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Parks staff outline 2024 wrap-up and 2025 plans for Paddle Gahanna, market and volunteer expansion
Summary
Parks and recreation staff reported 2024 program statistics, grant awards and 2025 plans including Paddle Gahanna rentals, a revived Gahanna Market at Creekside, new boating-safety equipment funded by an ODNR grant, Swaco recycling equipment, and efforts to grow the volunteer program.
Recreation staff presented a year-end wrap-up of 2024 special events and paddle programming and described plans for 2025, including a new Gahanna market at Creekside Plaza, volunteer program expansion and grant-funded equipment purchases.
Recreation Superintendent Brian introduced Chelsea Hepart, recreation supervisor, and Tyler Wilson, special events coordinator, who delivered the presentation. Chelsea summarized seasonal staffing and paddle-program metrics, and Tyler outlined plans for a revived Gahanna Market at Creekside Plaza that will run monthly from June through September.
Chelsea said the paddle program and seasonal staffing were up in 2024. "I've been with the city for about almost 3 years now," she said while introducing herself and the team. Staff reported 22 seasonal team…
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