Visit a new park feature! Hike the Schoolhouse Park path with Owlexander, the Park District mascot, and his woodland friends. Busy tots will practice physical skills such as balancing on one foot like a bird, hopping like a bunny and…
Restoring Donnybrook Fen: A Hidden Gem
Donnybrook Park is home to a unique feature – it contains the only known fen in the Centerville/Washington Township area! A fen is a type of wetland habitat that draws its main source of water from underground springs. This produces…
New Pollinator Habitats
Pollinators, most often honey bees, are responsible for one in every three bites of food we take! The loss of pollinators threatens agricultural production, maintenance of natural plant communities and important services provided by those ecosystems, such as carbon cycling,…
New Places to Play
It’s time to change up your playground routine and visit a park you haven’t explored! Beechwood Springs, Rosewood and Wagon Trail Parks received new playgrounds this year in accordance with the Park District’s playground update plan — park playgrounds automatically…
Updated improvement plans for Forest Field Park
Exciting improvements are in the works for Forest Field Park! Public planning sessions were held in February to receive community feedback on desirable future park amenities. A plan was drafted and shared with the community. With your valued input, we…
Archery Range Improvements on Target
The Centerville-Washington Park District recently received close to $24,000 in grant money from the Ohio Division of Natural Resources Division of Wildlife Shooting Range Program. The grant will allow us to open additional archery shooting lanes at the existing range…
The Dog Park at Oak Grove Park is Growing
The dog park currently features two fenced-in areas of approximately one acre each — one area for dogs under 35 lbs. and another for dogs over 35 lbs. The Park District is in the process of adding a third one-acre…
Skatepark Expanding at Oak Creek South Park
American Ramp Company has been contracted to design and build an addition to the skatepark at Oak Creek South Park. In mid-July, ARC held a meeting at the skatepark to hear feedback from users regarding any new features they would…
Take a Book, Leave a Book
We are pleased to announce the addition of a Little Free Library at Schoolhouse Park. This Little Free Library is the first in Centerville and one of eight registered in the greater Dayton area. A Little Free Library is a…
New Boardwalk and Observation Deck
The Montgomery County Solid Waste Division awarded the Centerville-Washington Park District a 2014 Buy Recycled Grant. The Park District received $32,904 which was used to build a wetland boardwalk and observation deck at Oak Creek South Park. Materials used to…