French Creek traverses the Village of Sherman running parallel to Main Street with three distinct parks all of which will have LED lighting, bike racks, benches and picnic tables. The Chautauqua Watershed Conservancy is collaborating on tree and native plantings for the creek bank and park area.

To the east, off of Franklin St, Sheldon Park marks the southern Chautauqua Rails to Trails Rosie Billquist Trailhead where plans will be in concert with the trail improvements including story-walk boards.

Centered behind Main Street is George Edmunds Memorial Park with all new restrooms and showers, children’s playground, sand volleyball courts, and ‘little library’. The park needs the electric extended for LED park lights, renovations to the existing pavilion, and reuse of the adjacent building as a pickle ball court and year-round recreational facility.

To the west, off of Hart St, the open greenspace was home to the Dog Park that has to be relocated to the north side of the entrance after the municipal water upgrades. The plan is to install a new fence, lean-to for shade, water spigot, and activity center.