INCLUDES JUNIPER SWIM & FITNESS CENTER, winter-spring 2018 THE PAVILION, BEND SENIOR CENTER & THE ART STATION playbookyour discover riley ranch creative play nature reserve at the art station go wild! in natural play areas park & trail projects in the works CONTACT US phone: (541) 389-7275 email: [email protected] website: bendparksandrec.org ADMINISTRATION & RECREATION SERVICES winter-spring 2018 799 SW Columbia Street • p. (541) 389-7275 Welcome to “Your Playbook.” You’re invited Bienvenido a su Revista de Actividades Mon. - Fri. 8:00 am - 5:00 pm to play, learn and thrive in the many recreation Recreativas “Playbook.” Los invitamos a Administration will be closed: Jan. 1 - New Year, Jan. 15 - MLK Jr. programs, facilities, parks and trails available participar, aprender y crecer de manera sana Day, Feb. 19 - President’s Day, May 28 - Memorial Day to you this season. Whether you are one, one en muchos de los programas de recreación, THE ART STATION hundred or somewhere in between, the centros de recreación, parques y senderos Bend Park & Recreation District is your disponibles durante esta estación del año. 313 SW Shevlin Hixon Dr. • p. (541) 389-7275 place for play. Bend Park & Recreation District es el lugar Open for scheduled programs and open studio hours. See schedule online. para su recreación ya sea para una persona, cientos o menos. BEND SENIOR CENTER 1600 SE Reed Market Rd. • p. (541) 388-1133 VISION STATEMENT: To be a leader in FOLLOW US: building a community connected to nature, Mon. - Thurs. 7:30 am - 7:00 pm Facebook - Bend Park & Recreation District, active lifestyles and one another. Fridays 7:30 am - 4:00 pm Juniper Swim & Fitness Center, The Pavilion, Saturdays 9:00 am - 3:00 pm MISSION STATEMENT: To strengthen Bend Whitewater Park, Art Station and Bend Senior Center. Holiday hours and special events: See page 31. community vitality and foster healthy, enriched lifestyles by providing exceptional park and Twitter - Bend Park & Rec (@bendparksandrec) recreation services. JUNIPER SWIM Instagram - bendparks (@bendparks) & FITNESS CENTER BOARD OF DIRECTORS: Nathan Hovekamp, Chair • Brady Fuller, Vice- INCLUSION: The Bend Park & Recreation 800 NE 6th Street • p. (541) 389-7665 Chair • Ellen Grover • Ted Schoenborn • Lauren District is committed to making all of our programs, facilities, services and activities Mon. - Fri. 5:15 am - 9:00 pm Sprang accessible to everyone. If you feel that you or Saturdays 7:00 am - 6:00 pm your child may require auxiliary aid or special Sundays 9:00 am - 6:00 pm BUDGET COMMITTEE: Thomas Fisher • Larry Kimmel • Joanne accommodations to participate, please let us Holiday hours and special events: See page 19. Matthews • Ariel Mendez • Brian Thorsness know at the time of registration. We will work with you in order to make safe and respectful EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR: accommodations. For more information or an THE PAVILION Don Horton • (541) 706-6101 activity assessment, please contact Therapeutic 1001 SW Bradbury Way • p. (541) 389-7588 [email protected] Recreation at (541) 706-6121. Office Hours 8:00 am - 8:00 pm, daily ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES DIRECTOR: SERVICIOS AL ALCANCE DE LA Hours subject to change. Lindsey Lombard • (541) 706-6109 Holiday hours and special events: See page 27. [email protected] COMUNIDAD LATINA / LATINO OUTREACH SERVICES: Comuníquese con PLANNING & PARK SERVICES Kathya al Tel. (541) 706-6190. Horarios de oficina Juniper Swim & Fitness Center: Lunes, PARK SERVICES DIRECTOR: 1675 SW Simpson Ave. • p. (541) 388-5435 Michelle Healy • (541) 706-6113 miércoles y viernes de 2:30 a 7:00 pm y los [email protected] martes de 9:00 am a 1:00 pm en las Oficinas del Mon. - Fri. 7:30 am - 4:00 pm Distrito (en Old Mill District). Park Services will be closed: Jan. 1 - New Year, Jan. 15 - MLK Jr. RECREATION SERVICES DIRECTOR: Contact: Kathya Avila p. (541) 706-6190. Matt Mercer • (541) 706-6103 Day, Feb. 19 - President’s Day, May 28 - Memorial Day Office hours: Juniper Swim & Fitness Center [email protected] Mondays, Wednesdays & Fridays, 2:30 – 7:00 pm District Office: Tuesdays, 9:00 am to 1:00 pm On the Cover: An Art Station instructor demonstrates technique to students during a relief printing class. 