The City of Great Falls Animal Shelter is hosting Drool in the Pool on Aug. 27. The City of Great Falls Animal Shelter has teamed up with the Park and Recreation Department for Drool in the Pool. The event is 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Aug. 27 and Electric City Water Park. There will be educational sessions, animal vendors, and
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City Commissioners will consider during their Aug. 2 meeting awarding a $581,700 contract to Winkley Excavating for the first phase of the Missouri River north bank stabilization project. The project is a partnership among the City of Great Falls, Cascade County, Cascade County Conservation District, Recreational Trails, Inc. and NorthWestern Energy. The group identified a 1,440-foot stretch of bank line
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High use at the Pacific Steel and Recycling Trailside Dog Park has caused considerable turf damage to the park. Beginning July 13, the park will be closed for turf repair. During the closure, the park will be fertilized, overseeded and irrigated. It will take about a month for the turf to rejuvenate and recover according to Great Falls Park and
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Great Falls Park and Recreation and the Gibson Park Snack Shack are hosting another movie in the park in Gibson Park on July 16. They’re showing Jurassic World Fallen Kingdom at 9 p.m. in Gibson Park near the bandshell. The movie is free, so grab the lawn chairs or a blanket and take the family to the park for an
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Commissioners voted 4-1 during their July 5 meeting to approve a $91,029.58 change order for the indoor new aquatics and recreation center under construction in Lions Park. It’s the second change order to the $18 million contract and includes: plan review fee, city’s responsibility: $45,516.32 permit review, civil changes: $10,069 structural and plumbing revisions per city plan review: $16,010.29 architectural,
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City staff are recommending $91,029.58 worth of changes to the new indoor aquatics and recreation center currently under construction in Lions Park. During their July 5 meeting, commissioners will consider a second change order to the $18 million contract. Those changes include: plan review fee, city’s responsibility: $45,516.32 permit review, civil changes: $10,069 structural and plumbing revisions per city plan
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City staff are recommending that the City Commission approve the use of $200,000 of Community Development Block Grant funds to convert the baby book at the Electric City Water Park into a splash pad. Commissioners will consider the request during their July 5 meeting. GFFR requesting CDBG funds to purchase new ambulance The baby pool currently has several mechanical and
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The Jaycee and Water Tower pools open June 20 for the season. The pools will be open 1-5:45 p.m. The fees for the entire complex, which includes the pool, slides and spray parks, are $3.50 for adults, $2.50 for youth (3-17), one child 2 and under is free with a paying adult, additional children 2 and under are $1.50. A 10-visit
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The city has been approached by Dish wireless with a request to install cell phone towers in a Dudley Anderson Park. The city was initially approached last year and the proposal was brought to the Park and Recreation Advisory Board in the fall. At the time, the board wasn’t supportive of cell towers in parks. During their May meeting, the
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During their June 7 meeting, City Commissioners will consider awarding a $55,643 contract for repairs at the Lions Park tennis courts. The Lions Park tennis courts are in very poor condition, according to the city Park and Recreation Department. City reinvesting savings from park district projects into other Park and Rec improvements [2020] “After doing extensive research and analysis, it
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