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ADMINISTRATION AND POLICIES
website: www.kentcounty.com/gov/parkrec/prdept.htm
New Site coming in Fall
of 2007: www.KentParksAndRec.org
- Director, Jeffrey J. Troester,
410-778-1948/1949
e-mail:jtroester@kentgov.org
- Recreation Supervisor, Myra Butler
410-778-1986
e-mail:mbutler@kentgov.org
- Recreation Program Coordinator, Abby Joiner
410-778-2083
e-mail:ajoiner@kentgov.org
- Recreation Program Coordinator, William B.
Hughes III
410-778-1957
e-mail:whughes@kentgov.org
- Administrative Aide, Laura E. Coleman
410-778-1948/1949
e-mail:lcoleman@kentgov.org
- Maintenance Supervisor, Mark L. Dixon
410-778-3904
- Crew Leader, James Sleva, Jr.
- Maintenance Staff, Jesse Cullum, Jason Depp
KENT
COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
- President - William W. Pickrum
- Member -Roy W. Crow
- Member - Alexander P. Rasin, III
PARKS AND RECREATION ADVISORY BOARD
Chair
Joe Mulford
Vice Chair
Melissa Cannon
Board of Education Member
Bryan Williams
County Commissioner
William W. Pickrum
Member
Ed Athey
Member
Jake Downey
Member
Joyce Moody
Member
Mike Otwell
Student Member
Samuel Shoge
Member
Penny Usilton
Student Member
Brittani Zsebedics
GENERAL INFORMATION
KENT COUNTY PARKS AND RECREATION PHILOSOPHY
The mission of the Kent County Department of Parks and Recreation
is to provide leadership in coordinating and conducting parks and
recreation programs and activities for the maximum benefit of all
citizens in Kent County, to maintain and develop to the utmost the
existing parks within the Kent County system, and to identify and
expand for the future new park land in the county.
KENT COUNTY PARKS AND RECREATION GENERAL INFORMATION
VOLUNTEERS
Kent County Parks and Recreation is continually searching for volunteers
to coach, officiate and assist in the administration of all community
sports leagues (youth and adult), programs and activities. Interested
individuals are encouraged to contact the Parks and Recreation office
at 410-778-1957 (Will Hughes) for volunteer opportunities in sports
or 410-778-1986 (Myra Butler) for volunteer opportunities in youth
programs and special events.
REGISTRATION POLICY
Youth programs offered by Parks and Recreation often have a limited
number of spaces for participants. Please inquire about early registration
for all programs by contacting the Parks and Recreation office at
410-778-1948.
SCHOLARSHIPS
No youth will be denied participation in any Kent County Parks and
Recreation sponsored program due to financial restraints. Scholarships
are available based on financial need. Contact the administrative
office at 410-778-1948 for further information.
CHARACTER COUNTS AT
KENT COUNTY PARKS & RECREATION!
The six pillars of character are instrumental in the success of
all programs offered by Kent County Parks and Recreation. All program
participants are encouraged to promote the six pillars of character:
trustworthiness, respect, responsibility, fairness, caring, and
citizenship. Failure of any participant to follow the examples set
forth in each pillar may result in expulsion from Kent County Parks
and Recreation programs.
PUBLIC SCHOOL SITES
Currently, many of our recreational youth and adult leagues are
offered in surrounding public school facilities. Working closely
with the Board of Education, the Department of Parks and Recreation
has several generous facility contracts with Kent County High School,
Chestertown, Galena and Rock Hall Middle Schools and Garnett, Worton,
Rock Hall, and Millington Elementary Schools. These facilities are
utilized by the Department of Parks and Recreation primarily on
weekday evenings.
LOCAL MANAGEMENT BOARD FOR CHILDREN’S &
FAMILY SERVICES OF KENT COUNTY (LMB)
Several programs offered by Parks and Recreation are supported by
the Local Management Board for Children’s and Family Services
of Kent County. The mission of the LMB is to encourage children
in completing school and communities to support families in becoming
stable and economically independent.
KENT COUNTY PARKS & RECREATION AND
KENT COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION
21ST CENTURY COMMUNITY LEARNING CENTERS PARTNERSHIP
Together with Kent County Public Schools, the Department of Parks
& Recreation is proud to be a partner in after school programming
for children and youth of Kent County. Because of a federal award,
Century 21, we are able to offer more comprehensive, exciting, fun,
recreational and educational opportunities. We would like to acknowledge
and thank Kent County Public Schools for continuing to be a collaborative
agency with the Department of Parks and Recreation in providing
some of the very best quality programming for children and youth
in the State of Maryland to meet the needs of the community. The
changes and collaborative efforts of both agencies are designed
to maximize day, evening and off season hours at individual school
sites.
MARYLAND DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES
PROGRAM OPEN SPACE
Established in 1969 as the Outdoor Recreation Land Loan, the Maryland
Department of Natural Resources Program Open Space has helped acquire
more than 150,000 acres of open space for state parks and natural
resource protection, while assisting local subdivisions to protect
more than 24,000 acres of park land. Program Open Space guarantees
the long-term future existence of public parks and natural lands
be bought and improved with the special funds and cannot be converted
to any use other than public open space and recreation unless a
substitute site is provided. Open space in Kent County protected
from development today will be available for recreation and as natural
areas for tomorrow’s citizens.
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