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Pleasant Grove marks Cook Family Park opening with ribbon cutting, demonstrations and evening drone show
Summary
Pleasant Grove will open Cook Family Park on June 7 with a 10:00 a.m. ribbon cutting, family demonstrations and a 10:00 p.m. drone show; city staff described staffing, parking and safety plans for an event expected to draw thousands.
Mayor Guy L. Fugal and City Administrator Scott Darrington led a briefing on the Cook Family Park opening scheduled for Saturday, June 7, which includes a 10:00 a.m. program and ribbon cutting, a pump track demonstration at 11:00 a.m., a futsal demo at 11:30 a.m., a BYU Dunk Team performance at noon, and a drone show at 10:00 p.m. Administrator Scott Darrington said city staff expect “thousands of people” to attend and confirmed there will be crossing guards, police directing traffic and an on-site ambulance.
Public Works Director Neal Winterton and Recreation Director Megan Zollinger described logistics: reserved Council parking on 600 West, internal maps for staff staging, five food-truck stations with RV pedestals, and special seating for elderly attendees. Zollinger noted recent pool attendance as context, reporting the pool capacity is about 698 and that “on Memorial Day there were a little over 4,000 people throughout the day.” The city emphasized that the drone storyboard includes a strawberry motif and that staff will publish event notices to minimize street- and parking-related disruptions.
