6.1.
Park and Recreation Commission
- Meeting Date:
- 05/21/2020
- By:
- Mark Riverblood, Engineering/Public Works
Information
Title:
Commission/Staff Input
Purpose/Background:
Recreation programming updates (by Abby Proulx)
- Last week saw the completion of a successful May Day Basket Hunt encouraging residents to safely spend time outdoors, and promoting a Ramsey business. The approximately 15 families who participated in the May Day event not only learned a lot about trees, but will receive a gift card to the Kitchen Table!
- Feedback from residents of all ages included: “This was my girls’ favorite tree because a mamma duck was sitting on her nest!!!!! Thank you for a fun activity during this stay-at-home order!! It’s our daughters 4th birthday today!!”, “I love to climb this tree. It reminds me of the book ‘The Giving Tree’”, “this tree looks smart”, and “[my daughter’s] favorite tree is a crabapple! Fun to learn there are so many different trees here!”
- More new recreation programming is on the way:
- A Story Walk trail at Cottonwood Park, co-developed with one of Ramsey’s Minnesota Master Naturalist’s (another recreation and enrichment program concluding this Spring)
- Adapted Movies in the Park: Ol’ fashion Drive in Movies!
- At home art classes with supplies and instructors from the Rumriver Art Center. Create fun pieces to display in your window for all to see!
- Ramsey Parks and Recreation BINGO activities, multiple boards to find fun activities for everybody!
- Bluebird Restoration Project virtual interpretative walk. This is an adaptation to the canceled information session on Earth Day
- Rescheduling and modifying the Starwatch Party with Mike Lynch, that was canceled in March, to take place in late September at Elmcrest Park
- And, a revamp of the Parks and Recreation website to make it more user friendly, and providing resources for self-guided and at home activities
- Summer Concert Series (status)
- 2020 Capital Improvements, to include Ford Brook Park Renovations
- Expansion of Anoka County’s Rum River Central Regional Park
Notification:
Observations/Alternatives:
Funding Source:
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Recommendation:
Action:
Attachments
Form Review
| Inbox | Reviewed By | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Grant Riemer | Grant Riemer | 05/14/2020 02:15 PM |
- Form Started By:
- Mark Riverblood
- Started On:
- 05/14/2020 12:48 PM
- Final Approval Date:
- 05/14/2020