The Dimond Park Field House will be open for modified evening and weekend track hours beginning Tuesday, September 3. The new September track hours are as follows:

Daytime Hours

• Monday through Friday: 9 a.m. – 1 p.m.
• Sunday: 12 p.m. – 2 p.m.

Evening Hours

• Monday – Thursday: 6 p.m. – 8 p.m.
• Friday: 7 p.m. – 9 p.m.
• Sunday: 5 p.m. – 9 p.m.

The Field House will expand winter evening and weekend track hours in October.

To check the daily calendar or see rental and admissions information, visit the Field House website. Monthly, annual, or punch passes are available for purchase online under the Field House tab. You can also purchase a single-use pass at the front desk.

If you have any questions, please contact Dimond Park Field House at (907) 364-3734 or [email protected].

Registration for Parks & Recreation’s Start Smart Sports (ages 3-5) opens Monday, August 26 at noon. Register online under the “Youth & Teen” tab.

There are 23 spots available and registration is first come, first served. All registrations received after the session is full will be placed on a waitlist.

Start Smart Sports sessions will take place on Saturdays from 9-10 a.m. from September 7 through October 12. The program will meet at the Dimond Park Field House September 7-28 and at Floyd Dryden Gymnasium October 5-12.

The program costs $40 plus tax and includes a Start Smart tee shirt. Scholarships are available; complete the online form to apply. If you have any scholarship questions, contact Amanda Lovejoy at (907) 586-2635 ext. 4156 or [email protected].

The Start Smart Sports program prepares children for the world of organized sports without the threat of competition or the fear of getting hurt. Children work with an adult in their lives to learn the basic skills of sports: kicking, dribbling, throwing, batting and agility. Adults are active participants in the program.

For more information, visit the program website, or contact Recreation Coordinator Eric Moots at [email protected] or (907) 586-2635.

The Rotary Clubs of Juneau will celebrate the completion of the new Fish Creek Park shelter with a ribbon-cutting on Wednesday, August 21 at 6 p.m. The community is invited to join for a first look at the newest addition to Juneau’s outdoor recreation facilities.

The shelter is located just off the Fish Creek Park parking lot at 11100 North Douglas Highway. Former Juneau Rotary Club president Jamie Waste, Rotary District 5010 Governor Brenda Shelden, Mayor Beth Weldon, and Juneau Park Foundation board member John Pugh will say a few words at the event.

The shelter will be open for use on a first-come, first-served basis for the rest of the summer and available for reservations beginning this fall.

The Fish Creek Park shelter is the latest joint Juneau Rotary project, selected each year by the Rotary Clubs of Juneau—Juneau Rotary, Juneau-Gastineau Rotary, Glacier Valley Rotary, and 58° Innovators—to benefit the community. The opportunity was identified through the CBJ Parks & Recreation Master Plan.

The shelter was completed thanks to the labor of over 40 Rotary volunteers and generous donations of materials, services, and funding from:

• Alaska Marine Lines
• Benito and Frances Gaguine Foundation
• Icy Straits Lumber
• Juneau Community Foundation
• Juneau Parks Foundation
• Juneau Rotary Clubs
• Rotary District 5010

Perseverance Trail will be closed from 7 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Monday, August 19 (weather permitting) while helicopter crews transport construction material for Gold Creek bridge along the Perseverance Trail corridor.

During the closure, Coastal Helicopters will sling loads of material from the Last Chance Basin parking lot at the end of Basin Road to the bridge construction site on Gold Creek, 2.5 miles up Perseverance Trail from the trailhead parking lot.

Access to Perseverance Trail will reopen in the afternoon. The trail remains closed from the Granite Creek intersection to the Upper Red Mill juncture until installation of the new bridge is complete. Please follow signed detours and avoid the construction site for the safety of yourself and others.

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

Early bird registration for Parks & Recreation’s youth indoor soccer (ages 5 to 14) opens Monday, August 12. Early bird registration runs through August 25 and costs $55 + tax. Starting August 26, registration costs increase to $65 + tax. Register online (look under “Youth & Teen”) starting August 12 at 8 a.m.

Scholarships are available; complete the online form to apply. If you have any scholarship questions, contact Recreation Coordinator Amanda Lovejoy at (907) 586-2635 ext. 4156 or [email protected].

The season runs from October through mid-December. Generally, kids will practice one night a week, Monday through Friday between 6 p.m. and 8 p.m. Games will take place on Saturdays between 9 a.m. and 3 p.m.

There will be coed and girls divisions for youth ages 5-10 and coed only for ages 11-14. Younger divisions (by age and/or location) may be combined if numbers are low. Kids must turn 5 years old by November 1, 2024, in order to play. Parks & Recreation will not accommodate coach requests.

For more information, contact Recreation Coordinator Amanda Lovejoy at [email protected]  or (907) 586-2635 ext. 4156.