Our speakers today were Emily Rousseau and Kate Olsen representing the City of Arden Hills. Emily is a City Council member and Kate is a volunteer member of their Parks and Recreation Committee. They reviewed the various parks within the City and the efforts being made to increase community events, improve trails, rain gardens and other natural habitat. They noted that it is somewhat challenging to do everything they would like to do, given the relatively small city population of about 9,000. They expressed appreciation for the projects our club has taken on in the past, such as painting hockey boards at one of the parks, and noted they would love to partner with us in other ways in the future.
Our program also included updates from the Avenue of Service directors within our club, noting progress that has been made toward previously established strategic goals in each area.