History

In August 1988, a full time Director was hired and charged with planning and assembling the City's first comprehensive parks and recreation department. There were no City sponsored recreation programs at this time. Initially, the Cemetary Division was assigned to provide maintenance support services to the Director as per his development plans for repairs and improvements to the existing City park and recreation facilities.

A major "hit list" was developed cataloging all of the safety hazards and other serious repair problems and maintenance needs requiring immediate attention. Since then the City of Sapulpa's Park and Recreation system has undergone many positive changes and has been significantly upgraded across the board through out the entire City since that time.