St. Joseph Parks and Recreation Department

Our speaker, Bethany Ballard, the Manager of the St. Joseph Parks and Recreation Department. grew up in Indianapolis and graduated from Taylor University. She took over the Parks and Recreation job this spring.

Her role as Parks and Recreation Manager is to collaborate with other area organizations. This would include: 

• Movies in the Park. She added a petting zoo to the movie, “Zootopia.” 
• Recreation. New sports leagues. 
• Community Events. Like Truck or Treat; Candycane Lane. 
• Special Events. She started “Yoga on the Bluff.” 
• Municipal Band. Summer Send-off. 
• Howard Ice Arena. Opens for the season on Sat., Nov. 21st, weather permitting. Will have a “Skate with the Irish” event Jan. 4th. Introduce Curling? 

Bethany’s goals are to grow and improve existing programs, more year-round programs and work together with organizations and businesses, like Kiwanis.