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<br />Parks and Recreation Department <br />400 10th Street Northwest <br />New Brighton, MN 55112 <br />651-638-2130 <br /> <br /> <br /> If you would like to receive the Parks & Recreation Monthly Update please opt in by clicking <br />here: http://www.newbrightonmn.gov/news/. Select Parks and Recreation to receive the Monthly Update as <br />well as any other categories you wish to receive the latest updates under Subscribe via Email along with your <br />email address. Parks & Recreation Updates will be emailed around the 10th of each month. <br />Parks and Recreation Department Happenings <br />February, 2018 <br /> <br /> IMPROVING HEALTH <br /> The Spring/Summer Parks and Recreation brochure was released on Monday, February 26. <br />Program offerings include: youth, adult, group fitness, aquatics and golf just to name a few. <br /> Five seniors took a trip to The Learning Lab for Eldercare Technologies in Minneapolis on <br />February 15. Participants were able to experience a variety of safety technologies geared <br />towards helping seniors age in their own homes. <br /> The 7 team, women’s volleyball league at Highview started their 3-week tournament. <br /> 208 group fitness participants worked on cardiovascular and strength exercises through a <br />variety of classes at the NBCC and Highview Pool. <br /> Adults are slowing their heart rates and relaxing during the fly tying classes at the NBCC. <br /> 139 adults attended Pickleball open gyms that are offered at Highview Gym on Tuesday and <br />Thursday evenings. <br /> PROTECTING NATURAL RESOURCES <br /> Maintenance staff picked performed a buckthorn removal project at Brightwood Hills. The <br />project focused in areas along #5 between fairway and Silver Lake Road, and a small patch of <br />woods just north of #6 Tee box. <br /> FOSTERING HEALTHY YOUTH DEVELOPMENT <br /> 17 children participated in ice skating lessons at Freedom Park in February. <br /> 62 children ages 3-11 are learning jazz, tap and ballet routines for their dance performance in <br />April. Dance classes meet at the community center on Wednesday evenings. <br /> 54 children ages 4-12 attend gymnastic classes at Irondale on Monday evenings. <br /> Little Tigers and Kicker’s Karate are held on Monday evenings at NBCC for children 3-6 years of <br />age and children 7 and up. 59 children attend the classes. <br /> SUSTAINING FISCAL RESPONSIBILITY <br /> NBCC recently took another step to fully automate the three boilers to help reduce energy <br />consumption throughout the facility. The benefits of the automation will be the reduction in <br />energy needed to provide heat throughout the building, less wear and tear on the equipment <br />because of less use, a reduction in staff time to manually turn boilers on/off and that controls of <br />the HVAC system and the boilers are accessible in one place. The project will receive a rebate of <br />45% of the actual cost. <br /> Punch list items have been completed on the Eagles Nest. This included the installation of foam, <br />re-anchoring play equipment to the floor and installing a spring to help automatically close the <br />Toddler gate after opening to offer greater security. The structure was professionally cleaned by <br />an outside cleaning company. Since opening on November 17, 29,155 youth admissions have <br />been sold. <br /> Park and Recreation staff members are working closely with finance department to secure end <br />of the year account totals for the annual audit. <br /> SUPPORTING COMMUNITY REINVESTMENT <br /> The outdoor ice rink season concluded at Sunny Square and Hansen Parks following activity on <br />President’s Day, with Freedom Park lasting until February 25. Despite the wild weather, this <br />winter was attended more than both of the previous two seasons. <br /> Brightwood Hills Golf Course started accepting league registrations the last week of February.