A Park for All Seasons

Way Park is the heart of a vibrant neighborhood on the west side of Northfield. It features: a musical playground; playground equipment and swings; pre-school equipment; a basketball court; picnic and grilling areas; a walking path; a warming hut and ice rink (seasonal); a small baseball/kickball diamond (seasonal); a large open field perfect for pick up soccer games and kite flying; and lovely rain gardens. Our organization, The Friends of Way Park hosts several events every year including Yoga in the Park, Pumpkin Fest, and a spring picnic event.

Thursday, February 17, 2011

Canceled due to good weather!

This week's extreme warm-up has forced us to cancel Saturday's scheduled "Full Moon Fire & Skate." Stay tuned for more news and upcoming events in your Park For All Seasons (except for abrubptly-changing ones).

Saturday, February 12, 2011

Full Moon Fire & Skate: CANCELED!

[Update: Please do NOT...] Gather together your friends and neighbors and head to Way Park on Saturday, February 19 for the Full Moon Fire & Skate! The event will [NOT] take place from 5:30-7 pm (weather permitting) and will [NOT] feature refreshments (hot cocoa, popcorn, popcorn balls, and cider) and a variety of winter activities. There will [NOT] be music, firepits, and luminarias, with skating routine demonstrations at 6 o'clock. Bring your snowshoes, skates, and skis, and join us for [some other] lovely winter's night in the park!

Monday, February 07, 2011

Winter in the Park

This has been a great winter for skating on the Way Park rink. It is busy after school and at night, on vacation days and weekends, with parents and kids playing pick-up hockey games, tykes pushing chairs for balance, teens practicing figure eights, grandparents on foot escorting beginning skaters, and college students arriving to play broomball.

Friendly cooperation (hockey games are often restricted to one end of the rink) keeps the various skaters safe. The city regularly floods the rink after clearing the most recent snow, which at times this winter has made piles high enough that from across the park skaters appear as heads and shoulders floating through the air.