Press Release

Creative Playground, West Wetlands Closures

Date:

11/17/2009 (Last updated: 11/18/2009)

Summary:

The Stewart Vincent Wolfe Creative Playground, located in Yuma's West Wetlands Park, will undergo maintenance and will be closed between 6 a.m. and 3:30 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 19.

Contact:

Greg HylandDirector of Communications & Public Affairs

Park To Undergo Maintenance; Disc Golf Course Down During Balloon Festival

Yuma, Arizona - The Stewart Vincent Wolfe Creative Playground, located in Yuma's West Wetlands Park, will undergo maintenance and will be closed between 6 a.m. and 3:30 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 19.

Parks maintenance crews will repair and wash the soft turf at the playground's Tot Lot that day.

Additionally, the West Wetlands disc golf course, adjacent to the Creative Playground, will be closed through the weekend due to accommodate the Colorado River Crossing Balloon Festival, which is holding its mass ascensions at the West Wetlands this Saturday and Sunday mornings.

The disc golf course will reopen Tuesday, Nov. 24. For more information on the course or on disc rental, please call Yuma Parks and Recreation at (928) 373-5243.

The West Wetlands Park is located at 2200 Water St. Motorist can best access the playground by taking 12th Avenue north from 1st Street.

For More Information

For further information, please contact Greg Hyland, CPM, the City of Yuma's Director of Communications & Public Affairs at (928) 373-5023 or by e-mail or Dave Nash, City of Yuma Public Affairs Coordinator at (928) 373-5015 or by e-mail.

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Media Contacts

Members of the media may contact Director of Communications and Public Affairs Greg Hyland, CPM at (928) 373-5023 or (928) 580-4751, or Public Affairs Coordinator Dave Nash at (928) 373-5015, or (928) 941-0199.

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