Parks and Recreation Month allowed city staff an opportunity to recognize the importance of local features and the people who maintain them.
On July 14, the Taylor City Council issues a proclamation for the aforementioned month in July.
“Parks and recreation is an integral part of communities throughout this country, including Taylor,” read Councilmember Mitch Drummond from the proclamation signed by Mayor Brandt Rydell. “Parks and recreation increases a community’s economic prosperity through increased property values, expansion of the local tax base, increased tourism, the attraction and retention of businesses, and crime reduction, and wheras parks and recreation is essential and adaptable infrastructure that makes our communities resilient in the face of natural disasters and climate change.”
Tyler Bybee, Taylor parks and recreation director, wanted to be sure to credit the rest of the parks and recreation department who were out on duty.
“Our whole maintenance crew, … we had a softball tournament today out at the (Taylor) Regional Park that got a weather delay when that wind blew in,” said Bybee, “I want them to be up here because they do all the work.”
For more from the proclamation, visit https:// taylortx.swagit.com/ play/07152022-587/3.
