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On June 5, 2019, the Stark County Park District Board of Park Commissioners voted to seek a 1.2 mill, 8 year property tax levy (1 mill replacement and 0.2 mill additional) for the November 2019 election. With this funding, Stark Parks will continue to make connections that will create destination…

Humble Beginnings (1960s and 1970s) The year was 1967. Although Ohio’s Department of Natural Resources had been established 18 years before in 1949, it was three years before the establishment of the federal EPA (Environmental Protection Agency) and celebration of the first Earth Day in 1970. It would be another…

  Stark Parks Volunteers and their accomplishments were celebrated at a honeybee-themed Recognition Dinner on Thursday, November 15 at the Exploration Gateway at Sippo Lake Park. The theme paid tribute to the hard work, variety of roles, and the common goals that are represented in the volunteer program. Volunteers from…

Calling all trail cleanup warriors! Volunteers are needed to help clean up a new section of the Iron Horse Trail in Alliance in the first stages of beautifying this community asset. On Saturday, September 28, 2019 from 9 a.m. to noon, Stark Parks, in partnership with the Regula Center for Public Service and…

Stark Parks, in partnership with the City of Alliance and the University of Mount Union, will be starting work to connect the Iron Horse Trail to the Mahoning Valley Trail. The connection will be made through the university campus and downtown Alliance, and will link the two trails at Earley’s…