Bass Pro Shops donates 40 new kayaks to Park Board

SPRINGFIELD, MO — The Springfield-Greene County Park Board celebrated the opening of boat rental season at Lake Springfield Park Thurs., April 15, with announcement of a major donation from Bass Pro Shops. 

Longtime Parks partner Bass Pr...

Park Board now hiring for 400 summer seasonal jobs

SPRINGFIELD, MO – Looking for a summer job? The Springfield-Greene County Park Board is now hiring for 50 different temporary and seasonal jobs — about 400 positions in all. Apply at ParkBoard.org/Jobs.

Summer jobs range from e...

Park Board proposes doubling size of Sequiota Park

SPRINGFIELD, MO – The Springfield-Greene County Park Board is proposing to add nearly 16 acres to historic Sequiota Park in southeast Springfield. 

During Tuesday’s Springfield City Council lunch meeting, Parks Director Bob Bel...

Parks tree inventory counts nearly 11,000 maintained trees

Springfield, MO — The Springfield-Greene County Park Board has completed a tree inventory at nearly all 104 developed parks sites, providing tools for documenting tree health, maintenance and economic benefits.

A total of 10,976 trees have been inventoried...

Park Board implements new photo policy

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

The Springfield-Greene County Park Board has implemented a new photography policy outlining how photographers and videographers may operate in public parks.

The new policy is designed to preserve public enjoyment of parks by ad...Read on...