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5.0 Community Facilities & Services

The quality, supply and variety of a community's services and facilities are important to the overall quality of life a community can offer its residents. Education, emergency services, recreational opportunities and cultural enrichment have a substantial impact on the appeal of a community as a place to live. This chapter explores the resources available to residents in the Village of Pittsford, including historic resources, educational facilities, libraries, emergency services, recreational facilities and social services.

5.7 Recreation

The Town of Pittsford Recreation Department, located at the Spiegel Community Center, provides recreational programs for all ages; this includes residents within the Village of Pittsford. The Department's recreation programs include: academic programs, aquatics, arts & crafts, athletics, cooking, dance, finance, fitness, health, music & theater and preschool programs. The Town has set up a Community Center Advisory Group to ensure that the community center meets the needs of the residents. The importance of the maintaining the Community Center in the Village is a major consideration for the Village. There are several parks and recreational facilities that are located in the Village. The parks and recreation facilities located within the Village include:

• The Port of Pittsford Park located at 22 North Main Street and covers 2 acres. The park provides sitting areas with benches, picnic tables, walkways, a boat dock and music concerts in the summer.

• The Copper Beech Park is located at 14 State Street and provides a garden area surrounding the landmark Beech Tree.

• The Paul Spiegel Community Center is located at 35 Lincoln Avenue and is 4.2 acres. The Community Center provides a playground and one small athletic field.

• Sutherland High School is located at 55 Sutherland Street and has tennis courts and athletic fields.

• Bob Ford Little League Field, located on South Street, includes baseball fields.

• The Erie Canal Park runs along the northern side of the Canal and is maintained by the Village.

• The St. Louis Church located on South Main Street and provides playground facilities.

• Lomb Woods is a eight-acre woodlot with six acres located on the Pittsford Central School District Property north of Jefferson Road and west of Sutherland High School and contains a mix oak and northern hardwood 200-year-old growth trees.
  

There is potential for additional parks and recreational opportunities within the Village. The charrette findings and Comprehensive Planning Committee indicate that the property that currently houses the Department of Public Works is underutilized and could be used for recreational purposes. They have identified this area as "ideal" for a Village Park because of its proximity to the Canal.

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