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Yellow Submarine
Welcome to the Yellow Phase friends!

Greetings Willistown Parks & Recreation Friends,


Will you join me in celebrating the "Yellow Phase" with the Beatles in their yellow submarine? Our trails and preserves remain open under social distancing requirements, and Rita Reves, Mill, and Greentree Parks remain closed. 

Paper copies of the Willistown Township Comprehensive Plan Update Survey will be arriving in Willistown mail boxes in the next few days. The 10 minute-survey will help us prioritize and improve current services, infrastructure, and facilities and plan for future needs. Your opinion matters! The survey is open to residents as well as non-residents. Submit only one survey per household, please. The survey closes July 1st. Take the online survey now.

Stay tuned for the release of our award-winning summer outdoor adventure program, GO WilMa! 2020, coming soon for fantastic family fun.

Planning ahead, fall sports camp registration info is below, and Willistown Parks & Rec will be co-hosting Okehocking tree plantings with Chester Ridley Crum Watersheds Association this fall, so please stay tuned.   

Here is the latest update from Township Administration on Yellow Phase building access. If you'd like to meet with me, please email or call 610-647-5300 x 224 to make an appointment.

I look forward to seeing you in the great outdoors, where there may not be Wi-Fi but you'll find better connection!


Mary



Mary N. Hundt
Director of Parks & Recreation

Willistown Parks & Recreation endeavors to foster healthy minds, bodies, and spirits through our parks and programs. We encourage a love of being outdoors and a connection to nature by creating happy, lasting memories there.

Office Hours: 8 AM-5 PM Monday through Thursday, 8:30 AM-Noon Fridays through September 8. (Contact Mary to make an appointment.)
Office Location: Garrett Farmhouse, Okehocking Preserve, 5316 West Chester Pike, Newtown Square, 19073
mhundt@willistown.pa.us
610-647-5300 x224
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All Willistown residents and businesses will receive a paper copy of our Comprehensive Plan survey in the next few days. We want to hear from YOU! Click here for the online survey. 
Kid playing soccer

Although our summer camp programs have been cancelled due to Great Valley School District closing their facilities for the summer, our fall sports camp registration is open: 
Register for Thursday night fall T-Birds T-Ball for 3-5 years-old.
Register for Saturday morning fall Hummingbird Soccer for 3-5.5 years-old.

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Temporary overflow parking sign

Willistown Township's Fox Hollow and Duffryn Trails and Okehocking, Serpentine, and Sugartown Preserves remain open. Please abide by our signage! 
Regular use of hand sanitizer is recommended along with avoiding touching your face, eyes and nose; covering your nose and mouth when coughing and sneezing with a tissue or flexed elbow; and if you are sick, staying at home. (Note: Greentree, Rita Reves, and Mill Parks and playgrounds are closed.) 

Tick Prevention Tips

It's easy to have fun outside and be safe too. Remember these tips to be tick-safe.
Follow the Tick Prevention Tips above and find out more from the PA Department of Health. You can receive free basic testing on ticks found on you and your pets from The Pennsylvania Tick Research Lab. 

Black Nymph Spotted Lanternfly

The invasive Spotted Lanternfly looks like this right now. Please notify Mary of any sightings on Township lands! 
The Spotted Lanternfly has spread throughout Pennsylvania since its discovery in Berks County in 2014. It feeds on the sap of many different plants including grapevines, maples, black walnut, and more. If you see a Spotted Lanternfly on any Willistown trails or in our preserves, please email Mary the location on the property and if you were able to kill the insect. Check out our Stewardship Bulletin for more information including a monthly management calendar. For questions about the lanternfly, info, and to report sightings, contact Penn State Extension at 1-888-422-3359.


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•    Email Parks and Rec Director Mary Hundt
•    Phone: 610-647-5300 x224


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