2 Photo credit: Greg Kleinert. SHARING THE WHAT’S INSIDE LOVE OF PLAY INTRODUCTION Contact Us ..................................................................2 Letter from the Executive Director .....................3 If getting outdoors more often is on your list for 2018, we have a handful of new parks and a very important new natural area to explore. This fall we celebrated the opening of Rockridge NEWS & HIGHLIGHTS .........................4 - 15 Park and had a surprise from a Lava Ridge Elementary School teacher and students who shared encouraging notes about the park adjacent to the school. We return the thanks to our friends at REGISTRATION, FEES & PASSES Bend-La Pine Schools who have been great partners for decades. Fees & Passes ....................................................16 - 17 In the final weeks of the year, we finished and opened Eagle Park, Stone Creek Park, and a How to Register .......................................................18 renovated Hillside Park. We also opened our first nature reserve at Riley Ranch. FACILITIES & SWIMMING Riley Ranch Nature Reserve is unlike anything else in the District and I hope you enjoy it Juniper Swim & Fitness Center ....................19 - 21 as much as I do. It may be hard to believe that the area was once slated for 2,000 homes, Adult Swimming...................................................... 22 commercial uses, schools and more roads. Instead of building that vision, our community chose to go another direction allowing the District to purchase the area as a Youth Swimming & Fitness ..........................23 - 26 part of the 2012 bond program and use of System Development Charges. The Pavilion .....................................................27 - 30 The District formed a Citizens Advisory Committee that helped us create Bend Senior Center ........................................31 - 35 the vision for this spectacular park. Our goals for Riley Ranch are to protect and enhance wildlife habitat, facilitate nature-based recreation and educate ADULT RECREATION and inspire visitors. The ability to have a serene connection to nature can’t Adult Art ...........................................................36 - 44 be overstated in our busy lives, so take an afternoon to explore Riley Ranch. Adult Activities ...............................................45 - 53 While these completed projects tell us where we’ve been, another effort is Adult Outdoor .................................................54 - 57 informing where we’re heading. Our comprehensive planning effort will serve as our road map Adult Fitness & Wellness ............................. 58 - 64 for the next ten years and it’s nearing its finish line. The input from thousands of community members has been a wonderful indicator of how important recreation is to life in Bend. Look Adult Sports ................................................... 65 - 68 for updates this spring and summer as we prioritize our work on trails, parks and recreation opportunities. THERAPEUTIC RECREATION Youth Therapeutic Recreation ...................69 - 70 Thank you for another great season! Adult Therapeutic Recreation ....................70 - 72 YOUTH RECREATION Young Children ...............................................73 - 75 Don Horton, Executive Director Youth Art ..........................................................76 - 82 [email protected] Youth Activities ..............................................83 - 94 Youth Sports .................................................95 - 105 LOCATIONS & PARKS Program Locations ...............................................108 At the opening of Rockridge Park, students from Lava Renting a Park or Facility ...................................109 Ridge Elementary School gave Park Features & Locations ..........................110 - 111 handwritten notes thanking BPRD for the new community park. For more information, call (541) 389-7275 • bendparksandrec.org • Park and location lists on pages 108 - 111 3 As Bend grows, so does your Riley Ranch park and trail system. To support our community’s needs, the Nature Reserve District is adding new parks and trails while also updating COMPLETED aging facilities, parks and trails. Together, these various projects Designed to preserve its unique have been a steady stream for natural features and wildlife making several years and kept staff busy habitat, Riley Ranch Nature with land purchases, project Reserve is a 184-acre nature design, public outreach to gather park in northwest Bend with input, and construction to turn visitor facilities including trails, plans into amenities for the overlooks, interpretive displays places and parking. To limit impacts community. to the reserve’s special features Currently, there are more than and inhabitants, restrictions on a dozen projects underway – dogs, bikes and large groups funded by the 2012 bond or by are in place at Riley Ranch. to play other District resources. Construction is completed and BOND-FUNDED the park is now open. PROJECTS: Learn more about Riley Ranch All the bond-funded projects on pages 12 - 13. are either completed or at some Deschutes River Trail level of design, engineering, construction and/or land acquisition. • Bend Whitewater Park - Deschutes River Trail projects