Parks

The Michigan City Parks & Recreation Department announces that beginning Tuesday, September 2nd, 2014, office hours will change FROM 7:30 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. to 8:00 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. This change will align the Park Office hours with City Hall hours....

Big thanks to Portage Township Trustees and Parks Department for allowing us to design and create their new parks and wayfinding signage. We installed these beautiful custom sandblasted faux wood grain and stone foam monument signs as you enter the...

Some people call them "flying flowers". Butterflies have always delighted all age groups with their beauty, agility and amazing adeptness. In the last several years many Butterfly Gardens have been established at schools, homes and Institutions, in...

The Michigan City Parks & Recreation Department announces that beginning the week of Monday, August 18, lifeguards will NO LONGER be on duty at Washington Park beach during the weekdays. They will continue to be on duty on Saturdays and Sundays...

A Master Gardener training program will be offered in La Porte County beginning Thursday, September 11, 2014, and continuing until December 11 on Thursday evenings from 6 to 9 p.m. central time. The classes will be held at the Purdue Extension – La...

The Gardens is pleased to present our eighth annual preview of the upcoming Chicago Lyric Opera season in the Symphony Garden. We are fortunate to again welcome Michigan City favorite and international performer, soprano Kimberly Jones. The program...

A number of positive initiatives to promote the Indiana Dunes and discussion about pertinent issues regarding the topic ensued during a “Community Coffee Talk” hosted by Third Coast Spice Cafe in Chesterton on Tuesday. Balancing the need to...

In an unlikely pairing, a high-style interior designer and dirt-loving outdoor education center have teamed up to raise money to send deserving kids to camp. Together, they have assembled “The Ultimate Glamping Package.” Designed by Robert...

Shannon Eason, administrative director and Jeremy Kienitz, recreation director have been named the interim co-superintendents of the Michigan City Parks and Recreation Department. Eason and Kienitz both confirmed their appointments on Monday. The...

Audrey Kinezian, Starke County, IN County Genealogist and Professional Genealogist will present a program on how to access information of interest to researchers in Starke County, IN. Starke County originally included the area of land that today...