Those differently-abled or with special needs (and families) are invited to network with other families while enjoying recreational activities for all ages! Participate in archery, kickball, fishing, tennis, sidewalk chalk, adapted biking, an inclusion tent, lawn games and crafts! Kona…
Parks Build Healthy Communities
Your Centerville-Washington Park District is serious about providing the park and recreation opportunities you want! CWPD perpetually seeks resident and stakeholder input to build strategic plans, master plans, programming plans, capital improvements plans and budgets. This allows us to align…
Fairy & Gnome Home Festival
Our popular Fairy & Gnome Home Festival returns to Bill Yeck Park on Saturday, September 9 from 1 – 3 PM! Celebrate your child’s imagination and creativity. Build a fairy and gnome home out of natural materials for these woodland…
Jay Joshi
Jay is a first-generation American whose parents immigrated from India in the ‘70s. He was born and raised in Chicago, where he grew up to be a Cubs, Bears, Blackhawks, Bulls and White Sox fan. The other two staples of…
We’re Walking, We’re Walking…
Your Centerville-Washington Park District is serious about providing the park and recreation opportunities you want! CWPD perpetually seeks resident and stakeholder input to build strategic plans, master plans, programming plans, capital improvements plans and budgets. This allows us to align…
AEDs Installed to Save Lives in Two Parks
The Centerville-Washington Park District installed automated external defibrillators (AEDs) at two of our largest and most visited nature parks, Grant Park and Bill Yeck Park. The new AEDs are located at the Grant Park Kennard Nature Nook and at the…
National Dog Day!
Due to the heat advisory, this event has been rescheduled for Friday, September 1. We hope you can make it! Let’s pawty! Join us for an evening of spoiling your dogs on Friday, August 25 at the Dog Park at…
Fall Newsletter and Registration Information
Online registration for fall programs begins Monday, August 14 at 10 a.m. for Centerville and Washington Township residents. Online nonresident registration will begin one week later — Monday, August 21 at 10 a.m. Phone and in-person registration will begin one…
Not Your Average House Fly
Of the million or so insect species that have been described so far, between 100 and 150 thousand are in the order Diptera—the flies. As the name Diptera indicates (“di” means “two,” and “ptera” means “wings”), flies share the characteristic…