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Town of Shaftsbury, VT
PO Box 409
61 Buck Hill Road
Shaftsbury, Vermont 05262

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Phone: (802) 442-4038
Fax: (802) 442-0955
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Meeting Times

The Recreation Committee meets at 10:00am on the fourth Friday of the month.
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The Recreation Committee works on a wide variety of parks and recreation items around town.
The committee members are appointed in April of each year.

Committee Members


Deena Ruege - Chair (802) 447-4741 (1 yr - exp: April)
Vacant (1 yr - exp: April)
Sarah Costin (1 yr - exp: April)
Tony D'Onofrio (1 yr - exp: April)
Liz Duffee (1 yr - exp: April)
Helen Olney (802) 442-2757 (1 yr - exp: April)


Deena Ruege - Chair
(802) 447-4741 (1 yr - exp: April)
Vacant
(1 yr - exp: April)
Sarah Costin
(1 yr - exp: April)
Tony D'Onofrio
(1 yr - exp: April)
Liz Duffee
(1 yr - exp: April)
Helen Olney
(802) 442-2757 (1 yr - exp: April)

Howard Park

Howard Park is a public recreational facility that is open daily to visitors for tennis, baseball, soccer, nature hikes, and other outdoor activities.

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Recreation News

Tree Tags added along Tilgner Trail

Tilgner Trail now sports a widened and well-maintained walking path, an interesting storyboard walk about birds, two new wren houses and a kestrel box, as well as tree tags identifying local tree species bordering the trail.

The tree identification project was initiated by the Recreation Committee with expert input from Jim White, our Tree Warden. Mr. White and members of the Committee, walked the trail and identified tree species. Tags were ordered and recently posted on corresponding trees. Engraved on each tag is the common name and the two part scientific name. Common names are how we refer to our local trees. Scientific names are written in Latin and include the genus and species. Botonists always refer to a specimen by its two-part name. That identifier remains the same anywhere on the planet but common names do not.

If you haven't walked Tilgner Trail, you are missing a lovely experience and time spent surrounded by nature. The tree identifiers, storyboard walk and bird houses add to the educational experience of your time outside!

Enjoy Howard Park and visit often,
The Recreation Committee



bird houses installation on Tilgner Nature trail

Thank You For Enhancing Howard Park

The Shaftsbury Recreation Committee would like to publically acknowledge and extend our sincere appreciation to the Shaftsbury residents who helped us enhance Howard Park in 2023.

Noel Cardiff and Bud Krawczyk, both of whom are NorShaft Lions. They researched, built, painted and installed bluebird, wren and kestrel bird houses along the Tilgner Nature trail for all to enjoy.bird houses installation on Tilgner Nature trail bird houses installation on Tilgner Nature trail Anne Hunter, illustrator and Sarah Case, Assistant principal at Shaftsbury Elementary School for selecting, laminating and posting illustrations from The Nest That Wren Built to complement our bird focused nature theme with a storyboard along the trail.

We invite one and all to take a stroll on the next sunny day and visit our lovely town park!

Sincerely,
The Shaftsbury Recreation Committee


Meeting Minutes & Zoom Recordings

Recent Zoom Recordings

We will share Zoom links to our recorded public meetings in compliance with Act 133 (S.55) of the Vermont Open Meeting Law, effective July 1, 2024. These links will be available for at least 30 days.

07-26 - 08-23 - 09-27

Committee Minutes

Notice: All minutes on this website are considered DRAFT unless approved without amendment in the following meeting. Otherwise, minutes are amended as detailed in the following meeting’s minutes. Please check the minutes immediately following any minutes you download before considering any minutes true and correct.


Current Committee Minutes

05-24.pdf 06-28.pdf 07-26.pdf 08-23.pdf 09-27.pdf

   

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PO Box 409
61 Buck Hill Road 05262
Phone: (802) 442-4038
Fax: (802) 442-0955
   
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