Embattled Mill Creeks Metro Parks Executive Director Aaron Young is holding on to his position for another three years. Mill Creek’s Park Board approved the extension on Monday with a 4-1 vote. Young will receive a raise, as well, and is now on track to make $97,000 this year. His salary jumps from $92,000 to […]
A three-year rollover contract and a pay increase was approved by the Mill Creek Metroparks Board of Directors Monday for Executive Director Aaron Young. The new contract – when added to the remaining two years of his current contract – will keep him in his position through 2022. Along with the contract extension, Young will […]
Have you ever wondered what a tortoise eats? Have you ever seen a Tegu? Are you curious about snakes and salamanders? Mill Creek MetroParks presents the Reptile & Amphibian Show Sunday, August 6 from 11 am – 4 pm at the MetroParks Farm in Canfield. Bring the whole family to the Reptile & Amphibian Show […]
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Where can children get their hands dirty and have good clean fun? At the Children’s Vegetable Gardening Program, that’s where! The Children’s Vegetable Gardening Program (Veggie Gardens) at Mill Creek MetroParks is growing gardeners and smiles all summer long! Celebrating 25 years of growing gardeners, vegetables and smiles, Veggie Gardens (as it is affectionately called) […]
Multiple parking lots and asphalt surfaces throughout Mill Creek Park will be temporarily closed for the MetroParks annual asphalt sealing and preventive maintenance project. The work is scheduled to begin on Wednesday, July 19, 2017. Lots will be closed for several days and will reopen once vehicular traffic is permitted. Several of the prominent lots […]
The Board of Park Commissioners of Mill Creek MetroParks will hold a Special Meeting on Monday, July 17, 2017, at 6:30 pm at the MetroParks Farm. The only agenda item is Executive Session, to discuss pending or imminent court action, and to consider the appointment, employment, discipline, or compensation of public employees.
YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio (WKBN) – Last week, two reports were issued examining geese overpopulation in Mill Creek Park, which has been a problem for three years now, ever since 240 of them were rounded up and killed. Both reports will be used to determine future park policy. AUDUBON CANADA GOOSE REPORT FOR MILL CREEK PARK USDA-WS […]
The Ohio Public Works Commission has awarded Mill Creek MetroParks $43,980 from the commission’s Clean Ohio Conservation Fund. Those funds will cover 75 percent of the $58,640 cost of acquiring five undeveloped parcels located on the west side of Glenwood Avenue and the south side of Devonshire Drive. MetroParks Planning & Operations Director Steve Avery […]
On Saturday, July 8, 2017, from approximately 8:00 am – Noon, a local regiment from the Army Reserves will be conducting Unit Movement Training in Mill Creek Park. The Reservists will be training in areas near Lake Glacier and the Lily Pond.