September 2012
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Showing Pride In Our Parks A CHALLENGE FOR NEXT MONTH’S NEWSLETTER This is a challenge to my fellow Parks and Recreation professionals. I think it would be a fun challenge to show off some of the best parks our great state has to offer its’ residents. To do so, I would like you to nominate a park or two and tell me why you think it is the best. This way I will be able to show off one park each month. It could be a new or old park, but this way we can all see what else we all have to offer. It may even be a park many in the state have never even been to! This Month’s Winner is: NATURE DISCOVERY PARK - In North Las Vegas
Unlike many other parks that focus on slides, jungle gyms and athletic courts, this park has dinosaurs … or at least a dinosaur-themed dig site. North Las Vegas Parks and Recreation has set up this themed park in such a manner that kids can dig for dinosaur bones while parents set up camp underneath one of the many picnic gazebos. There is also a large pond equipped with waterfalls. While Nature Discovery Park may be a bit of a travel for some families who don’t live in North Las Vegas, it is a trip that many highly recommend.