The Department’s function is to enhance the quality of life for residents by providing safe and attractive parks, recreation areas, and activities. There are eight Village parks and recreation properties: Founders Park, Library Park Beach, Anne’s Beach, Plantation Tropical Preserve, Green Turtle Hammock Nature Preserve, Plantation Hammocks Preserve, Key Tree Cactus Nature Preserve, and Southwind's Park. The 45-acre Islamorada Founders Park is the center of the Village’s park system, offering sports programs, recreational programs and facilities, sports coaching and training, and facilities for aquatics, golf, soccer, baseball, tennis, pickleball, volleyball, swimming, and basketball. The department also provides children’s recreational camps and supervises, organizes, and supports large charitable public special events such as the Upper Keys Rotary Gigantic Nautical Flea Market, Islamorada Chamber of Commerce Holiday Festival and Island Fest, July 4th Celebration & Fireworks, Florida Keys Swim Club Youth Swim Meets, Special Olympics Swim Meet, Beats on the Bay & Bay Jam Music Series and several Islamorada Community Entertainment amphitheater events, as well as a wide range of numerous smaller special events.
