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Parks & Recreation

Amberleigh Park

Amberleigh Community Park, a 23.5 acre property along the west bank of the Scioto River, was dedicated in June.

Phase 1 included a rain garden; a pavilion featuring a catering kitchen, restroom facilities and a freplace; a playground with a discovery walk, musical stations, rolling hill, swings, picnic area and a village with a fre department, market and house.

Thaddeus Kosciuszko Park

In May, Thaddeus Kosciuszko Park, formerly Riverside Drive Park was dedicated, telling a historical story of its namesake and celebrating Polish culture.

General Kosciuszko was the original owner of the property. He was given approximately 500 acres of land along what is now Riverside Drive as payment for his contributions during the Revolutionary War.

Thaddeus Kosciuszko Park is a heavily wooded, 36.5 acre park that features amenities including 1.7 miles of jogging/ hiking trails through rain gardens, a 20-car parking lot with pervious pavement, a gazebo, fshing ponds and a sinkhole overlook.

Dublin Community Recreation Center

7,583 annual memberships - 86 percent City residents, 6 percent school district residents, 6 percent non-residents, 3 percent corporate 44,000 daily passes sold 375,687 pass visits

21,000 passes sold of all types 18,000 enrollments in more than 2,000 activities

29,000 online registration sessions, nearly 300,000 visits/inquiries to site

Dublin Community Pools

72,000 visits to outdoor pools 20,000 daily passes sold

Healthy Dublin

Hosted a community health fair in which 700 people attended and 135 free biometric screenings were done.

Ofered 16 free health and wellness programs to the Dublin community. Programs covered the seven dimensions of wellness and drew over 930 participants from the community.