Downtown Rotary
Heidi Doerhoff Vollet
Recent and planned upgrades to the Jefferson City parks and recreation system, including a potential recreation center, were the subjects covered by Bill Lockwood (right in photo), the city's director of parks, recreation and forestry, and Steve Duncan of the Parks and Recreation Commission in a presentation July 25 to the Jefferson City Rotary Club.
Bill described upgrades to parks and recreation facilities including:
- Oak Hills Golf Course clubhouse and individual holes
- Washington Park ice arena and tennis courts
- Binder Park day camp and sailboat storage areas
- North Jefferson community gardens and tee ball fields
- Riverside Park sports fields
- Greenway Trail extension over the Missouri River
Among upcoming projects, he said, are additional extensions of the Greenway Trail system, renovation of the playground equipment at McKay Park and improvements in the Millbottom area as part of the Greening America's Capitals program.
Steve discussed development of a city-owned and -operated recreation center, including the extensive efforts to gather public input on whether to build such a center and, if so, what it should include. He said the commission is currently considering such issues as where to build a recreation center and whether the city can afford to build and maintain such a center. "I'm hopeful and optimistic that the recreation center can be built," he said.
