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ICE FISHING DERBY CANCELLED

The Ice Fishing Derby scheduled for Saturday, 2/11/23, has been cancelled due to the weather forecast for the week before. With temperatures in the 40's, the ice may not safe.  Please join us for the Soup Cook-off still planned for 02/11/2023. Hope to see you there.

❄️❄️WINTERFEST / SOUP COOK-OFF 2023 @ Kennedy Park ❄️❄️

The 4th Annual Soup Cook-off will be held on Saturday, February 11, 2023 from 11:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m.  Registration and soup setup begins at 10:00 a.m.  

Prizes will be awarded for the 1st, 2nd & 3rd place participants.

​Restaurants and individuals are encouraged to submit entries.  

There is no fee to enter, the public is charged a $5 fee per person to sample all the soups and vote for favorite(s). 

Welcome to the FOREST CITY PARKS & RECREATION PAGE

There's much to see here. So, take your time, look around, and learn all there is to know about us. We hope you enjoy our site & drop us a line. Anyone wishing to sponsor or participate in any of our events should contact us at fcparksrec@gmail.com 

PARKS & RECREATION ADVISORY BOARD

Parks & Recreation Board Members

Parks & Recreation Advisory Board Meetings

Parks & Recreation Advisory Board Meetings

BOARD MEMBERS

Kathy Murphy Kernoschak - Chair/Treasurer

Valance Miller - Co-Chair

Deanna Flood - Secretary

Jim Richards  

Barbara Mihelc  

Mark Novak  

Rudy Peterka 

Brett Pelick 


Council Rep: Nick Cost  



 Anyone wishing to sponsor or participate in any of our events should contact us at fcparksrec@gmail.com 

Parks & Recreation Advisory Board Meetings

Parks & Recreation Advisory Board Meetings

Parks & Recreation Advisory Board Meetings

 PUBLIC MEETING AT KENNEDY PARK

MONDAY, AUGUST 29, 2022- 7:00 P.M. at Kennedy Park.

Future meetings will be held the last Monday of every month - location to be announced.

These are public meetings, all are welcome to attend.  Please join us!

Anyone wishing to sponsor any of our events should contact us at fcparksrec@gmail.com

VOLUNTEERS

Nick Cost

Dave Pelick

Josh Faatz

Joe & Adam Malinowski

Andy & Niki Wagner

Rob & Meg Neubert

Bob Finnerty

Nichole Gordon

Dom Jonas

Mike Flood

FOREST CITY PARKS & RECREATION ADVISORY BOARD

Final meeting for 2023

There will be no meeting for FC PARKS AND RECREATION for the month of September , the next and final meeting of the 2022 season will be October 24th 7:00pm FC borough building ,2nd floor. Meetings will  resume January 23rd , 2023 and the 2023 meeting schedule will be announced then. 

Thank to everyone who supports us. 

2022 FALL AT KENNEDY PARK - photo courtesy of Tim Madden

2022 HALLOWEEN AT K.P.

  

Winners of the FC PARKS & RECREATION Trunk or Treat Costume contest were: 

SPOOKIEST - 1. Eleanor O’Brien - 2. Colette Dietz

MOST UNUSUAL - 1. Michael Harns - 2. Madison Harris

GROUP - 1. O’Brien Family - 2. Eleanor & Margo Silas Robinson

MOST ORIGINAL - 1. Raelynn Plevyak - 2. Austin Miller Armstrong 

PRETTIEST - 1. Sedona Myer - 2. ? 

We would like to say THANK YOU to our sponsors of the trunk or treat for their generous donations: Kartri Sales, Birchtown Stables & The Roasted Beast, also to all who decorated their trunks and supported us , thank you all so much.                      ALL THE TRUNKS WERE AWESOME !

Big thank you for all that came out, great turnout of over 500 kids in 2 hours 🎃😊🎃

And last but not least,  those who made this all possible, our volunteers for the event, 

Barbara Mihelc , Deanna Flood, Jim Richards, Joe and Adam Malinowski, Amanda Christison, Rudy Peterka, Kathy Murphy, Josh Faatz, Tom Prince  & Dave Pelick, GREAT JOB!

