Ten Year Comprehensive Plan (2025-2035) Process
Nine in-person feedback sessions were held during Spring 2025 to determine future priorities and areas of focus for Stark Parks during these Ten Year Plan (2025-2035)
An online survey also collected responses through June 30, 2025 and included questions related to open space needs, programming, activities, access, and maintenance. The Stark County Regional Planning Commission is now working with Stark Parks to help create the plan based on the input and feedback provided. The draft plan and findings will be shared in Fall 2025 at three Follow Up sessions.
For more information, please contact Jonelle Melnichenko of the Stark County Regional Planning Commission at 330-451-7446 or jjmelnichenko@starkcountyohio.gov
Fall 2025 Follow Up Plan Meetings
Join one of these three sessions to find out the results from the survey and public meetings held earlier in 2025.
Sippo Lake Park - Exploration Gateway
Monday, September 8, 2025
6:00pm - 7:00pm
Quail Hollow Park- Stewart Manor House
Wednesday, September 17, 2025
6:00pm - 7:00pm
Fry Family Park-Visitor Center
Wednesday, September 24
6:00pm - 7:00pm
Recent Posts
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Experience the nostalgia of Summer Camp activities (for all ages) in one day at Summer Fest on July 19, 2025 at Sippo Lake Park from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.… More
The popular concert series that combines the spontaneous sounds of nature and people enjoying a park with the orchestrated sounds of musicians runs June through Sept. this summer at Stark… More
Beginning in March 2023, Stark Parks crews will begin preparing areas at Tam O'Shanter Park for parking lot and driveway updates including removing and relocating trees and vegetation. Construction will… More
We hope you enjoy the observations of eagle watching volunteers and invite you to stop by the nest site located on the west side of Walborn Reservoir at 13600 Marlboro… More
Humble Beginnings (1960s and 1970s) The year was 1967. Although Ohio’s Department of Natural Resources had been established 18 years before in 1949, it was three years before the establishment… More
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