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Park board sets Feb. 28 permit deadline, approves Juneteenth and school fun-run requests
Summary
Fall River City Park Board of Commissioners set a Feb. 28 deadline for 2025 park permit applications and approved requests for a Juneteenth event at Kennedy Park and a two-day fun run at Travazos Park.
The Fall River City Park Board of Commissioners set a February 28 deadline for leagues and regular users to submit 2025 park permit requests and approved two event permits during its Jan. 21 meeting in the City Council hearing room.
Board members said the deadline will allow staff to review applications and bring allocations to the board at the March meeting so high-demand facilities such as Brooklyn Park can be fairly assigned. The board placed the permit letter on file for use in outreach to existing leagues and organizations.
Separately, the board approved a request from the Bristol Black Collaborative to use Kennedy Park for its annual Juneteenth event on June 21, 2025. The board also approved a request from the Espero Santo School to use Travazos Park for a school fun run scheduled for May 21–22, 2025, with rain dates of June 4–5. Parks staff will inspect and clean event areas ahead of activities, and the parks department will coordinate on crowd and site maintenance.
Procedural votes to accept the Nov. 6, 2024 meeting minutes and to accept and place the permit-letter packet on file were also carried. No citizen input was recorded for these agenda items.
Votes at a glance
- Motion to accept minutes of the Nov. 6, 2024 meeting — motion made by Commissioner Rigo; seconded by Commissioner Sicilio; outcome: approved. - Motion to accept and place on file the 2025 park permit request letter (deadline Feb. 28) — motion made by Commissioner Rigo; seconded by Commissioner Sicilio; outcome: placed on file. - Motion to approve Bristol Black Collaborative request for Juneteenth at Kennedy Park (June 21, 2025) — motion made by Commissioner Rigo; seconded by Commissioner Sicilio; outcome: approved. - Motion to approve Espero Santo School request for Travazos Park fun run (May 21–22, 2025; rain dates June 4–5) — motion made by Commissioner Serio; seconded by Commissioner Rigo; outcome: approved.
Board members noted staff will coordinate site checks and cleanup before events and that allocations for high-demand fields will be finalized at the March meeting.
