Orangeburg Parks and Recreation is celebrating Countrywide Park Month by way of a park palooza on Saturday to stimulate residents to delight in nearby parks.
ORANGEBURG, S.C. — July has been proclaimed National Park Month in the City of Orangeburg. The mission is to really encourage inhabitants to celebrate area parks and greenspaces.
“We talk about the pillars of parks all in excess of, the electrical power of parks and so our parks are good. We want them to know that they are open and ready to make use of,” claimed Superintendent of Recreation Shawn Taylor.
In help of this mission, Orangeburg Parks and Recreation is obtaining its 2nd annual Park Palooza at Centennial Park where by there will be meals suppliers, dancing performances, and stay songs.
“We want folks to utilize and understand that parks are not just playgrounds and basketballs, it can be a put wherever we can assemble together, we can delight in each individual other, and we can mature our local community,” claimed Taylor.
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This feeling of group at the park is something the group states it encourages all yr spherical by specific gatherings these kinds of as film showings in the park all through getaway season.
“We like to try out to have all those highlights periodically through the calendar year to convey folks to our parks to have an understanding of that they are open up and they are all set for our citizens,” reported Taylor.
Park Palooza can take area Saturday at the Edisto Memorial Gardens. Food vehicles will be obtainable starting at 5:30 p.m. The Silver Slippers Dance Troupe, the Orangeburg Line Dancers, Shift with Celeste, and Fusion Dance Academy will make exclusive appearances commencing at 6 p.m.
The Spray Park is at this time shut due to unexpected routine maintenance problems. All other parks will keep on being open up.
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