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Recreation manager: summer programs at capacity, discounted tickets and beer‑garden fundraiser planned
Summary
Recreation staff reported strong youth enrollment, an internship running programming, the return of a discounted statewide attraction ticket program, and a July beer‑garden fundraiser at Bridal Isle to raise park funds.
MUSKEGO — The recreation manager told the Parks and Conservation Committee that youth summer programs are full, adult programming has seen lower participation and the department is restarting a discounted-ticket program to bring revenue back into the office.
Tammy (recreation manager) said the summer camp runs nine weeks at a $725 fee and reported enrollment counts of 90 children at Old Town Hall and 86 at Vets; she said weekly a la carte spots are available and estimated total participation across sites at roughly 217–220 children. “We have a full camp that it meets for 9 weeks. They pay $725 for the 9 weeks,” she said.
Tammy said adult classes remain below previous participation levels — “just, like, a 100 people less than we would normally have” — while youth sports registrations are strong and often have waiting lists. She described an intern, a Muskego native finishing studies at UW–La Crosse, who is running a volleyball class and supervising the Bridal Isle snack shack.
The department has resumed selling discounted attraction tickets through the Wisconsin Park and Recreation Association; Tammy said reduced-price tickets for attractions such as Noah's Ark and the Milwaukee County Zoo are available and that the department keeps $0.75 for each ticket sold. “Great America tickets through us are … like, $30 less than anywhere else, and it includes free parking. So we expect to, have a lot of those sales, and we get 75¢ of every ticket that we sell,” she said.
Staff also announced a beer‑garden fundraiser at Bridal Isle planned for July 24 (a Thursday) with proceeds to benefit park budgets; staff said the event will include music and a boat/kayak float-up to the shore.
Tammy said staff are already working on fall and winter programming and on budget planning. Committee members asked about maintenance funding for a proposed splash pad; Tammy said maintenance will be required if the council approves the splash pad but that a dollar figure is not yet available, and noted the dog park maintenance is about $2,000 per year.
No motions or votes were taken on programming items during the meeting.
