It’s Fair time again! The 2017 North Park Fair Books have arrived and can be found all around town! Putting the fair together is a huge community effort that many volunteers and especially the North Park Fair Board work hard for months to accomplish each and every year for our community. As you look through your Fair Book, you’ll be amazed at the many volunteers, donors and sponsors listed throughout the book. Make a point to say thank you to all these fine folks who have k

This week during the North Park Fair, Jackson County 4-H is excited for everyone to come see the new playground equipment recently installed in the Alisha Adkins Memorial 4-H Park. The playground is located directly adjacent to the Jerelin Wattenberg Center at the Jackson County Fairgrounds. To secure the new playground equipment, Jackson County partnered with 4-H to request and be awarded a substantial Great Outdoors Colorado (GOCO) grant for $18,000 that was matched with n

Did you know that without pollinators and especially bees, many of the fruits and vegetables we enjoy would never grow! 2nd, 3rd and 4th graders at North Park Schools have been busy for the past month learning about the importance of pollinators! Wrapping up their 6th year co-leading the program, Deb Alpe with CSU Extension and Marti Aitken, Parks District Botanist with USDA Forest Service teach students about the variety of pollinators in the world, the butterfly life cycle

The annual North Park School Earth Day event was initiated in 2009 during the first year that the members of Jackson County Outdoor Education Network started working together! The event has happened every year since, except one when it was cancelled because road conditions during a big snowstorm preventing an out of county key presenter pulling a big activity trailer from driving to North Park! 4th-8th grade students visited a variety of educational stations on topics related