Minion One, Minion Two, Minion YOU at Movie Party in the Park on Saturday, August 19 at Forest Field Park! Come for games, crafts, activities and all things minions beginning at 7 pm! Bring a picnic blanket dinner, or grab…
Conserving Habitats and Ecosystems
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…
Park District Will Be on the November Ballot
Issue 19 on the November 7 ballot At the July 11 meeting of the Centerville-Washington Park District (CWPD) Board of Commissioners, a resolution was passed to place a 1.0-mill levy replacement question on the November 7 ballot. This levy will…
Throwing Shade…the Good Kind!
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…
One Picture, So Many Questions
Mid-summer is prime time for our meadows and prairies. Butterflies are prominent among the insects visiting the yellow, pink, and purple flowers, drinking their nectar and distributing their pollen. But look carefully and you may spot the occasional moth among…
Hoptree: Worth a Second Look
The common hoptree, Ptelea trifoliata, is the northernmost New World representative of the citrus, or rue, family of plants. It’s a relatively small tree, less than 20’ (6 m) tall and less than 10” (25 cm) trunk diameter, found in…
Activity Center Park Sprayground Opening Day
The sprayground will open for the season on Friday, May 26! The sprayground is open seven days a week from 8:30 a.m. to 8:30 p.m. It will remain open through Labor Day weekend. An all-access playground is adjacent to the…
April Showers Bring … Mayapples
Nothing says May like mayapples! Mayapples (technically, Podophyllum peltatum) have no relation to apples, and they first poke up through the leaf litter around the end of March. It takes a few weeks, though, for the large, umbrella-like leaves to…
2022 Annual Report
The Centerville-Washington Park District (CWPD) 2022 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…
Phase II of Grant Park McEwen Entrance Project to Begin
The second phase of the Grant Park McEwen entrance improvement project is slated to begin in April. The updated park entrance is designed to create an arrival experience that draws visitors into the park — from the new Rotary memorial…