Survey Results: Summit Avenue "Tot Lot"

The community survey sponsored by the City of Providence Parks Department and the SummitNeighborhood Association regarding the renovation of the "Tot Lot" park at the corner of Summit and 9th Avenues ran for four weeks, from June 13th to July 12th 2013.

The survey was completed by 177 respondents and results show that a large majority (nearly 81%) of community members are in favor of the park renovation that includes a community garden.

In fact, 71 people (43% of all respondents) indicated interest in a garden plot, which is already many more requests than are currently allocated in the renovation.

Of respondents, 74% indicate that they use the park at least occasionally with the highest response being "frequent" users. However, many respondents who don?t currently use the park indicated they would use the park more often after the renovation.

In fact, 41.2% of all respondents said they would use the park "much more often," while only 11.9% of respondents indicated they would use the park less often or not at all after the renovation.

For the full survey results please click here.