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Charlestown Township Parks & Recreation Board approves January minutes, hears youth-sports and event updates
Summary
At its Feb. 19, 2026 meeting the Charlestown Township Parks & Recreation Board approved Jan. 15 minutes, heard a Phoenixville-area soccer club report on permits and registration and discussed event assignments and a parking-lot snow policy; the board also agreed to liaison support for the Charlestown Historical Society.
Charlestown Township’s Parks & Recreation Board approved minutes from its Jan. 15, 2026 meeting and reviewed plans for upcoming events, youth-sports activity and park maintenance at its meeting on Feb. 19, 2026.
Stephanie Robinson, the board’s presenter, called the meeting to order at 7:00 p.m. and presented the January minutes. John Kulp moved to approve the minutes; Michael Ridgway seconded. The motion passed 5–0 with two members absent (Scott Ammerman and Cordelia Kane).
Guest Michael McGeehin reported for PASC that the club is working with a local engineering firm to prepare permits for a proposed well and irrigation system intended to improve the grass playing surface at Charlestown Township Park. McGeehin also said Spring registration is open for players ages 3–18 (peewee, recreational and intramural divisions) and Summer registration is open for ages 4–18. He added that weekend soccer use at Charlestown Township Park is expected to increase from early April through the end of May 2026.
Robinson said the board reviewed the preliminary 2026 event calendar but did not assign event "owners" because one member (Cordelia Kane) was absent; the board agreed those assignments will be completed by email. Robinson also addressed a resident complaint that park parking lots were not plowed during a January snowstorm, saying she had consulted the Township Manager and that the township generally does not clear trails or sidewalks during snowstorms and does not plow park parking lots unless the lot serves an adjacent township building, a policy intended to deter trail use in hazardous conditions due to liability concerns.
Under old business Robinson said elements of the township’s 250th celebration are being finalized and the Parks & Recreation Board will assist with arranging food trucks for the event. She also reported that the Woolen Mill will be open on Memorial Day following the board’s Memorial Day event.
In new business J. Pittock of the Charlestown Historical Society presented the society’s spring newsletter and its call for new board members; the society reported declining membership. John Kulp volunteered to serve as the Parks & Recreation liaison to the Historical Society.
With no further business the board adjourned.
