Elizabeth Marzak, parks and recreation director for the City of Elgin, described recent park upgrades, rental options and a traveling dinosaur exhibit in a segment of the city's 78621 Live podcast. Marzak said Morris Memorial Park includes features intended for all ages, including a "friendship swing" designed so parents and children can swing together and a four-person seesaw.

Marzak said Elgin has five parks totaling about 120 acres and described Morris Memorial Park as a neighborhood park with a duck pond and catch-and-release fishing. She identified park features including ADA-accessible hammocks and a playground completed in 2024.

On events and exhibits, Marzak said the city received a summer grant that will bring the traveling “Dinosaur George” exhibit to the Elgin Recreation Center for a multi-hour community event in late July. "I have known dinosaur George since I was 7 years old and now his traveling museum of 3,000 square feet of dinosaur is coming to the Elgin Recreation Center and that is huge," she said. The podcast states the exhibit will include large skulls, a scavenger hunt, talks with the paleontologist known as Dinosaur George, family hours, low-sensory hours and reserved hours for older adults; staff said the first day of the exhibit is free.

Marzak also outlined rental options at city facilities. She said the recreation center's studio room is the most frequently rented space and is available for events such as weddings, baby showers and birthday parties; the podcast quoted a rental rate of $50 per hour with tables and chair rentals included. City staff encouraged residents to visit the recreation-center front desk for facility tours, a parks map and a newsletter with program schedules.

The segment emphasized inclusive-design amenities and community programming aimed at increasing park use year-round. Listeners were directed to the parks-and-recreation website and the city's social media pages for schedules and booking information.