Tag Archives: Parks and Recreation

The City of Kodiak is in the final process of collecting bids for a planned overhaul of the Baranof Park Recreation Center – and the project contract could be awarded as early as this month, but the $3.8 million development faces a final fundraising hurdle. Plans for the future of Baranof Park include 4,500 square feet of new building; the …

Kodiak’s Baranof Park received a sizable funding bump last month for its Recreation Center Improvements Project. Private donors chipped in $360,000 for the proposed overhaul, and the donations put the project $474,000 shy of its total fundraising goal of $3.8 million dollars. Corey Gronn is the director of Kodiak’s Parks and Recreation Department. “We’re very close,” said Gronn. “We are …

Tuesday was the first day of the skating season at the Baranof Ice Rink. KMXT went out on the ice to talk to excited return skaters, and find out about Parks and Recreation’s big plans for the facility. Skaters take to the ice for the first day of the Baranof Ice Rink winter season. (Photo by Kavitha George/KMXT) Despite the …