Missoula Parks and Recreation

After nearly four years of planning and fundraising, the new Westside Park playground will celebrate its grand opening.

A $1 million gift from the Dennis and Phyllis Washington Foundation helped to put a cherry on top of an over $2 million project to help complete the Westside Park Playground project.

They're asking anybody interested in the position to apply.

Now that the City of Missoula has obtained access to Marshall Mountain, it has now been renamed Marshall Mountain Park, and it was announced on Wednesday that the park will open for recreation on Thursday.

Missoula Parks and Recreation has received grants from the Montana Coronavirus Relief Fund for reduced cost child care through the end of the year.

Missoula Parks and Recreation has been carefully laying plans to begin reopening parks and other facilities.

With virtually the entire population forced to stay at home in the past two months, thousands have sought recreation and peace of mind by utilizing the many trailheads in western Montana.

Missoula Parks and Recreation are currently building a new playground in Memorial Rose Park and they are in need of some help.

On Monday, July 8, kids from all over Missoula are invited to Rose Memorial Park along with their parents to help design a bigger, better playground at the park.

With school out for the summer, parents and caregivers will be looking for ways to keep children engaged and away from screen time as much as possible.

According to Missoula Parks and Recreation, Currents Aquatics Center is hosting their annual Springtime Underwater Egg Hunt on Saturday, April 20.

In 2014, Missoula County voters approved a $42 million Parks and Trails bond for the purpose of creating a multi-use facility at Fort Missoula