HomeMy WebLinkAboutPARKS PRESS RELEASE BOARD OPENINGS From Marianne 071322WANT TO GET INVOLVED IN YOUR LOCAL COMMUNITY? THE JEFFERSON COUNTY PARKS &
RECREATION ADVISORY BOARD IS LOOKING FOR TWO NEW MEMBERS.
THE BOARD IS CURRENTLY SEEKING A VOLUNTEERS MEMBERS WHO LIVEs IN DISTRICT 3. THE DISTRICT
BOUNDARIES ARE ALIGNED WITH THE CURRENT DISTRICTS FOR THE BOARD OF COUNTY
COMMISSIONERS. DISTRICT 3 IS LOCATED IN WHAT IS KNOWN AS THE “SOUTH COUNTY” AREA OF PORT
LUDLOW, BRINNON, QUILCENE AND THE WEST END.
FOLKS MAY WONDER WHAT THE PARKS & RECREATION ADVISORY BOARD DOES? PURSUANT TO ITS
RESOLUTION AND BY-LAWS, THE BOARD IS “TO ASSIST IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF PROGRAMS AND
POLICIES CONCERNING JEFFERSON COUNTY PARKS, TO REVIEW AND COMMENT UPON PROPOSED
RULES, POLICIES OR ORDINANCES…..TO OVERSEE DEVELOPMENT AND ANY REVISIONS/AMENDMENTS
TO THE JEFFERSON COUNTY PARKS, OPEN SPACE AND RECREATION PLAN.”
Examples of previous projects that began with the advisory board: the Larry Scott Trail (Larry Scott was
chairperson when the advisory board proposed the idea of the trail), HJ Carroll Park, Gibbs Lake County
Park, and the Rick Tollefson Trail (Rick Tollefson was also a previous board president.
Current projects supported and or initiated by the advisory board include the JUMP! Playground at HJ
Carroll Park, planning for the future uses of Chimacum Park, the recent conversion of the courthouse
park tennis courts to pickleball, and trail development at Gibbs Lake park.”
IN A NUTSHELL, A GREAT WAY TO GET INVOLVED IN WHAT IS HAPPENING IN THE COUNTY PARKS &
RECREATION ARENA!
THE BOARD ACKNOWLEDGES THE MAGNITUDE AND RICHNESS OF JEFFERSON COUNTY PARKS &
RECREATION. THERE ARE 22 COUNTY PARKS AND RECREATION CENTERS SCATTERED THROUGHOUT THE
COUNTY, JUST LIKE GOLDEN NUGGETS WAITING TO BE DISCOVERED. THERE ARE THREE CAMPING
PARKS, 18 DAY USE PARKS AND ONE REC CENTER. THE MOST HIGHLY VISIBLE AND USED ARE
MEMORIAL FIELD IN PORT TOWNSEND, HJ CARROLL PARK IN CHIMACUM AND THE REC CENTER IN PORT
TOWNSEND.
NOW IS THE TIME TO GET INVOLVED IN THE FUTURE OF COUNTY PARKS AND RECREATION! WANT A
VOICE IN ORDER TO CONTRIBUTE? APPLY NOW FOR A POSITION ON THE JCPRAB TODAY!
FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT JEFFERSON COUNTY PARKS & RECREATION AT www.countyrec.com
OR CONTACT DIRECTOR MATT TYLER @ mtyler@co.jefferson.wa.us