Comprehensive Parks and Recreation Master Plan

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The City of Thomasville (further referred to as “the City”) is soliciting Requests for Qualifications from 
qualified firm(s) or a team to prepare a Comprehensive Parks and Recreation Master Plan. The major 
purposes of the plan are to identify the current state of the department’s facilities, collect citizen input 
on future needs, identify program trends specific to Thomasville Citizen’s needs, and to make 
recommendations for the future of the department.
The plan will focus on parks and programs, but may also include greenways, bicycle and pedestrian 
routes depending upon citizen input. The plan should include an illustrative and usable plan to guide the 
City’s actions over the next 10 years regarding the development of its park facilities, programs, and land 
acquisition needs and be prepared in a manner that will meet the requirements of a 10-year master plan 
for typical agencies.
The plan will be completed after a thorough inventory of existing park, lands, facilities; public input 
through community meetings, focus groups and surveys; research on current parks and recreation 
trends and standards; input from City staff, the public and ultimately approval from the Thomasville City 
Council.
The goal of the project is to develop a community supported plan that can be successfully implemented 
through the capital improvement plan as well as through programmatic strategies and operations.
Sealed qualification packages, plainly marked “Comprehensive Parks and Recreation Master Plan” on 
the outside of the mailing envelope, addressed to the City of Thomasville, PO Box 71, Thomasville, NC
27361, will be accepted until 5 pm on April,14 , 2023. Packages may also be hand-delivered in person to 
the Parks and Recreation Main Office by the required date and time. Submittal packages delivered after 
the posted deadline will not be considered for selection. No faxed, telephone, or email proposals will be 
accepted. 

For questions please contact Cory Tobin, Parks and Recreation Director at 336-475-4281 or by e-mail at cory.tobin@thomasville-nc.gov. Any oral communications will be considered unofficial and non-binding on the City.

Comprehensive Parks and Recreation Master Plan