Valley Voices
Mountain Recreation is evolving as a district, and we hope you are seeing the changes we’re making every day to better serve you. Since reopening post-COVID, the Mountain Rec staff have been finding ways to keep our facilities clean, operational, and welcoming to everyone.
Janet Bartnik
The benefits of this effort are clear: Memberships are once again on the rise, many youth summer camps were sold out with waitlists upon waitlists, our sports leagues had more growth than we’ve ever seen before, and our three pools have seen thousands of guests this summer. On top of that, we’ve held a ribbon cutting ceremony for our new Eagle Sports Complex building, we’ve partnered with Small Champions to bring new Adaptive Rec programming to ensure all youth feel like they belong, and, even more, we’ve been working on ourselves to revisit how to create welcoming and inclusive spaces and programs.
Jun. 6 Eagle residents were expecting a 34.5-acre park with three baseball fields, a play area and a large dog park. Now the new Eagle mayor and City Council are holding a public auction for the land. West Eagle Park was planned on farmland at the southwest corner of Floating Feather and Meridian roads. Former Eagle Mayor Stan Ridgeway said that when he left office in 2019, the park was "ready .
A New Dog Park is Opening in Eagle
It s something that Eagle residents (and their four-legged friends) have been asking for for many years - a dog park! The Eagle Chamber of Commerce announced on their Facebook page, that a new dog park is under construction. The City of Eagle has partnered with PETIQ - Pet Products to turn the dream of many pups into a reality.
The project is reportedly still in its very early stages of planning. Just over two acres of land will be transformed into the perfect pasture for puppy play in the next few months. Construction on the dog park will include small and large dog enclosures, a gated dog leashing/unleashing area, a dog waste disposal station, and a short extension of the existing parking lot.
Mountain Recreation
The goal of Mountain Recreation is not simply to get back to normal, the goal is to be better. (Special to the Daily)
This past year may be remembered as the year of COVID-19, but I prefer to see it as the year our community came together like never before to push our valley forward. And I am proud to say that Mountain Recreation, and its staff, played an instrumental role as a community health leader.
We will continue to operate our facilities and programs to fulfill our mission. We will keep our eyes on the horizon that awaits us as we seek to convert recreation centers into community centers. And, of course, there will be some things we simply cannot forecast. Together, we will continue to take risks, generate amazing ideas, listen to each other, make mistakes, connect with each other and the community, and move forward… with collective purpose.