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VOL. VII NO. 02 01/15/2026

Parks and Recreation Commission, January 5, 2026, Hybrid meeting

  1. Solar Lights for Skating Rink will be motion activated for further savings 
  2. Updates on Pavilion that is slated to be built in the Town Offices Park. Money was approved by Community Preservation Committee (CPC) as a recommendation to Town Meeting 
  3. Linda Barbadoro reported on the Easter Egg Hunt planned for spring perhaps in partnership with Stockbridge Library 
  4. Ice sculpture show in partnership with library: purchase a hot cocoa stand 
  5. Open Gym Hours on Saturdays discussed by Johanna Lenski. 
  6. Under Katie Szwyd chairmanship, the number and variety of events and activities is multiplying. Anita Schwerner offered to include them in her weekly email and Katie asked if Stockbridge Updates would as well.
    Editor’s note: Chair will forward schedule, and SU is pleased to add Stockbridge Parks and Rec Commission activities as a regular listing under Events. 
  7. Commission member Johanna Lenski described a “Dance Workshop in the Park” conducted by the Intrinsic Movement Experience. Barbadoro asked if the instructor was insured and offered that ACT Insurance offers coverage for a day if artists and crafts people want protection for an event. The Chair asked if there was a charge. Lenski said it was free to the public. A motion was made to allow the Dance in the Park probably at the Town Office’s park. Motion to allow the dancing in the park event passed. 
  8. Disc Golf Course was discussed and it was decided to install a bulletin board with information rather than having signs at each “basket.” 
  9. The Chair said she would apply for 3 trees from the number that National Grid is providing under the “Conservation Commission Tree Allowance” to replace trees National Grid removed.
Photo: Dana Goedewaagen

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