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Welcome to Fairborn Parks & Recreation

The Fairborn Parks and Recreation Department's mission is to improve the quality of life for the citizens of Fairborn through the availability of recreational and cultural opportunities and proactively operate and maintain City-owned buildings, grounds, and cemeteries.

Mission & Values

  • Mission: Fairborn Parks & Recreation Department, as stewards of our parks and community, develop recreational opportunities that result in stronger families, diverse cultural experiences, healthier individuals, and increased tourism, providing a steady and improving economic environment.
  • Values:
    • Safety
    • Accessibility
    • Beauty
    • Natural Areas - Preservation
    • Healthy Community
    • Clean Environment
    • Healthy Educated Children
    • Best Value in Recreation
    • Maintain and expand land holdings to meet current and future needs.
    • Improve parks continuously to meet the needs of all citizens.
    • Healthy, happy residents
    • Enhanced reputation in the world
    • Increased desirability of Fairborn as both a home and a destination for non-residents to play and work
    • Increased revenue to the city and its businesses due to increased accessibility and the use of parks and associated recreational activities.

Specific Functions

  • Parks & Recreation - Check out all the year's Park and Rec Opportunities and Programs!
  • Communicate and cooperate with the County and other communities' recreation departments.
  • Coordinate and assist with all sports league usage; coordinate park reservations and approval for any special events.
  • Coordinate and present community special events downtown and in the parks
  • Coordinate park system volunteers
  • Determine the appropriate development and use of the 24 City parks and nature areas.
  • Provide research and planning for the continued development of recreational and cultural opportunities.
  • Serve as staff liaison to the Parks and Recreation Advisory Board

Plant Maintenance

  • Assist and provide maintenance support for the annual special events
  • Landscaping, irrigation, mowing, and trimming of all grounds
  • Maintenance and preparation of all sports fields, courts, playgrounds, exercise areas, shelters, and other service facilities
  • Responsible for appropriate physical upkeep and improvements of all City-owned property, including the Government Center, Library, four Fire Stations, and other auxiliary buildings

Cemetery Operations

  • Maintain Cost, Highview, and Hall cemeteries
  • Operate Fairfield Cemetery to provide for the purchase of cemetery plots, the opening, closing, and maintenance of gravesites, pouring forms for monuments, and providing indigent burials.
  • Own and maintain Fairfield Cemetery
Advertise
Do you or your organization want to share an event, discount, or location with Fairborn? You can do that on the digital sign located by Community Park and the Fairborn High School. To place an advertisement on the sign, please contact the Fairborn Parks & Rec Department at 937-754-3090. 

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