Welcome to your City of Gulf Breeze neighborhood fan page! Here you will find current, useful information regarding ALL things Parks & Rec, including:
~Exciting Summer Camp news, photos and special promotions
~Upcoming athletic events
~Community improvements, proposals, developments relevant to your parks
~Community Center scheduling and registration reminders
~Useful departmental alerts
~Park-based family activities, parties, events
Our beautiful little Peninsular Paradise we get to call "Home" boasts 517 acres of land devoted to recreation, ALL for you, your family and generations to come to enjoy. We love Gulf Breeze, and have a vested interest in this community, both present and future; we live here too! So, it is our mission (and our job!) to effectively maintain and constantly improve the City's active and passive parks, including:
~Shoreline Park North--the almost brand new Community Center, baseball, football, soccer& softball fields, frisbee golf, outdoor basketball courts and 8 lighted tennis courts, a skateboard park as well as the Sunset Kids Park
~Shoreline Park South--over 105 acres of wooded area which extends to the Santa Rosa Sound and features the most popular boat launch in the area, facilities such as picnic tables, a fishing pier, swimming area and large gazebo, and even a "Bark Park", all of which are surrounded and connected by a beautiful nature trail
~Williamsburg Park, McClure Park--both with tot lots, park benches and play fields
~Woodland Park--2 covered picnic areas, a tot lot and playground
~Highpoint Park--with 2 additional tennis courts
~Wayside Park East & West--fishing spots, covered picnic area and boat launch
Did you know that Parks & Rec is also responsible for:
~Monitoring maintenance of public right-of-ways, including U.S. 98 medians and overpasses, Shoreline and Fairpoint
~ Providing field maintenance at Shoreline Park North
~ Enhancing existing facilities and encouraging public usage thereof
~Visioning/planning for expansion opportunities
~Encouraging continued citizen participation and involvement by aiding service organizations in their social and recreational activities. We want to keep you informed; we want you to keep us informed of your thoughts, ideas and vision. We look forward to serving you -- and getting to know you a little better..right here on Facebook. Thank you for "liking" our page!
*Social Media Use User Responsibilities*
Social Media Users who comment or interact through Social Media will be provided guidelines for use on all City Social Media sites. Unacceptable content that violates this policy as defined below is not considered consistent with the City’s mission. Unacceptable content may be defined as:
- Profane language or content;
- Content that promotes, fosters, or perpetuates discrimination of protected classes;
- Sexual harassment content;
- Solicitations of commerce or advertisements including promotion or endorsement;
- Promotion or endorsement of political issues, groups or individuals;
- Conduct or encouragement of illegal activity;
- Information that may tend to compromise the safety or security of the public or public systems;
- Content intended to defame any person, group or organization;
- Content that violates a legal ownership interest of any other party, such as trademark or copyright infringement;
- Making or publishing of false, vicious or malicious statements concerning any employee, City Elected or Appointed Officials, the City or its operations;
- Violent or threatening content; Disclosure of confidential, sensitive or proprietary information;
- Advocating for alteration of hours, wages, and terms and conditions of employment (employees only),
- Or such other content as the City Manager or his designee shall reasonably consider unacceptable.
