PARKS & RECREATION
Our Park Recreation Story
T
he month of July is all about parks and
This year’s theme is all about you! “Our Park
recreation! Since 1985, cities across
and Recreation Story,” is about what parks and
the nation have celebrated National
recreation mean to you, or how it has impacted
Parks and Recreation month by exploring their
your life. Did you use parks as spots of respite
local parks and activities. Last year’s theme,
or to celebrate life’s special moments? Did our
“We Are Parks and Recreation,” focused on the
pools encourage a lifelong love of swimming?
importance of parks during a pandemic and
Did you learn to play a sport or cook because
especially those staff members who were in the
you participated in a class? Or do you simply
middle of it. Virtual programs were the norm,
love nature? Whatever parks and recreation
but people needed to get outside. Our parks
means to you, we want to hear your story.
saw unprecedented use as residents needed to distance themselves physically from others but
As we get closer to July, follow us on social
still wanted to socialize.
media for updates, and encourage others to do the same. #OurParkAndRecStory is going to be amazing!
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WHERE WE LIVE | SUMMER 2021
