FRIDAY, APRIL 26, 2024

THE LATEST NEWS & UPDATES

Sterling Heights Parks and Recreation continues to improve our trails and parks to provide you with the best experiences and spaces to create memories and enjoy all Sterling Heights has to offer. Check out the projects happening around the parks!

Magnolia Park

• Resurfacing of pickleball court area and expanding to two courts.

Mark Sawyers Family Park

• The existing path will be resurfaced and a new path will be extended to the baseball fields.

Clinton River Trail

• Trail section between Farmstead and Donovan Park has been resurfaced, and the final work is being completed. We expect to have the trail section open May 1.

Follow us on social media @myshpr for future updates and information on upcoming projects!

The Parks and Recreation Department is wishing a happy retirement to long time department employee Brenda Suchenek whose last day of work was Wednesday, April 24.

Brenda has worked in a variety of capacities for the department, including Park Monitor for ten years, and more recently at the Nature Center where she was a seasonal assistant naturalist for ten years before being promoted to the Naturalist for the last seven years.

During her time, Brenda poured her heart and soul into improving the Nature Center from helping with modernizing the facility through interior and exterior renovations to developing new programs such as the very popular Birthday Parties and Archery.

Although Brenda will be gone from the building, her efforts have set the Nature Center and Parks and Recreation Department up for continued success and growth well into the future.

On behalf of the entire Parks and Recreation Department, thank you Brenda and best wishes in your newest chapter of life!

Did you know about 38% of the population can donate blood, but only 5% do?!

Let's move the needle and save local lives at an upcoming blood drive at the Sterling Heights Community Center on May 2 or May 21.

Also, to ensure a successful blood donation, remember to start now and eat iron-rich foods: red meat, chicken, seafood, beans, quinoa, spinach, chickpeas, lentils, peas and pumpkin seeds. Also, vitamin C helps to absorb the iron!

Explore, imagine and create projects in our Maker Art Classes for Teens!

On May 21, our crafty teens will learn to make Wall Art which will consist of creating fun macrame artwork to fancy up your bedroom wall!

Materials are provided for all projects.

Join us for Roller Nights in Dodge Park this summer and enjoy music, skating, and food from local food trucks!

Our special Roller Nights in Dodge Park invite roller skaters/bladers, skateboarders, bikes and more to come out to the Dodge Park Farmers Market Pavilion and skate with live DJ entertainment!

Food Truck Line-up:

• Deer Camp Cafe
• Giggies Yummies

Roller Nights are free to attend. Bring your own skates!

Food trucks are subject to change.

Let's cause a racquet at Delia Park this summer with our Adult Tennis Ladder League!

Players will play a round-robin of three or four doubles matches while rotating partners each week.

We're going full throttle ahead on Friday, May 31 at our Teen Night Out! Our trip will feature high speed go-kart racing, axe-throwing and virtual reality!

Bus will depart for Full Throttle from the Community Center at 5:45 p.m. and return at approximately 9 p.m. Refreshments will be provided.

Come work along side more than 200 Parks and Recreation employees, build friendships, and make a positive impact on our community!

Your future starts with #MYSHPR! Fill out your application today!

Currently Hiring:

• Program Assistant - Nature Center
• Program Assistant - Senior Center
• Building Monitor - Senior Center
• Intern - Parks and Recreation