Woodbury launches free mobile recreation program for kids
The Woodbury City Council introduced M.O.R.E., a new mobile recreation program that will bring free activities to children ages 5-16 across six city locations. The initiative targets families facing financial or transportation barriers to traditional recreation programs.
The Mobile On-Site Recreation Experience, or M.O.R.E., represents a new approach to bringing recreation opportunities directly to Woodbury residents. Rather than requiring families to travel to centralized facilities, the program will operate as a traveling service, visiting six different parks and underused public spaces throughout the city.
Each location will receive weekly visits from the M.O.R.E. program during the four-week pilot phase. The initiative specifically aims to serve children who might otherwise lack access to recreation activities due to cost or transportation challenges, removing common barriers that prevent participation in community programs.
Beyond providing immediate recreation opportunities, city officials framed the program as a way to foster neighborhood pride and activate underused public spaces. By bringing programming directly to different areas of the city, the council hopes to strengthen community engagement and demonstrate the potential for expanded services.
The pilot program's four-week timeline will allow the city to evaluate the initiative's effectiveness and community response before deciding on any expansion. No votes were recorded in the meeting documents, suggesting the program may have been presented for information or moved forward through consensus.
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[0:04] The mobile
[0:04] on-site recreation experience
aka M.O.R.E. is a mobile
[0:08] based recreation program
[0:10] that will be traveling
around the city of Woodbury,
[0:13] bringing recreation
activities to the community.
[0:18] We created this program
to reach participants
[0:20] who maybe haven't participated
in our programs before,
[0:23] due to financial barriers
or transportation barriers,
[0:27] or not knowing that
our programs existed.
[0:29] So by taking a mobile approach,
[0:31] we're able
to bring our programing out
[0:32] into the community and create
neighborhood pride and use
[0:36] underused spaces that maybe
haven't seen programs before.
[0:41] So the pilot program
[0:41] is currently only four weeks
at six different locations
[0:45] around the city.
[0:46] We are going to be there
for an hour and a half each day.
[0:49] Each park once a week,
[0:50] but we are hoping
to grow the program
[0:52] to more parks and more locations
[0:53] throughout the next upcoming
years.
[0:56] Kids can just show up
and it's an open house style
[0:59] where they are able to come and
play for as long as they want
[1:03] and choose what they want to do.
[1:04] But we also have set structure.
[1:05] This program offers
different sports
[1:07] activities and arts and crafts
as well as yard games,
[1:11] giant yard games,
we’ll bring different
[1:12] obstacle courses
as well to different programs
[1:15] as well as like soccer nets
and basketballs.
[1:17] Different programs for different
recreational opportunities.
[1:21] We offer our
[1:22] programs for ages
5 to 16 year old children.
[1:25] This is a free program
to the community.
[1:27] I feel this program
[1:28] will bring lots of opportunity
for community engagement,
[1:32] friendships,
meeting new residents,
[1:35] and then also introducing
Woodbury recreation programs
[1:39] to participants
that maybe haven't
[1:40] participated
in our activities before,
[1:42] so that we can continue
to create a sense of community
[1:46] within
our recreation activities.
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