Welcome to the Families, Parks and Recreation (FPR) web site. We have 115 locations to serve you throughout the City of Orlando.
These locations include 83 Parks, 17 Park & Recreation Centers, 2 Older Adult Recreation Centers, 7 After-School All-Star locations, 4 Special Facilities and 2 Trails. See the FPR directory for a complete list.
Lisa Early, Director of Families, Parks and Recreation, has worked with the City of Orlando since November 2003, when she was appointed as the City's first Director
of Children & Education. Prior to that, Lisa Early worked helping children in the United States and abroad.
After graduating with a Bachelor’s Degree in Human
Development and Family Studies from Cornell University in 1981, Ms.
Early moved to the Dominican Republic, where she worked with UNICEF
to develop preschool education programs for children living in rural
villages. Next, she worked with the U.S. Agency for International
Development, overseeing programs to improve the health of mothers
and children living in poverty. Upon her return to the United States
in 1990, Ms. Early developed and became Executive Director of The
Howard Phillips Center for Children & Families, which under her
leadership grew from a $1 million organization to a $12 million
entity helping Orlando’s children overcome developmental delays,
protecting them from abuse, providing them healthcare when
uninsured, and offering hope to HIV-positive women, children and
families. Ms. Early is fully bilingual in English and Spanish and
also speaks some Swahili.
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Lisa Early, Director of Families, Parks and Recreation, has worked with the City of Orlando since November 2003, when she was appointed as the City's first Director
of Children & Education. Prior to that, Lisa Early worked helping children in the United States and abroad.
After graduating with a Bachelor’s Degree in Human
Development and Family Studies from Cornell University in 1981, Ms.
Early moved to the Dominican Republic, where she worked with UNICEF
to develop preschool education programs for children living in rural
villages. Next, she worked with the U.S. Agency for International
Development, overseeing programs to improve the health of mothers
and children living in poverty. Upon her return to the United States
in 1990, Ms. Early developed and became Executive Director of The
Howard Phillips Center for Children & Families, which under her
leadership grew from a $1 million organization to a $12 million
entity helping Orlando’s children overcome developmental delays,
protecting them from abuse, providing them healthcare when
uninsured, and offering hope to HIV-positive women, children and
families. Ms. Early is fully bilingual in English and Spanish and
also speaks some Swahili.