City of Gulfport Parks Department operates Clam Bayou Nature Park, which is spread over an area of more than 10 acres of nature preserve. It works to improve the appearance of the City of Gulfport in Florida through the maintenance of turf and use of durable park furnishings and landscaping. The department maintains Tomlinson Park Complex, which was partially funded by the Southwest Florida Water Management District, Florida Department of Environmental Protection-Land and Water Conservation Fund and Florida Department of Agriculture. It is a part of the leisure services department that oversees casinos, theaters, libraries, parks, and recreation and multipurpose senior centers. The Leisure Services Department is owned and operated by the community services department that is responsible for recreational, educational and social service activities.
Polk County Property Appraiser, headquartered in Bartow, Fla., provides market value of property to the residents of Polk County, Fla. The agency searches, lists, and values taxable property in the county. The process involves valuing more than 320,000 portions of land and buildings. It also values more than 29,000 business accounts and over 31,000 mobile home accounts. Additionally, the agency values more than 100,000-acres of citrus land, pasture and phosphate land. It also processes a variety of assessments and evaluations including, administering more than 120,000 homestead exemptions. The agency also determines property entitled for agricultural exemption and the eligibility of various religious, charitable, educational, and municipal property for tax exemptions.
