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with Parks & Rec Director
BJ Staab
As the weather gets colder, we have been winterizing our outdoor facilities. That includes trimming, collecting leaves, and closing restrooms for the winter months. But even with outdoor activities winding down, November is full of community programs.
This month we have our Annual Arts & Crafts Fair at the Silver Center, a Veterans Day Celebration, the final open house for the Parks and Recreation Master Plan, and our Health and Wellness Turkey Buster group ex class sampler event. We hope you are enjoying this change of season and we look forward to seeing you at one of our November activities.
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Park Restrooms & Water Fountains Closing for the Season
Starting Nov. 1, Liberty Parks & Rec will close and winterize the restrooms and water fountains in our parks system to prepare for winter. Winterizing helps prevent any damage to pipes during cold weather and ensures they will be ready to go in the spring.
The restrooms at Stocksdale Park and Westboro/Canterbury Park are heated and stay open year round. There are portable restrooms at Wilshire Park, Westboro/Canterbury Pickleball Courts, Arthur's Hill Park and City Park that will remain available.
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Join Liberty Parks & Rec, City of Liberty, Liberty American Legion Post 95 and Liberty VFW Post 4043 for a celebration in observance of Veterans Day, honoring all who have served.
The Celebration Will Include:
- Patriotic Music
- Presentation of the Colors
- Veterans Call to Attention
- Keynote from Steve Hansen
- Remarks from the Mayor
- Presentation of Awards
- Laying of the Wreath
- A 21-Gun Salute
ADA Accessible entrance to the Liberty Performing Arts Theatre is located on the right side of the buliding from the main entrance to the Liberty Community Center.
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The upcoming session of youth basketball has more than 900 participants enrolled in the recreation division. This is the largest enrollment in a single LPR Recreation League to date.
Between the recreation and competitive divisions, we have nearly 2,000 participants for this session of youth basketball!
Thank you all for supporting the Liberty Parks & Rec youth sports programs and good luck to all the teams this season.
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Older adults involved in an organizational/recreation activity scored significantly better on the happiness scale than those who were not involved. - CA Parks Report
The Liberty Parks & Rec Community Services Division strives to be a community resource for aging in place by providing programs, information and referrals to older adults and their families to help connect them to a wide range of services. Check out all the Community Services Division has to offer and increase your happiness today!
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Evidence-Based Program Completes Another Session
Enhance Fitness wrapped up last week with 24 of 25 participants completing the program. Post-program assessments show that 100% of the participants increased their weight loads and repetition counts and decreased the time it took to do an up-and-go assessment.
Another session began Oct. 31 with a full class. This program is supported by the Mid-America Regional Council and is free to the community.
Below is the class photo with facilitator Tonya Schmidt. Congratulations to all the participants on completing the program and seeing the benefits of staying active.
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"Imagine Liberty 2032" Parks Master Plan - Community Open House
We need your feedback as a part of the "Imagine Liberty 2032" Parks & Recreation Master Plan process.
This plan will help shape Liberty's parks and recreation programs for the next ten+ years, and is pivotal in prioritizing limited resources in the manner our citizens identify as most desirable and needed.
This is the final community open house for this project! Landworks Studio will share the draft recommendations of the Imagine Liberty 2032 Parks & Recreation Master Plan. This event is an opportunity to revise any recommendations in the plan before it's officially adopted and implemented for the next 10 years.
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Burn off the bird with Liberty Parks & Rec's Turkey Buster! Join the Health & Wellness team at the Liberty Community Center on Friday, November 25 from 9:30-11:30 a.m. for a group exercise class sampler to help you torch those Thanksgiving calories.
Featured Classes:
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9:30 a.m. - Cardio H.I.I.T (High Intensity Interval Training) with Amy
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10 a.m. - Strength Training with Bill
- 10:30 a.m. - Zumba with Shertoine
- 11 a.m. - Yoga with Ian
To participate, please bring 5 non-perishable food items to be donated to the Liberty Community Christmas Tree. This event is open to the public. Class size is limited to the first 45 people.
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Concrete Finishes
The Parks & Natural Resources Division has been hard at work pouring concrete at various parks and at their maintenance building.
They have poured several sidewalk connectors to the parks, new tee pads at the disc golf course, slab for a new park shelter at Place Liberte and additional parking space at the parks maintenance building.
Just in the maintenance building's parking lot project, the Parks team has poured a total of 214 yards, 1,200 square feet at 5.5 inches thick. By doing all the work in house, they have saved the Parks & Rec Department approximately $50,000.
We are lucky to have so many talented people in our department and we are excited to see it all finished!
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Knowledge is Power!
Knowing your body composition including lean muscle mass, percent body fat and resting metabolic rate gives you the power to start focusing on total body health and wellness which, research has shown, is much more important than weight alone.
The BOD POD is a state-of-the-art piece of test equipment that has been used by many prestigious health institutions, professional sports teams and NCAA Division I organizations. It’s intended to assess total body composition and it’s coming to you!
- Saturday, Nov. 19
- 9 a.m. - 1 p.m.
- Liberty Community Center
- Registration deadline is Nov. 17
$10 OFF w/code: BOD22
Discount code valid until Nov. 11
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Aerobics is back, and it's bigger, better, higher and even more fun! The Liberty Community Center is now offering HIGH Fitness®, a new aerobics class shown to improve endurance, strength and cardiovascular health.
Try out a class on Tuesdays at
6:30 p.m.
HIGH Fitness is an emerging leader in group fitness, inspiring people from all walks of life to a lifestyle of better health and overall wellness. HIGH transforms old school aerobics into a highly addictive new fitness experience that combines simple, modern fitness techniques (i.e. HIIT, plyometrics, etc.) with music you know and love.
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Santa Claus is Comin' to Town for Hometown Holidays
Join the City of Liberty and Historic Downtown Liberty, Inc. for Hometown Holidays and the Mayor's Annual Tree Lighting Ceremony.
Saturday, Dec. 3.
Family Activities - 2-5 p.m.
- Pictures with Santa
- Crafts with Lost Arts
- Games
- Face painting
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NEW- Holiday Treat Tour - Historic Downtown Liberty, Inc. (HDLI) will have a special activity to help you explore Downtown Liberty. Pick up a map and use it to travel around downtown Liberty, stop in participating businesses and get some holiday goodies! Treats will range from holiday snacks and beverages, toys and stickers, and s'mores kits to roast at the fire pits! Treats are limited - goodies will be given out to the first 150 people at each participating business.
Mayor's Annual Tree Lighting Ceremony - 5:15 p.m.
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