The Parks and Recreation Department offers indoor and outdoor leisure and recreation opportunities to Richardson citizens and corporate residents year-round. The department presents award-winning special events, festivals, and activities.
On-going programs are offered year round by the Department. To learn more, choose a page from the menu above.

The Department is responsible for the maintenance of city parks, swimming pools, medians, roadsides, city-owned drainage easements, and street sweeping. The Parks and Recreation Department plants more than 100 acres of wildflowers each year.

"We do not stop playing because we grow old; we grow old because we stop playing."~ Benjamin Franklin