Summit Metro Parks saw about 5 million visitors in 2025, hosted more than 1,000 naturalist-led programs with 33,000 participants, and benefited from 18,000 hours of volunteer service.
That’s the information presented by Summit Metro Parks leadership as part of the 2025 annual report to its Board of Commissioners at a brief meeting on March 10 at the Liberty Park Nature Center near Twinsburg.
The report highlights 2025 milestones, accomplishments and the park system’s overall fiscal health.
Start of Gorge Dam removal project one of year’s highlights
One of the main milestones of the report was the start of dredging work for the “Free the Falls” project, which will remove the Gorge Dam from the Cuyahoga River. Removing the dam is critical to improving local water quality and restoring habitat for native species…