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Parks and Community Services
The Parks and Community Services manages and provides maintenance
services for City Parks and Facilities, and provides a wide range of
recreation activities, programs and
services throughout the community.
The Services We Provide
The Moreno Valley Parks and Community Services Department:
- Maintains over 352 acres of parks, trails, and park facilities including the Senior Community Center and over 195 programs and services offered to youth and adults.
- Annually provides 79 youth programs, 88 Senior programs, and 31 adult programs.
- Maintains and operates 30 parks/facilities; including 20 lighted sports fields and 4 lighted school district sports fields; servicing an estimated 417,180 Moreno Valley youth and adults annually for baseball, softball, and soccer play.
- Coordinates special community events, including Youthfest, Jamfest, Tour de Moreno Valley, Halloween Haunted House, and the City's Easter Egg Hunt.
- Coordinates the City's July 4th parade and Family Fun Fest, serving 35,000 participants.
- Operates 10 after-school programs - 9 elementary and 1 middle school.
- Coordinates sports facility reservations for 38 school sites.
- Operates eight after-school middle school sports programs in the Moreno Valley and Val Verde Unified School Districts, serving an estimated 1,500 youth.
- Assists Moreno Valley nonprofit sports organizations in hosting regional and national sports tournaments, resulting in a positive economic impact to Moreno Valley business.
- Operates Park Ranger Program, providing for a safer recreational environment.
- Coordinates the production of the Soaring Magazine, delivered to Moreno Valley residents as well as incorporating a video element through MVTV-3. The department also provides information on the City's Web site, maximizing our information to Moreno Valley residents.
- Member of the California Parks and Recreation Society.
Accomplishments
- Acquired more than 70 acres of open space including facilities at March Air Reserve Base for public recreation programs and services.
- Awarded a $450,000 grant by the State Department of Education (funding renewable each year) for after-school child care programs.
- Recipient of the Southern California Municipal Athletic Federations "1997 Gold Shield Award" for providing outstanding leadership.
- "Rated Number One in Riverside County for Family Recreation" by the Press-Enterprise newspaper.
- Recipient of the "1998 Project of the Year Award" for the Canyon Springs Public Golf Club.
- Recipient of the 17th City Hall Public Information Award for excellence in the publications category for the Moreno Valley Recreation Guide & City NewsLine .
Contacts
- Michael McCarty
Parks and Community Services Director.
951.413.3280
Fax: 951.413.3719
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