The Parks, Recreation & Forestry Department's Feature Friday

Each Friday, the Parks, Recreation and Forestry Department features something new for residents and visitors to learn more about. This week is the last Feature Friday of 2019 so this week, we want to take a look back at the year and everything we've accomplished!

Our department has had a lot to overcome this year after a tornado caused a large amount of damage to our park properties and street trees, the weather provided an extremely wet maintenance season limiting our work in all of the warmer months, and the loss of a great coworker.

Even with these obstacles to overcome, our staff worked hard to make 2019 another successful year! We welcomed back a previous employee, purchased a new lawn mower, updated the park names in the Glennvalley area, and, alongside our regular maintenance, accomplish several other large scale projects! Some of the projects we are most proud of are:

• Updating both our Rental Policy and our Special Event Policy
• Updating the security cameras at Jennerjohn Park
• Pouring new bleacher pads at Community Park
• The Born Learning Trail at Lions Park
• The CB Trail Extension
• Regrading the ice rink at Jennerjohn Park to provide better winter recreation
• The installation of the Butterfly garden at Jennerjohn Park
• The updates made to the archery range at Lions Park
• The new construction progress at Lions Park
• Paving of the trail at Pebble Ridge Park
• Fixing the Heritage Fountain leaks
• Releveling Memorial Square

Now, as we look forward to 2020, we are excited to see where the new year brings us! We have a lot planned, so stay tuned!

To see more photos of today's Feature Friday or to see more posts like this, check out the Parks & Recreation Facebook page at https://www.facebook.com/greenvilleparkandrec/