A running joke on the City of Grand Rapids Parks and Recreation Department's Facebook page has turned a local pool's closure into a little bit of a meme. The Richmond Park Pool closed for the ...

Davis Marquardt, who currently serves as the director of the Parks and Recreation department for the City of Grand Rapids, is joining Kalamazoo's City Manager's Office on Monday, July 7.

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (ABC 4)- Did you know Grand Rapids has 75+ parks located throughout the city? With over 2,000 acres of parkland for locals to explore, Grand Rapids Park and Recreation has made ...

Construction of the new facility is anticipated to be done by May or June of 2025, director of Grand Rapids Parks and Recreation David Marquardt told News 8. The $18 million project has received $ ...

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. — The City of Grand Rapids Parks and Recreation has announced that it is hiring camp counselors for its Free Summer Day Camp program. The camp program will run June 12-August 25.

A partnership between Kent County parks and Calvin University aims to study ticks that may cause disease to better understand ...

Grand Rapids’ longtime parks and recreation director, David Marquardt, has been named Kalamazoo’s new deputy city manager. He will begin his new role on Monday, July 7, the City of Kalamazoo announced ...

GRAND RAPIDS, MI -- Local beermaker Brewery Vivant and nonprofit Friends of Grand Rapids Parks have teamed up to release a new seasonal ale celebrating the city’s parks and outdoors.

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich ... rededication was in partnership with the Rosa Parks CircleConservancy following a rehabilitation project. Parks and Recreation Director David Marquardt said the impressive ...

Marquardt joins Kalamazoo from the City of Grand Rapids, where he served as the director of parks and recreation since 2015. “I am thrilled to be joining the City of Kalamazoo team that has a ...