Parks & Recreation

New Freedom Borough Council and Shrewsbury Township created the Southern York County Regional Recreation Commission through an Intermunicipal Agreement of Cooperation. The purpose of the Commission is to prevent duplication of efforts and maximize cost effectiveness by providing a framework to adequately maintain community recreation and parks facilities and to organize, manage, sponsor, and supervise community events and programs.

The 2020-2024 Pennsylvania Statewide Comprehensive Outdoor Recreation Plan identified the largest benefits of local government provided recreation as:

• providing children with a safe place to play
• making the community a more desirable place to live and grow
• enhancing a sense of community

Additionally, as communities grow, recreational priorities evolve, and funding sources become more competitive, a prioritization of projects has shifted to communities partnering and recognizing the benefits of regional recreation initiatives. ️

Both elected bodies have agreed that constituents will be best served by implementation of regional recreation and believe other communities will recognize the benefits by joining Southern York County Regional Recreation in the future.