Welcome to the City of Peoria

Community Services Department

Mission

It is the mission of the Community Services Department to meet the needs and the desires of the citizens of Peoria by developing, implementing, and maintaining quality programs, services and facilities which are cost effective, creative, and responsive to citizen input.

The Community Services Department is responsible for both, programs and facilities in the following divisions:

This division plans and conducts the maintenance of city parks, most right of way, trails, open space and most retention basins. It also designs and develops the Department’s Capital Improvement Plan, performs plan reviews for new planned area developments and oversees graffiti removal throughout the City. 

Please visit our newly launched Mountain Hiking Trails web site!

This Division offers a wide variety of programs and classes for children, teens, adults, seniors and people with a disability. These programs include: after school programs, summer programs, swimming classes, sports programs, teen programs, adaptive recreation programs, senior programs, outdoor programs and special interest classes.

Classes and programs are offered at the Peoria Community Center or at school sites through Inter-Governmental Agreements (IGAs) with the Peoria School District.  The new Rio Vista Recreation Center will host several classes starting fall 2007.

The main and branch libraries offer adult and youth programs and services such as Summer Reading Program, Family Place, Storytimes, Teen advisory group, author visits, Library Fest, computer classes. They also offer interlibrary loan services, an interactive website and wireless internet access.

The new Branch Library at the Camino a Lago area, which will replace the Sunrise Mountain Branch Library will be opening in January 2009.

The Peoria Sports Complex, with its 13 baseball fields, is home to the Seattle Mariners and the San Diego Padres. It also holds various tournaments, festivals, concerts, arts and crafts shows, and other community events.

This division also oversees the maintenance and operations of the Rio Vista Community Park which features little league fields, a splash park, sand volleyball courts, a playground, a fishing lake and picnic ramadas.  The second phase of this park includes more little league fields, and multipurpose fields that were completed in October of 2006.  It also includes the new Recreation Center and a veteran’s memorial that  will be completed by summer 2007.

 
To Contact the Community Services Department:

PHONE: (623) 773-7137

E-MAIL:  communityservices@peoriaaz.gov

Frequently Asked Questions of the Community Services Department

This Page was last updated on 04/01/08
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