Community Needs Assessment
2025 Community Needs Assessment Survey
During the month of March 2025, Sarasota County Parks, Recreation and Natural Resources sought community feedback to improve its parks and program offerings. More than 1,200 surveys were received as part of the 2025 Parks, Recreation and Natural Resources Community Needs Assessment. The survey responses have been evaluated to summarize what’s working, what’s missing, and where we go next. Explore the highlights below—and thank you for helping us continue to improve.
Survey Participation Heat Map
This map shows the geographic distribution of responses collected from the survey. Each blue circle represents the number of responses from a particular area, with larger circles indicating higher participation. The data helps us understand where engagement is strongest and where we may focus future outreach efforts.
Top three words describing our parks
We asked you to choose three words you thought best described Sarasota County Parks. Below is an infographic of the top 30 more frequently mentioned words. The larger the word, the more frequently it was submitted.
Action Items
Based on the valuable feedback received from the survey, we developed focused action items to improve access, opportunities and quality across our parks, programs and services. These action items will serve as benchmarks to help track our progress and measure success in meeting community needs.