The Minot Park Board will meet for its monthly meeting Tuesday, February 21st at 5:30 p.m. Park Board meetings take place in room 203 of the Municipal Auditorium and are live-streamed from the Park District’s Youtube channel here. The agenda linked here will be considered.
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Minot Parks Executive Director, Ron Merritt announced his retirement Tuesday at a Special Board Meeting of the Minot Park District. Merritt has been with the Minot Park District since May 2, 1992 when he became a Zoo Keeper at Roosevelt Park Zoo. Merritt became the Director of the Roosevelt Park Zoo in 1998 followed by becoming the Executive
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In the last five years, a craze has taken hold of the country, and it has no tolerance for tennis courts. That craze is pickleball, and the growing popularity is squashing other racquet and paddle games with reckless abandon — so says Kery Murakami with Route Fifty. It’s also leading to economic opportunity, and that
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The Minot Park Board will meet for its monthly meeting Tuesday, January 17th at 5:30 p.m. The Park Board meets in room 203 of the Minot Municipal Auditorium. Park Board meetings are live-streamed through the Park District Youtube page here. The full agenda and board packet can be viewed below.
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The Minot Park Board meets monthly on the third Tuesday. At this most recent meeting, they approved items that move a new pump track design forward near the NW dog park and trail system. In another item, the Park Board voted to convert the Roosevelt Park tennis courts to eight pickleball courts. Jill Schramm with
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Spending an afternoon at the zoo is a Minot privilege we’ve enjoyed for nearly a hundred years. Visit the zoo today and you’ll immediately see the commitment and respect our Zoo staff has for their facility and the animals they’re charged with caring for. It’s in light of our current and future investments at the
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Is the future of outdoor water recreation inflated? This year in Brandon, the answer is yes. Check out this story from the Brandon Sun (pictures included) that shows one neighboring city’s new approach to summer water recreation. Cover image credit goes to Tim Smith of the Brandon Sun.
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What do Middle-earth, the mythological realm of J.R.R. Tolkien, and the Minot Park District’s 5-year planning process have in common? They’re both topics of this week’s #GoodTalkMinot conversations. On our first hour we’re joined by Director Kena Davidson and Actor Cade Solberg. Out topic: the Magic City Playmaker’s upcoming production of The Hobbit. Watch below to
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Do you support the Minot Park District and the City of Minot’s Recreation Department coming together in some form? Comment on why or why not this should be considered and how the work of getting it done should be taken up if you support a combination. [candidate_quotes question=”2018_pb_q7″]
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What metrics or data points do you use to measure the Park District’s performance? Is there information you’d like to see developed to better measure trends within the organization and delivery of the Park District’s mission? [candidate_quotes question=”2018_pb_q5″]
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Should the Park District be a partner to the City of Minot’s proposed NDRC-funded downtown gathering space? If so, to what degree, in what form, and under what conditions? [candidate_quotes question=”2018_pb_q6″]
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From a facility perspective, what’s Minot’s most urgent priority? Map a pathway to delivering this facility politically, financially, and perhaps collaboratively into the community? [candidate_quotes question=”2018_pb_q4″]
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From our reading of the 2018 Park District budget, Roosevelt Park Zoo is expected to operate at an ~$1,000,000 deficit. Operation of MAYSA is expected to cost ~$700k above forecast revenue. Does your reading of the budget affirm those numbers? If not, please explain. If yes, is it appropriate that citizens of Minot bear the
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A mission statement sits at the very core efforts and goals of an organization. In this second question directed to Park Board candidates, we asked them to evaluate the Park District’s mission statement. This is the Park District’s mission statement: “To provide a broad-based opportunity for the citizens of Minot and its visitors to enhance
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The first of The Minot Voice’s Minot Park Board election coverage begins with an executive summary SWOT. SWOT is an acronym for strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats and the analysis is used to help organizations begin a self-assessment. Below you’ll find each Park Board candidate’s brief thoughts on a Minot community and City SWOT. Strengths,
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Between flood protection and NAWS, water-related infrastructure is what we’re going to be paying for Minot for a while. Minot’s Liasion Committee met yesterday, and among the discussion, pieces was how we’re going to meet our financial obligations on these projects. Jill Schramm with the Minot Daily News has the story.
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