Mayor Quinton Lucas Appoints New Parks & Recreation Board of Commissioners
The volunteer Parks Board is charged with improving the quality of life for Kansas Citians by providing opportunities for all residents
KC Parks News
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Anita B. Gorman Included on KC 50 Most Powerful List
435 Magazine recently included the former KC Parks Board Commissioner/President as one of Kansas City’s 50 Most Powerful People. We agree! ANITA B. GORMAN: Gorman has been shaping city and state parks for 40 years. Throughout the Kansas City area, you’ll see Anita B. Gorman’s name on city parks, a major nature center, a hiking […]
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Veterans Day Weekend Events Honor Those Who Serve Our Country at National WWI Museum and Memorial Friday-Monday, Nov. 8-11
Traveling Vietnam War Exhibition from the New-York Historical Society Opens Friday, Nov. 8 at the Museum and Memorial
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Public Art Offers Volunteer Opportunities
Volunteers are needed to help survey new fountains and sculptures in the KC metro area. On Saturday, November 2, from 9-11, members of the Kansas City Adopt a Monument committee will show volunteers how to measure, photograph and document new public art. The fountain in front of the movie theater at the Legends Outlet at […]
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New Inclusive Playground Opens in Hospital Hill Park
Variety KC, and KC Parks joined forces last year to raise funds and update the playground to make it an inclusive park for all kids
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West Terrace Park Playground is Open for Play!
Several hundred very enthusiastic students from Crossroads Academy at Quality Hill gathered with Downtown and KC Parks representatives this morning for the official ribbon cutting/opening of the new West Terrace Park Playground. Several years ago KC Parks held a design charrette with downtown design professionals to develop a master plan for West Terrace and Case […]
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Jazz Musicians from Germany to Perform at Historic Jazz District
The Hannover Committee of the Sister City Association of Kansas City is excited to announce Jazz musicians from Sister City Hannover, Germany will have two public performances with local KC Jazz musicians. Thursday, October 10th at 7 p.m. at Greenwood Social Hall, 1750 Belleview Avenue, Kansas City, Missouri. www.greenwoodsocialhall.com Saturday, October 12th at 5:15 p.m. […]
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{NEWS} New Playground Opens in West Terrace Park
WHO City of Kansas City, Missouri Parks and Recreation Friends of West Terrace Park Downtown Neighborhood Association Crossroads Academy at Quality Hill WHAT Join KC Parks and Downtown officials along with students from Crossroads Academy for the official opening of this highly anticipated downtown playground! WHEN Friday, October 11 at 10 a.m. WHERE West Terrace Park, […]
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Tiffany Springs Park Renamed After Retired KC Parks Director
On October 4, the official sign unveiling and renaming of Tiffany Springs Park to Mark L. McHenry Park event was held at the 838-acre Northland park. The name honors former KC Parks Director Mark McHenry’s 44+ years of service to Kansas City, MO Parks and Recreation. Mark McHenry retired at the end of 2018. Highlights […]
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{NEWS} KC Parks Director Elected to the American Academy for Park and Recreation Administration
Teresa (Terry) Rynard, Director of Kansas City, Missouri Parks and Recreation, has been elected to the American Academy for Park and Recreation Administration. Ms Rynard was recently inducted at the Academy’s Annual Meeting during the 2019 National Recreation and Park Association Conference in Baltimore, Maryland. The Academy is a group of distinguished practitioners and educators who are leaders in the field of parks and recreation. They […]
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{NEWS} Kansas City, Missouri Parks and Recreation Earns National Accreditation
September 26, 2019 . . . Kansas City, Missouri Parks and Recreation remains among the ranks of the elite park and recreation agencies and departments across the country by once again earning accreditation through the Commission for Accreditation of Park and Recreation Agencies (CAPRA) and the National Recreation and Park Association (NRPA). This distinguished accomplishment […]
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Watts Mill Improvements
The Indian Creek Trail will be temporarily closed from Sept 23-30, 2019 due to construction. The affected area is on the east side of the Watts Mill Shopping Center near the intersection of West 103rd Street and State Line Road. Improvements include a new picnic and seating areas; making the trail ADA accessible; terraced rain garden; […]