Description: <DIV STYLE="text-align:Left;"><P><SPAN> These points represent specialty and thematic programmed facilities operated by Baltimore City, Recreation and Parks. Attribute information includes details about facility location and facility type. These facilities provide focused activities and programs for youth and adults around specific recreational activities: indoor soccer and team sports, ice skating, roller skating and bowling, boxing, kayak and canoeing, golf, nature and environmental education. Distributed across different neighborhoods in the city, these facilities are available for use by all interested residents. Activities at many of the special use facilities are structured to offer casual recreation use during “public” sessions and also support team-based athletics during “reserved” sessions. </SPAN></P><P><SPAN /></P><P><SPAN>Data updates on a rolling basis as new facilities are built and old centers are decommissioned. Last updated 12/31/2023.</SPAN></P><P><SPAN /></P><P><SPAN>Metadata Contact: jason.chang@baltimorecity.gov</SPAN></P><P><SPAN /></P></DIV>
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Description: <DIV STYLE="text-align:Left;"><DIV><DIV><P><SPAN>Description - These points represent the locations of recreation centers under the operation of Baltimore City, Recreation and Parks. Attribute information includes details about center address, type (stand alone or attached to a school) and category. Categories are as follows:</SPAN></P><P><SPAN /></P><P><SPAN>Regional: Larger facilities that offer more than one major amenity, such as a gym, pool, park, track, etc. These facilities serve as hubs that connect surrounding communities with recreational services.</SPAN></P><P><SPAN>Neighborhood: Smaller facilities that service specific communities throughout the city.</SPAN></P><P><SPAN>Satellite: The smallest recreation center facilities that service a local community. These facilities have shorter hours of operation and are connected to a nearby sister facility which offers or extends programming within the community.</SPAN></P><P><SPAN /></P><P><SPAN /></P><P><SPAN>Data updates on a rolling basis as new recreation centers are built and old centers are decommissioned. Last updated 01/25/2024.</SPAN></P><P><SPAN /></P><P><SPAN>Metadat Contact : jason.chang@baltimorecity.gov</SPAN></P></DIV></DIV></DIV>
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Description: <DIV STYLE="text-align:Left;"><DIV><DIV><P><SPAN /></P><P><SPAN>Description - These points represent aquatic facilities operated by Baltimore City, Recreation and Parks. Attribute information includes details about pool address, wading pool availability and pool type. Types include:</SPAN></P><P><SPAN /></P><P><SPAN>Park Pools: Large outdoor pools located within city parks. These pools are central to numerous communities and draw residents from all over the city.</SPAN></P><P><SPAN>Walk to Pools: Smaller outdoor pools located within communities throughout the city often within walking distance from where people live.</SPAN></P><P><SPAN>Indoor Pools: Pools located within a facility.</SPAN></P><P><SPAN>Splash Pads: Playful water spray elements situated at grade surfaces. These are designated water spray areas, that allow for cooling water surface play without a pool.</SPAN></P><P><SPAN /></P><P><SPAN>Data updates on a rolling basis as new aquatic facilities are built and old facilities are decommissioned. Last updated 12/31/2023.</SPAN></P><P><SPAN /></P><P><SPAN /></P><P><SPAN>Metadata Contact : jason.chang@baltimorecity.gov</SPAN></P></DIV></DIV></DIV>
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Description: <DIV STYLE="text-align:Left;"><DIV><DIV><P><SPAN /></P><P><SPAN>Description - These linear features represent the various multiuse trails within the city of Baltimore. These trails are multimodal intended for both pedestrian and cyclist use. Attribute information includes details about trail segment name and category, surface type, segment distance, status as well as indicators if segments are on/off road or a part of the East Coast Greenway. Despite best efforts, Baltimore City, Recreation & Parks does not guarantee that this information is accurate or complete and is provided as is. Each user of this data is responsible for determining its suitability for their intended use or purpose.</SPAN></P><P><SPAN>Data updates on a rolling basis as new trail segments are constructed and older segments are decommissioned. Last updated 12/31/2023</SPAN></P><P /><P><SPAN>Metadata Contact : jason.chang@baltimorecity.gov</SPAN></P></DIV></DIV></DIV>
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Description: <DIV STYLE="text-align:Left;"><DIV><DIV><P><SPAN>Description -There polygons represent known public and private parklands throughout the city of Baltimore. Attribute information includes details about park location, acreage, ownership, managing entity, and park category. Parks are categorized as:</SPAN></P><P><SPAN>Citywide parks: Parks that serve residents across the entire city and host a variety of permitted and non-permitted recreational activities or facilities. They tend to be the larger parks in the city ranging from ten acres to over 990 acres in size. While this represents a wide range in size, several of the smaller parks are part of a larger contiguous park network.</SPAN></P><P><SPAN>Neighborhood parks: These parks serve as basic units of the park system for users within a quarter to half-mile distance. They range between 1 and 28 acres in size and typically offer two or more amenities such as a playground, basketball court, athletic field, and green spaces. Many of the Neighborhood parks are informal in design, are clearly visible and located along well trafficked streets.</SPAN></P><P><SPAN>Mini parks: Small parks that may include one or two amenities such as a pavilion, seating area, playground, or basketball court. Many of the Mini Parks are sited off the beaten path, some are located behind houses or bordered by less trafficked streets. These parks are typically less than 3 acres in size.</SPAN></P><P><SPAN>Green spaces: Open lawn spaces without amenities and of varied size. These spaces serve as flexible spaces for active or passive use. Some include community gardens.</SPAN></P><P><SPAN>Special use: Stand-alone park spaces that have a specific use or role associated with them.</SPAN></P><P><SPAN>Forested spaces: Wooded or forested areas that may or may not be accessible to the public.</SPAN></P><P><SPAN>Civic spaces: Spaces that are significant to the City’s history, host monuments or contain paved plazas that are used for citywide events and gatherings related to recreation and parks or other non BCRP related activities.</SPAN></P><P><SPAN /></P><P><SPAN>Data updates on a rolling basis as new parks are constructed or old parks decommissioned. Last updated 01/12/2024. </SPAN></P><P><SPAN>Metadata Contact : jason.chang@baltimorecity.gov</SPAN></P></DIV></DIV></DIV>
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