Glendale Parks and Recreation is Nationally Accredited.
CAPRA provides quality assurance and quality improvement of accredited park and recreation agencies throughout the United States. CAPRA is the only national accreditation of park and recreation agencies, and is a valuable measure of an agency’s overall quality of operation, management, and service to the community.
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We are responsible for park maintenance, park planning and the scheduling of 44 facilities including meeting rooms, ramadas, swimming pools, recreation centers and lighted and unlighted sports fields.
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City of Glendale, AARP to Offer Tax Assistance tp Residents
The AARP Foundation will again offer free tax assistance this year at the Glendale Adult Center, 5970 W. Brown St. and at the O’Neil Recreation Center, 6448 W. Missouri Ave.
The Tax-Aide program volunteers will provide free, basic assistance with filing federal and state taxes online. This service is open to anyone, but is primarily aimed at moderate- and low-income people ages 60 and older. View Details
No Butts About It, Cigarettes are Litter Do your part to help keep parks clean
Did you know that cigarette butts are the most frequently littered item? Cigarettes are not biodegradable, and the toxic material migrates into storm drains, along with food and pet waste containing harmful bacteria that should not be entering our watersheds.
So what can you do about it?
Don’t litter! Help remind friends, family members, neighbors not to throw cigarette butts and other trash on the ground, and to pick up dog poop.
See something? Say something. Call Keep Arizona Beautiful’s Litter Hotline when you see someone littering on/near the road. Just get a license plate number. Hotline: 1-877-3LITTER
Glen Lakes Golf Course Now Open!
It's great weather for a golf game! Glen Lakes Golf Course is now open for business. It's a 9-hole executive golf course offering a wide range of golfing activities. Glen Lakes Golf Course is located at 5450 W. Northern Ave. For more information on the course, call 623-930-1113 https://www.glenlakesgolfaz.com/
Glendale's Park & Recreation Division Will Offer Discounts to Veterans, Pilot Discounts for Youth Beginning January 1
The city of Glendale will soon offer discounts to certain groups of residents on parks and recreation fees beginning Jan. 1. The City Council recently approved the new discount program, which will be permanent for one, and a pilot program for the second group.
Veterans that are residents of Glendale will be eligible to receive a 25% discount on parks and recreation fees, such as ramada and other facility rentals, memberships and sports and activity registrations; however, it will not be applicable on the costs of any goods or products, such as concessions.
The second discount will be offered by the city on a pilot program. This discount is for low-to-moderate-income youth. For Glendale residents ages 17 and under, this discount will be given to children of those currently receiving government assistance.
For additional details view the press release or visit https://www.glendaleaz.com/ParksandRecreation/discounts.cfm
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Glendale Parks and Recreation is Nationally Accredited
The Glendale Parks and Recreation Department became one of only 139 agencies in the world to have received national accreditation from the Commission for Accreditation of Park and Recreation Agencies (CAPRA). CAPRA provides quality assurance and quality improvement of accredited park and recreation agencies throughout the United States. CAPRA is the only national accreditation of park and recreation agencies, and is a valuable measure of an agency’s overall quality of operation, management, and service to the community.
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