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Auburn parks and recreation touts teen center, mountain‑bike park and free youth bike programs
Summary
Parks officials described a teen center with school busing, a newly built 5‑acre mountain‑bike park at Cedar Lanes, grant‑funded bike‑to‑school programs and summer recreation that served more than 1,200 people.
Parks and recreation staff promoted youth programs and outdoor amenities they said keep young people active and engaged while supporting mental and physical health.
The department said Auburn has 33 developed parks and highlighted the Teen Center at Les Gove Park and the community center, which serves middle- and high-school students and receives bus service from district middle schools. The Teen Center offers supervised drop‑in activities, structured programming and a monthly late‑night Friday program for teens.
Parks staff described recent investments in biking infrastructure supported by more than $300,000 in grants, including a mountain‑bike park at Cedar Lanes with a pump track and about five acres of trails and skills areas; staff said the fleet now includes over 100 mountain bikes used for teaching riding skills and trail use. The department said it served more than 300 preschool and transitional‑kindergarten children in balance‑bike instruction and ran a Summer Ride program last year that drew over 1,200 participants to twice‑weekly drop‑in mountain‑bike sessions.
Staff also described a new grant-funded program introduced this week to teach middle- and high-school students cycling as transportation; the presentation named the program as "Bridal Revolution" and said it is funded through the Washington Clean Air Act via a WSDOT grant. Staff said participants build their bikes during the course and receive a bike, helmet, lock and light on completion so they can use cycling for school or work commutes.
Parks officials provided recreation guides and encouraged residents to check the department website or stop by for more program details and schedules.
