in conjunction with the School District's Homecoming, and the onset of an annual Holiday Parade and Winter Village.

• Through grant funding by Delaware County and the Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural Resources, the first Master Parks, Recreation, Trails, and Open Space Plan is being developed to guide future investments.

• Recently Chichester School District made improvements to the outdoor track at the High School. This track is open and accessible to the public, offering a safe place to walk, jog, or run in the community.

What We Have To Say?

• Neighbors expressed their need for a clean and safe space that is accessible for all to increase their mental and physical health. A walking trail came up and time again in story gathering as neighbors wish for a no-cost family activity.

• Residents would like to see open and green spaces in key areas of the township.

• Neighbors voiced their concerns about littering throughout the community parks in the township. Many stated that they would be willing to take part in a Community Clean Up Day to include volunteers picking up trash in parks and throughout the township. Ideas also included individual communities taking ownership of their neighborhood.

• Neighbors would like to see each park maintained and, where needed, equipment enhanced.

• Residents would like to see more parks within the township to include equipment or courts currently not present, such as an outdoor music theater or pavilion, a sand volleyball court or a splash pad.

What's Next?

• Identify and/or establish walking trails within the community.

• Maintain and enhance existing parks throughout the township. This includes, but is not limited to, a "Community Clean Up Day" and surveying each park to determine possible upgrades or enhancements.

• Provide family-oriented recreation activities as well as more cultural, environmental, and historical activities.

• Preserve open and green spaces in Upper Chichester and identify opportunities to demolish abandoned buildings to make more green space.

• Explore options to add more community parks, which may also include recreational activities currently not present in Upper Chichester Township, such as a sand volleyball court, hockey court, outdoor music pavilion, and a splash pad.

Who Can Help Us?

• Upper Chichester Township

• Upper Chichester Township Recreation Board

• Upper Chichester Library

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