Narberth Parks & Recreation committee approves planning for April movie night, September food-truck festival

NARBERTH, Pa. — The Narberth Parks & Recreation committee voted Jan. 14 to proceed with planning for an outdoor movie night on April 26, 2025, and a food-truck festival targeted for the weekend of Sept. 20, 2025, while directing staff to confirm scheduling with borough staff and the council.

The committee said the movie night would tentatively begin at 7:30 p.m. at the gazebo (with a 7:45 p.m. projection target), and members discussed backup technical plans including renting a vendor to provide screen, projector and sound, borrowing a library projector, or using an inflatable screen. Committee member Rebecca Moore proposed bundling multiple park activities into a single “Narberth Parks Day” and said the aim is to “get more of the community involved in, knowledgeable about our parks, and in making it a more playful environment,” language she used during the meeting.

Why it matters: Committee members framed both events as community-activation tools that can introduce residents to Narberth’s parks and to the borough’s forthcoming Master Parks Plan, which committee members…