The Flume Trail will remain closed due to landslide damage over the weekend. Repairs are estimated to take about a month. Please follow all posted closure signs.
If you have any questions, please contact the Parks and Recreation Dept. at 586-5226 Monday through Friday, 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
The Flume Trail will be closed to recreational access between the months of April and September 2019 while repairs are underway by AEL&P. For more information about the closure, check out the link below.
The Zach Gordon Youth Center is hosting an all-day Coaches Summit on November 9 at Juneau-Douglas High School: Yadaa.at Kalé, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. The 2019 Coaches Summit: Connect. Play. Change The Game provides a day of professional development and connection for youth coaches in Juneau and around Southeast Alaska. If you’re interested in presenting at the summit, workshop proposals are due October 9.
The goal of the summit is to give coaches the tools for creating sports programs that both support youth in connecting, growing, and competing, and enhance youths’ lives moving into the future. The keynote speaker is John O’Sullivan, founder of the Changing The Game Project and author of several books on coaching youth sports. A leader in the field of youth sports, O’Sullivan is nationally recognized for his focus on fun and healthy competition over winning.
To present at the summit, submit a workshop proposal by Wednesday, October 9. Areas of interest include trauma-informed coaching, culturally responsive coaching, creating positive relationships with families, identifying substance abuse in youth, program management, behavior management, and inclusive coaching for youth with disabilities.
Registration to attend the Coaches Summit is currently open.
For more information, contact City and Borough of Juneau Youth Services Manager Jorden Nigro at 907-586-0456 or [email protected].
Beginning Friday, October 4, the Marine Park Plaza will be open for seasonal parking to all Marine Parking Garage permit holders. Parking at the plaza will be available through Friday, April 17.
In order to park in the Plaza, drivers must purchase a Marine Parking Garage parking permit, which allows parking in the Marine Parking Garage, as well as the Marine Park Plaza. Permits can be purchased downtown at the Parks & Recreation office, located in Room 218 of City Hall.
Parking at the Plaza will be available on a first-come first-served basis, and parking is prohibited between the hours of 2 a.m. and 6 a.m., to accommodate snow removal needs.
For more information, please contact Parks and Recreation at 586-5226 Monday through Friday, 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
Park rangers are removing the Auke Lake buoys today, September 26th. The gate at the launch ramp will remain open until further notice. Please obey the no wake zones near the launch ramp and at the north end of the lake. The no motorized vessel closures that are 100 feet from the eastern lakeshore and 300 feet from the western shore remain in effect. Refer to the map near the launch ramp or at http://www.juneau.org/parkrec/documents/2017AukeBrochure.pdf for a complete list of lake regulations.
For more information, contact Parks & Recreation at 586-5226 or [email protected].