NEW BRIDGE AT KENNEDY PARK

  

We like to give a BIG THANK YOU to Pleasant Mt. Welding, Carbondale for their generous donation and installation of the new bridge over the spill way at Kennedy Park. 

Great job by Logan, Brett, Craig & Paul of Pleasant Mt. Welding for the professional installation, great work, thank you! 

Again thanks to our volunteers for getting this project going!Say it here.

In Memory of Stanley Meheltz

  

Plaque honoring Stanley Meheltz  for his many years of service at K.P.  Made & donated by Deb & Ed Wasnock. Presented by John Chernesky & Nick Cost

In honor of Pvt. Alyssa Cahoon

  

FC Parks & Rec send our condolences to the Cahoon Family, Friends & F.C. Class of '23.  R.I.P. Alyssa. May His perpetual light shine upon you.

2022 chicken bbq & fishing derby at Kennedy Park 8.7.22

    Another Great day at KP for the 2022 reptile show!!! With over 100 kids , Peter of P.T. Reptiles PA did a great show enjoyed by all 😊

      We would like to THANK Everyone who came out Saturday for our 1st Easter Egg Hunt @ Kennedy park - It was a huge success.

        2022 EASTER EGG HUNT

        We would like to THANK Everyone who came out Saturday, April 16, 2022 for our 1st Easter Egg Hunt @ KP, it was a huge success and our volunteers were overwhelmed by the amount of people who attended, despite the weather! 

        We had over 200 children participate. Hope everyone had a great time!!! Next year we will better anticipate a large crowd and do pre-registration 😊 

        Winner of the bikes donated by  Kartri Sales & Birchtown Weddings & Events were  Girls : Alyvia Smith & Violet Welfel  Boys: Paisley Davis & Finley D.   Correct Number of Tootsie Rolls was 377 - Winner was Michael Pevec   

        Hope everyone had a great time! 

        Please watch this page for future events at Kennedy Park!  

        Thanks to everyone who donated to FC PARKS AND RECREATION for the Egg Hunt and Raffle.   All of it was Greatly Appreciated !!!!   And once again THANKS to all our volunteers who make these events possible at KP!!!’ 

        Kennedy Park Special Events

        # 1 - K.P. VENDOR MKT PERMIT 2022 (pdf)Download
        #2 - K.P.MARKET APPLICATION 2022 (pdf)Download
        #3 - Ordinance #504_2016 amend #455_Kennedy Park - Special Event (pdf)Download
        #4 - K.P. SPECIAL ACTIVITY APP. ORGANIZATION EVENTS (pdf)Download
        #5 - K.P.Rules - Overview (pdf)Download
        #6 - K.P. Private Party Reservation (pdf)Download

        2023 PLEDGE CAMPAIGN

        Download our pledge form here to print, complete & submit.  Thank you in advance for your donation, pledge or memorial contribution.  All proceeds will be used for future projects at the Forest City Parks. Upgrades to the electrical and plumbing in the Kennedy Park Building and pavilion are planned for 2023 - please help! 

        Pledge Form 2023 (pdf)

        Download

        PARKS & RECREATION BOARD MEETINGS

        All Parks & Recreation Board Meetings are public and all are welcome.  Please click on meeting minutes below to see  what the Board is planning.  

        Minutes 10.10.19 (pdf)Download
        P&R MTG 11.14.2019 (pdf)Download
        P&R Minutes - 1-9-2020 (pdf)Download
        P&R Minutes 2.13.20 (pdf)Download
        P&R Note 6.10.21 (pdf)Download
        P&R NOTES 7.21.21 MEETING (pdf)Download
        Aug2021 P&R Notes (pdf)Download
        FCPR Minutes 071122 (pdf)Download
        FCPR Minutes 082922 (pdf)Download

        Babe Ruth Dog Park


        RIGHT TO KNOW - OPEN RECORDS 

        Sharon Vannan, RTK Officer - fcboro@nep.net

        or mail to 535 Main St., Forest City, PA 18421

        RTK form.pdf 

        CitizensGuideFull082011.pdf

        http://openrecords.pa.gov

        (717) 346-9903

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