The Centerville-Washington Park District 2023 Annual Report is now available. Discover all of the exciting things that happened last year in your community’s BIG backyard! If you have any questions, please contact us at 937-433-5155 or mail@cwpd.org. We’re looking forward…
It’s February, often Dayton’s coldest month. Groundhogs, aka woodchucks, which amuse us with their antics during the warmer seasons, have long since hidden away in their underground hibernation retreats. At the same time, the broad green leaves of skunk cabbages,…
Meena started volunteering as a freshman going into her sophomore year at Centerville High School. Now, in her junior year, she has continued volunteering with the parks. She has always spent a lot of her time outdoors. Whether that was…
Through the cold months of winter, the animals that remain active in our woods, meadows, and neighborhoods are those with high rates of metabolism that sustain warm body temperatures—the endothermic (“warm-blooded”) birds and mammals. While some small mammals, like mice…
The sprayground at Centerville-Washington Park District’s (CWPD) Activity Center Park will receive a significant makeover and upgrade, thanks to a generous donation from Dayton Children’s Hospital. The sprayground has served the community for 17 years, with an estimated 31,500 visits…
As fall turns to winter, and green leaves and insects have substantially disappeared until next spring, fruits and nuts become increasingly important in the diets of animals that remain active in the cold. Among those, the hard nuts produced by…
Ohio Parks and Recreation Association (OPRA) has announced its 2023 Annual Awards of Excellence winners. The Centerville-Washington Park District (CWPD) won a first-place award in the natural resources and conservation category for the recent completion of the Bill Yeck Park…
Your Centerville-Washington Park District is serious about providing the park and recreation opportunities you want! CWPD perpetually seeks resident and stakeholder input to build strategic plans, master plans, programming plans, capital improvements plans and budgets. This allows us to align…
It’s November, and across the country, turkeys are arriving in grocery stores and home freezers. The great majority of those, of course, are domestic turkeys, raised on farms and bred for meat production. But wild turkeys are on the rise,…
Your Centerville-Washington Park District is serious about providing the park and recreation opportunities you want! CWPD perpetually seeks resident and stakeholder input to build strategic plans, master plans, programming plans, capital improvements plans and budgets. This allows us to align…