Recreation Manager Jesus Perez and Jose Sanchez of the Greenfield Community Science Workshop presented an overview of year‑round programs, seasonal offerings and outreach plans and invited residents to a community meeting about the city’s new community center and park project.

Community meeting and project outreach

Jesus Perez said the city will host a public meeting on the new community center and park project at the Royal Sickle Academy cafeteria on Tuesday, Feb. 18, with a presentation from 5:30 to 6:30 p.m. followed by Q&A to 7 p.m. He said NJ Architects and city staff will present project updates at a future council meeting and that refreshments will be provided.

Year‑round and seasonal programming

- Recreation: Perez listed ongoing programs that include youth basketball (about 180 kids this season), youth softball, adult fitness (Zumba; step-and-weights), senior bingo and arts-and-crafts, the video-game homework club, folklorico and ballet at the Cultural Arts Center and state‑funded Avatar Arts free programs.

- Science Workshop: Jose Sanchez described the workshop at 45 El Camino as an "open, library‑style" science center that operates 50 weeks per year and provides after‑school science, school partnerships, bike repair and outdoor field trips. The workshop coordinates roughly 20–25,000 learning experiences annually across school-based and drop‑in programming.

Outdoor Equity Grant trips and volunteer needs

Sanchez said the Science Workshop runs about 20 outdoor trips per year (examples: Monterey Bay Aquarium, Pinnacles, Yosemite, kayaking at Elkhorn Slough), and that annual participation varies by trip (aquarium buses often carry about 50 participants; camping trips serve smaller groups). He estimated the program serves hundreds of participants annually (roughly 600–700 across all trips in a typical year) and asked for volunteers to help with logistics and meal service on aquarium trips; adult volunteers require background checks and the city processes fingerprinting for volunteers.

Other items and facilities

Perez said the recreation office is at Patriot Park’s community center and noted coordination with the county pool program; staff said they have discussed offering pool programming if county facilities open. He confirmed the city is planning to evaluate Patriot Park as the likely dog‑park location (final site and design pending grant and state approvals).

Ending

Staff asked interested volunteers and residents to contact the Recreation Department (office phone provided) and to attend the Feb. 18 community meeting for details about the new community center and park.