2nd Annual Flashlight Easter Egg Hunt Held at Ahrens Park
April 1, 2024 In case you missed it, Ahrens Park and Grinnell Parks and Recreation hosted the 2nd Annual Flashlight Easter Egg Hunt on Friday, March 29th. 270 kids were registered for the event with 6000 eggs (2000 per field) and 18 grand prizes available to win. To win a grand prize a child had […]
Shoutout to Outdoor History Signage at Ahrens Park
January 30th, 2024 Thank you Latitude Signage + Design for listing Ahrens Park as a favorite for Outdoor History Signage. It’s our favorite too! For full story visit: https://www.latitudesignage.com/…/favorite…
Thank you to these GHS Students and Grinnell College for grant to help support new dog park at Ahrens Park
January 21, 2024 Featuring one of Grinnell College’s Fall 2023 Mini-Grant Recipients: Enhancing Education, Parks, and Fire Safety in the Grinnell area. Picture shows from L.to R., GHS teacher Kevin Hosbond, Ahrens Park Foundation CEO Chad Nath, sweet dog Finley, GHS students Maxwell Mintle, Ethan Walker, and Carson Penyich For more information on […]
1000+ Trees Grinnell Plans Spring Planting Event
April 19, 2021 Imagine Grinnell and it’s 1000+ Trees Grinnell committee will be hosting a spring planting event on Friday, April 30th & Saturday, May 1st handing out and planting trees purchased from funds received from the Alliant Energy and Trees Forever Branching Out Grant along with 100+ People Who Care. The Friday, April 30th […]
Ice Rink Closed for the Season
March 4, 2021 The outdoor ice skating rink is now closed for the season. Thanks for coming out and having some fun!
Ice Rink Is Open Today!
January 28, 2021 Whooo hoooo!!! Be safe and have fun on the ice everyone! We ask to please “Leave It Better Than You Found It” when you leave. Grinnell Recreation January 28 at 1:52 PM · The green sign is up and the Grinnell Community Ice Rink is officially open!!! Thank you all for patiently waiting as we got […]
Ice Rink Closed Today
January 26, 2021 The Ice Rink will be closed the rest of today. We have the snow cleared but snow acts as an insulator and have standing water. With a re-freeze and some resurfacing to smooth out the bumps we should have it open soon!
Outdoor Ice Rink to Open Soon
January 20, 2021 Grinnell we are getting closer! Hopefully with the cold temps coming at the end of the week it will allow us to resurface and get the rough edges out to make it safe to skate for everyone! Weather plays a big factor in opening the Ice Rink each day; if we get […]
We had someone over night try to get on the ice rink. The red sign is up meanin…
[ad_1] We had someone over night try to get on the ice rink. The red sign ? is up meaning the ice rink is closed. Looks like we avoided major damage to the rink. Not only is the rink closed for your safety, but if the rink liner gets damaged it could potentially set us […]
We are making headway on the ice rink as we are making sure the ice depth is cor…
[ad_1] We are making headway on the ice rink as we are making sure the ice depth is correct, banners are hung and that the water will be frozen solid! We anticipate that the rink will be open by next weekend! So make sure your skates are dusted off and ready to go as we […]