Page 4 - 2024 Spring Playbook

A Word from BREC
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BREC Commission
KENNETH POINTER, CHAIRMAN SANDRA DAVIS, VICE-CHAIR DWAYNE ROGERS, TREASURER ROSSIE WASHINGTON, JR. COLLIS TEMPLE, JR.
DONNA COLLINS LEWIS JASON HUGHES
TRINA HALL
NATHAN RUST
BREC Executive Staff
COREY K. WILSON, BREC SUPERINTENDENT
REED RICHARD, ASSISTANT SUPERINTENDENT OF SYSTEM PLANNING
BRANDON SMITH, ASSISTANT SUPERINTENDENT OF RECREATION PROGRAMS + FACILITIES
ANDREA ROBERTS, CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER ANEATRA BOYKIN, CHIEF LEGAL OFFICER
LETTER FROM SUPERINTENDENT COREY WILSON
Dear BREC Families,
A new year is just around the corner, and we are excited to share what the BREC staff has in store for you. As we embark on this new season, we’re committed to offering an even more diverse and enriching array of activities for you, your family, and friends to enjoy.
Mark your calendars for March 2, 2024, when registration opens for our acclaimed summer camps, providing not just fun, but also healthy activities, lasting memories and essential doses of sunshine and nature. Be on the lookout for our comprehensive summer camp guide in February so you will be ready to reserve spots for your children as many of our camps fill up quickly.
Our PlayBook is brimming with opportunities to learn, from athletic and art classes to unique programs teaching everything from baking, dancing, and horseback riding to extreme sports. We are also thrilled to reintroduce popular community events such as Zippity Zoo Fest, Rockin’ at the Swamp, Wild Wine Walk and BioBlitz. And of course, we’re here to ensure your children have a safe and active Spring Break with our popular holiday camps.
Look for a huge announcement this spring as we invite you to celebrate the end of the largest single construction project in BREC’s history with the opening
of the new entryway to the Baton Rouge Zoo. This project also includes the new pygmy hippo exhibit, giraffe feeding station, new Zoo train route, adventure playground and bayou promenade at Greenwood Community Park and the renovated J.S. Clark Golf Course. Other transformational projects such as the elevated recreation center at Howell Community Park, the Nature Station at Frenchtown Road Conservation Area, new greenways for bicyclists and pedestrians, new sections of greenways for bicyclists and pedestrians and much more will also be celebrated throughout the year.
We will continue working with you to reimagine our system as we put the finishing touches on the Imagine Your Parks 3 system-wide master plan that will guide improvements to the BREC system for the next decade. Your voices have been instrumental in creating a Gold Medal winning system and our goal is to continue making progress with a focus on equity, excellence and to bring another national title to East Baton Rouge as soon as we are eligible to compete again.
Thank you for making our parks shine brighter, Corey K. Wilson, BREC Superintendent
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