The Centre Region Council of Governments (COG) brings six local governments – State College Borough, and College, Ferguson, Halfmoon, Harris, and Patton Townships – together to collectively provide high quality, cost-effective public services to their residents. Centre Region Parks and Recreation is an agency of the Centre Region COG. Municipalities contribute shared funding in support of regional year-round recreation programming and municipal park and recreation facility and maintenance operations. Each municipality acquires and develops its own park sites.

As the Centre Region’s population continues to grow, so does the demand for more parks, recreation programs, indoor and outdoor facilities, and interconnected bikeways and trails.

Streamlining governance structure, appropriate level of staffing, maximizing the use of alternative funding sources, placing an increased emphasis on partnerships, expanding indoor recreation programming, and natural resource conservation and sustainability became the focus of plan recommendations.