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North Las Vegas parks staff lists April events, tree giveaways, Earth Day activities and community openings
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Summary
City recreation staff detailed a busy April calendar including tree giveaways, multiple Easter extravaganazas, Celtic Festival, Funk Explosion concert, Earth Day plantings and shredding, a mariachi competition, Fiesta in the Park, and a Kyle Ranch Orchard ribbon-cutting
City of North Las Vegas park and recreation staff reviewed a full slate of April events and community outreach at the Parks, Arts, Recreation and Culture Advisory Board meeting on April 8.
Erin Reiseward, park project manager, listed upcoming items: a tree giveaway at Prentice Walker Park on April 12 at 9 a.m.; an Easter extravaganza at Neighborhood Recreation Center on April 12 at 10 a.m.; the Las Vegas Celtic Festival (also described as the Highland Games) at Craig Ranch Regional Park on April 12; Funk Explosion at the amp at Craig Ranch on April 12 from 6 to 10 p.m.; an Easter Egg 3K at Craig Ranch on April 18 at 10 a.m.; Earth Day tree and shrub plantings at Deer Springs Park on April 19 and at Desert Horizons Park on April 26 from 8 a.m. to 11 a.m.; a mariachi competition at Craig Ranch Regional Park AMP on April 26 from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.; Fiesta in the Park at Craig Ranch AMP on April 27 from 4 to 10 p.m.; and a Kyle Ranch Orchard ribbon cutting at Kyle Ranch Park on April 30 at 10 a.m.
Reiseward said the tree giveaway numbers were not finalized at the meeting and that residents should check the city website; she noted the previous giveaway distributed about 100 trees but did not confirm the exact number for the April event. The city also announced an Earth Day shredding event at City Hall parking lot on April 22 from 9 a.m. to 11 a.m.; staff said there is a two-box limit per household.
Board members asked for updates on related planning matters. Chairperson Sandra Ward and others requested that staff invite the city planning division to brief the advisory board about Tule Springs East, a roughly 5,000-acre collection of parcels the Bureau of Land Management currently manages and that the city has solicited public input on; Reiseward said parks, trails and green space are expected to be integral to future planning and that she would seek a planning-division presentation at a future meeting. Members also asked for an update on a proposed science/children’s park near the north end of the city; staff said that item could be scheduled for a future update.
The event announcements were informational; no board action was required or taken at the meeting.
