A Regular Meeting of the Board of Park Commissioners of Mill Creek MetroParks will be held on Monday, January 8, 2018, at 6 p.m., in McMahon Hall, at the MetroParks Farm, in Canfield, on Rt. 46. The agenda will be available after 2 p.m. on the day of the meeting.
Mill Creek MetroParks is soliciting public comment for an upcoming improvement project. Named after the former Idora Park, the Idora Bridge is located on East Park Drive approximately 0.25 miles north of U.S. Route 62 (Canfield Road) in the Mill Creek Park Historic District. The proposed bridge rehabilitation project includes cleaning the existing stone gravity… Continue Reading IDORA BRIDGE REHABILITATION PROJECT PLANNED FOR MILL CREEK PARK
The Finance Standing Committee to the Board of Park Commissioners will meet on Saturday, January 6, 10:00 a.m., in Classroom A at the MetroParks Farm in Canfield.
The ice rink at Mill Creek MetroParks is almost ready for skaters. The ice is being smoothed and it is frozen solid to at least two inches thick. The rink will open Jan. 2, weather permitting. Skating is free but you have to bring your own skates. The ice rink is located in the Wick… Continue Reading Mill Creek Park ice rink nears its opening
The Mill Creek MetroParks board wants to protect its trees. But right now, it can’t because it doesn’t have properly-trained personnel. However, the board is doubling the budget to look for diseased and dying trees in Mill Creek Park. The current budget sits at $10,000 and will become $20,000 heading into 2018. The money will… Continue Reading Mill Creek to train professionals to protect park’s dying trees
Mill Creek MetroParks will open up training opportunities to employees who wish to become certified arborists. The MetroParks board approved that action at a meeting tonight despite some disagreement on the issue. The board’s standing committee on horticulture had recommended the MetroParks hire a full-time certified arborist. MetroParks Executive Director Aaron Young, however, recommended a… Continue Reading Mill Creek MetroParks to train arborist from within park workforce
The 20-degree temperatures Thursday did not stop people from getting to Mill Creek MetroParks. Tons of families and friends bundled up and braved the cold for some winter fun. The sled hill at the Wick recreation area is open for the season now that there’s snow sticking to the ground. Some people came back like… Continue Reading Mill Creek Park sledding packed with first big snowfall
The Board of Park Commissioners of Mill Creek MetroParks will meet for a Special Meeting on Monday, December 18, 2017, at 6 p.m., in the Davis Center at Fellows Riverside Gardens. Agenda items are: Finance Director’s Report, Temporary Budget, Bid Tabulations for Chemicals & Fertilizers, and for Gasoline & Fuel Oil, Golf Pro Contract renewal,… Continue Reading Notice of MetroParks Special Board Meeting
The next meeting of the Environment Standing Committee to the Board of Park Commissioners of Mill Creek MetroParks is scheduled for Friday, December 15, 2017, at 10 a.m., in Classroom A at the MetroParks Farm, on Rt. 46 in Canfield.
With Christmas just about two weeks away, Fellows Riverside Gardens in Mill Creek MetroParks is continuing to celebrate the holiday season with a month full of events. For those who registered, children and their families were able to eat breakfast with Santa Saturday morning, catered by Inspired Catering by Kravitz. Also in the D.D. and Velma… Continue Reading Fellows Riverside Gardens celebrates Christmas season with month full of events