Deputy Director of Community Services Ryan Stanton and Community Services Director Brook Adie with a $4,000 check from Rotary to install shades at the pickleball court.
Celebrating a busy first year in her position as the Douglas County Community Services Director Brook Adie shared with the Minden Rotary Club a little about her department and the current capital projects in the works.
The Community Services Department is responsible for various divisions including Parks, Recreation, Animal Control, Social Services, Noxious Weed Control, DART transportation, two preschools, Community Health Clinic, Senior Services, the Public Guardian and the Public Administrator’s office and the new Cultural and Performing Arts Community Center.
Deputy Director of Community Services Ryan Stanton shared an update on the current capital projects:
• The Splash Pad located at the TRE Community Center which is a partnership between Douglas County and the Carson Valley Swim Center should begin construction this summer.
• The Fairgrounds Bleacher project will add 12 rows with 304 seats and six wheelchair spaces. These bleachers are three separate, but mobile units that could be moved to the Community Center for a pickleball tournament or a big event at one of the parks. The bleachers should be installed at the fairgrounds in late Summer or early Fall.
• An emergency generator is installed at the Animal Shelter using a grant from the State Department of Emergency Management and construction on a new cat facility will begin this summer.
• A playground at Stodick Park will replace the old equipment through a land/water conservation grant. The new playground is specifically designed to be inclusive for kids of all abilities.
• A feasibility study is in progress for an Indoor-Equestrian Center at the Fairgrounds similar to the Fallon Indoor Center as well as a land use site study for the 600+ BLM acres in the area adjacent to the Fairgrounds.
• Design for the 60-acre Denmar parcel for a rural park and flood mitigation.
• Working on an operating agreement with the Carson Valley Arts Council for the operation of the movie theater complex and the Cultural and Performing Arts Community Center.
The pickleball courts at the Community and Senior Center were spotlighted. Thanks to community participation at a Super Bowl Pancake Breakfast, the Minden Rotary Club (and pickleball players) raised and presented a check for $4,000 to help fund sun shelter and shades to cover the pickleball courts. These shades are 12-by-12-foot and 8-feet tall and will cost more than $10,000 each.
Minden Rotary meets 11:30 a.m. Thursdays at the COD Casino Garage in downtown Minden.