Maintenance – Manassas Park Park & Recreation

Maintaining Your Pool – by Sarah Barnett

This is my busy season. I am not sure that busy even begins to describe the chaos. My friends call this my “tax season”; comparing the chaos to that which accountants must feel before the April 15th tax deadline. Whether that is a fair comparison or not, getting Signal Bay Waterpark prepared for the season […]

May 1, 2018

Participating in yard sales are a great way to purge items from your home

Getting My KonMari on! – By Sarah Barnett

Last year at this time, I read The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up by Marie Kondo in the hopes of de-cluttering my life. My house, car, and office are all NOTORIOUS for being extremely cluttered and somewhat disorganized. I spent a whole weekend sorting through my house deciding if something brought me joy. I then […]

February 22, 2018

Construction at Signal Hill Park – How will it impact you?

Beginning this week, patron visits may be impacted by the construction of a cell phone tower within Signal Hill Park. The tower is being erected in the wooded area behind the softball field and pond area. Impact on patron visits may include the following: Patrons may notice heavy equipment within the park as well as […]

September 13, 2017

Cleaning, Scrubbing, and Fixing Time here at the Community Center – by Maria Bosack

The Manassas Park Community Center was closed during the week of August 20-25 for yearly deep cleaning, and annual maintenance. Typically, there are fewer people and patrons here at the Community Center during this time making it the best time to temporarily close for necessary maintenance and deep cleaning. We pride ourselves on our cleanliness […]

August 29, 2017

Cleaning Week 2017

IMPORTANT UPDATE: Due to delays anticipated by the vendor, the floors in the gymnasium and dance studio will not be ready for use until Sunday, August 27th. In addition, any patrons who plan to use the pool or wellness areas, please be aware that since the vendor will begin work on Wednesday, August 23rd, there […]

August 9, 2017

Pool Reopens 7/1 – Important information when using the pool for the next few weeks

The Indoor Pool at the Manassas Park Community Center will re-open this Saturday at 7:00am. While we are excited to show off the new whitecoat there are some important points to be aware of over the next few weeks: The whitecoat is still going through a curing process. As a result, the pool may appear […]

June 30, 2017

Eight Unique Things Needed to Open Signal Bay Waterpark – by Sarah Barnett

May 11, 2017

We Accomplish More Together – By DC Webb

My name is DC Webb, and I am the Park Manager at Costello Park. I am a guy who has worked here for several years, and every once in a while, something happens to remind me why I am so happy to be a part of the City of Manassas Park, Department of Parks and […]

September 8, 2016

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DC Knows About Snow – By DC Webb

SNOW- Like or dislike? That is the question! Am I the only one that doesn’t get excited when we get 3 feet of snow? Winter has only been here a few months and I am already tired of this white stuff. I know it’s no big deal in certain parts of the country to get […]

February 10, 2016

In just a month San Diego and Phoenix will be out of sync. Honolulu and Hong Kong do not participate in DST because daylight doesn't change much year round for them - despite being at a similar latitude Florida does observe DST.

DC Travels Through Time – by DC Webb

Let’s talk about time for a moment. Do you have time? Time is very important to our Park Staff. There are lots of things that we need to accomplish in a short period of time and everything happens while there is daylight and someone is getting ready to take a little bit of that away […]

September 24, 2015

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