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# Baton Rouge wants its park back
- URL: https://www.redeyebr.com/city-park-survey/
- Published: 2026-03-18T15:12:34.000Z
- Updated: 2026-03-18T20:21:27.000Z
- Description: Survey says: People want more nature, less golf
- Author: JR Ball
- Tags: News, Get Out, City Park

A survey on City-Brooks Park is in—and it tells a story about what Baton Rouge wants from its biggest green space.

**The numbers:** BREC's planning consultant Sasaki drew 1,084 responses to a [public survey](https://www.brec.org/assets/SurveysAndPolls/City-Brooks-Park---Lakes-Vision-Plan%5FPublicSurveyResults.pdf?ref=redeyebr.com) on the City-Brooks Park master plan—the process guiding the future of the vast park straddling Dalrymple Drive near LSU.

**Clear ask:** Respondents want the park to feel like one connected place, not a collection of unrelated destinations. Greenway trail connectivity was the top desire at 59%. Safer crossings on Dalrymple—widely described as a dangerous barrier between the east and west sides—showed up in more than 30 open-ended comments.

**Nature rules:** Enhancing ecology ranked first among all design priorities, with 49% requesting pollinator gardens and a third each calling for restored waterways, educational nature trails and more tree canopy.

**Golf stays, probably:** Sasaki's read on the most contested question—what to do with the golf course—is to keep it but shrink its footprint and add programming. The consultant stopped short of recommending removal.

**Join the club:** Respondents overwhelmingly want a coffee shop (62%) and restaurant (39%) over a traditional golf clubhouse. A publicly accessible gathering space, not a single-sport facility.

**The bottom line:** Sasaki's summary puts it plainly: dream big, be bold, then make it happen. Whether BREC and the city have the appetite to match that ambition is the story that follows.

See the survey [here](https://www.brec.org/assets/SurveysAndPolls/City-Brooks-Park---Lakes-Vision-Plan%5FPublicSurveyResults.pdf?ref=redeyebr.com). 

*(*Our mistake:* An earlier version of this story published the incorrect acreage for City-Brooks Park. Apologies.)*

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