The plain version

Deer Park spends real money keeping its residents busy, and it shows — the Jimmy Burke Activity Center, the pools, the ball fields, and Dow Park are city facilities, overseen by a Parks & Recreation Commission the council appoints. For a town this size the parks-and-rec footprint is generous, and it's one of the more visible things your city taxes actually buy. Programs, hours, and fees are local decisions, set in local meetings.

This page gathers what the city offers, who runs it, and where the budget for it sits. Every figure names its source; anything we can't source stays off.