It’s spooky season! Join Parks & Recreation for a scarily good time with community Halloween events on October 25 & 26.

On Friday, October 25, dress your best for a free Halloween Skate from 7 – 8:30 p.m. at Treadwell Arena. Come in costume for a chance to win prizes! Skate rentals are included—just be aware they’re available first-come, first-served. This event is generously sponsored by Juneau Pediatric Dentistry.

Then on Saturday, October 26, give yourself the shivers with a dive-in movie at Dimond Park Aquatic Center. “The Nightmare Before Christmas” (PG) will show at 6:15 p.m. thanks to the generous sponsorship of Glacier Pediatrics. Locker rooms open at 6 p.m. and guests are welcome to queue in the lobby. Please be aware that space is limited, with a maximum of 100 guests. Regular pool admission applies for this event, and pool passes are accepted.

For more information, contact Parks & Recreation at (907) 586-5226 or [email protected].

Join CBJ Parks & Recreation and Corvus Design for a public open house on Wednesday, October 30 to talk about draft updates to the commercial use strategy for CBJ parks and trails. Stop by the Dimond Park Field House any time between 5 p.m. and 7 p.m. to join the conversation.

CBJ Parks & Recreation is partnering with Corvus Design to develop a thoughtful and strategic approach to commercial recreation on lands and trails managed by Parks & Rec. Following several months of evaluation, including neighborhood meetings and community input, CBJ partner Corvus Design has completed a draft plan that will shortly be available for review and comment.

At the open house, you’ll be able to read over the overall document, learn more about guidelines in your neighborhood, and submit a comment card. The open house will include stations for each neighborhood area—Douglas Island, Downtown and Thane, Twin Lakes and Lemon Creek, Mendenhall Valley and Auke Bay, and Out the Road—where you’ll be able to look over neighborhood-specific draft permitting guidelines and chat with Parks & Rec and Corvus staff.

If you can’t make the open house or have more thoughts to add at a later date, you’ll be able to submit your comments online from October 23 to November 8—keep an eye on the project page for links to download the plan online and submit comments.

Over the last several months, Parks & Rec and Corvus have held several neighborhood meetings to gather input from the community as they work to develop an updated strategy. Current regulations are over twenty years old and do not reflect new CBJ-managed parks and trails and new types of recreation use. This plan will evaluate City-managed parklands and trails for commercial use, recommending locations, restrictions, carrying capacities, intensity of use, and adaptive management guidelines, while also serving as a guideline reflective of community input and priorities for commercial recreation.

For more information about the project, visit the Commercial Recreation Use Analysis project page.

For questions, please contact Parks & Recreation at (907) 586-5226 or [email protected].