June is a great month! Everything is starting to pop and usually the weather is getting warmer. This May has been a little up and down. Lots of really cool things going on in June in our great community!
Split Rock Park and Devils Gulch are officially open and Memorial Day weekend was busy! Both Visitors centers are open daily, and the traffic has been great. Stop in and pick up some of the special merchandise, visit with our staff and enjoy our beautiful parks.
The Garretson pool officially opening On June 2nd. Passes are on sale at City Hall as well as the pool.
The Farmers Market in green space downtown- Tuesday June 10th, 6 PM to 7:30 PM. Lots of cool stuff. Make it an evening out! Have dinner at one of our local establishments.
Jesse James Days is June 13th through the 15th. So many things going on I can’t even begin to list them all. Friday evening there is the Corn Hole Tournament and fund raiser for the museum. The parade on Saturday at 11 AM is always fun, local businesses are always happy to see you. Our great museum is open from 10-4, with new displays and great history of Garretson. Rumor has it that the museum bank is a target for robbery by the James gang. The vendor fair at the Legion is completely booked with lots of cool crafts and more. There is a lot going on downtown and at the Jaycee’s Complex.
Please check out the website and FB page for schedule and details at https://VisitGarretsonSD.com.
We are also working on bringing back Movies in the Park- more on that at later date.
Now the part I really don’t like.
We continue to have an issue with people dumping construction materials, garbage and other waste at the City Branch Pile. There is a very specific new sign at the entrance that clearly states what you can and cannot dump there, in addition to where you must dump it. We have some folks who have been caught on camera and received a visit and citation from the Sheriff’s office, but it continues to happen. We are having a discussion about this at our monthly council meeting. The first option would be to go to our old system where you check out a key at City Hall, the other one will be to close it. The Council will make that decision.
The other issue that I had mentioned previously is blowing your grass clippings into the street while you are mowing your yard. This is bad for a number of reasons; it looks bad, it is against city ordinance, and it washes the clippings into the storm drains and plugs them up. This means when we get a storm, water can back up into the streets (and even homes). Cleaning them out is very time consuming. PLEASE do not blow clippings into the streets. If necessary, we will start issuing citations, something I really don’t want to do.
Lastly, let’s all have a great safe, fun summer, enjoy our beautiful parks and all the great activities we have.
