October 3, 2020

Pima County brings back recreation programs

Offerings vary at each location.

Pima County Facilities Management truck A Pima County Facilities Management truck parked outside Himmel Park, July 2018.
AZPM

Pima County is gradually resuming a lot of the activities at its parks and recreation facilities that had been canceled in the spring due to the coronavirus pandemic.

The activities being restarted include computer labs, meeting rooms, outdoor programs and meal service at facilities in outlying areas around the county. Those include places like Ajo, Picture Rocks and Littletown. Program manager Kelly Cheeseman says more outdoor activities geared for children and teens are coming in the next few weeks.

"We are going to offer outdoor recreation activities at multiple community centers that we can actually utilize, each community center based on the outdoor space available and staffing models and what our constituents like to do," she said.

She says the staff has gotten creative with ideas that are both fun and safe during a pandemic — things like drive-in bingo that you play in your car using disposable cards. The offerings at each community center might be different, so check with the web page for your local center.

By posting comments, you agree to our
AZPM encourages comments, but comments that contain profanity, unrelated information, threats, libel, defamatory statements, obscenities, pornography or that violate the law are not allowed. Comments that promote commercial products or services are not allowed. Comments in violation of this policy will be removed. Continued posting of comments that violate this policy will result in the commenter being banned from the site.

By submitting your comments, you hereby give AZPM the right to post your comments and potentially use them in any other form of media operated by this institution.
AZPM is a service of the University of Arizona and our broadcast stations are licensed to the Arizona Board of Regents who hold the trademarks for Arizona Public Media and AZPM. We respectfully acknowledge the University of Arizona is on the land and territories of Indigenous peoples.
The University of Arizona