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Needham Park & Rec rolls out Event Manager, reaffirms permit, lights and safety rules

Memorial Park Trustees and Needham Park and Recreation Commission (joint meeting) · February 9, 2026
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Summary

Park and Recreation staff outlined persistent trash problems, a transition to a centralized Event Manager for permits, new lights-request procedures, insurance requirements naming the town, an early-off process with Musco, and imminent AED installations and coach safety training.

Hannah, the town’s Park and Recreation staff member leading field operations, told users the department will move field permit handling to the town’s Event Manager system ahead of fall 2026 and urged user groups to create accounts and upload current certificates of insurance naming the town.

Staff set clear scheduling and lights rules: submit light requests by Thursday at 5 p.m., make monthly lights requests when appropriate, and designate one liaison per organization who…

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