City of Monroe, MI Parks & Recreation Dept

Welcome! This page is intended to get information out quickly; links to important information like the newsletter; rainouts and program reminders.

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It's our goal to help you have fun! The mission of the City of Monroe Parks and Recreation Dept is to enhance the lives of its citizens and visitors by encouraging a healthy lifestyle and offering safe and quality parks and recreation experiences that highlight our area's natural and cultural resources. Along with enjoying our beautiful parks, we offer many event

08/18/2024

๐ŸŽถAnother fun week coming up in Downtown Monroe!!โญ

08/18/2024

Perfect night for a free movie in St Marys Park!
Movie in St. Mary's Park - "๐“œ๐“ช๐“ป๐“ป๐”‚ ๐“œ๐“ฎ"

Photos from City of Monroe, MI Parks & Recreation Dept's post 08/16/2024
08/15/2024
08/15/2024

๐ŸŽถAnother great concert tonight at St. Mary's Park!!๐ŸŽถ
โš ๏ธKeep in mind the road closure in front of the park!
Category 5! FREE Concert in St. Mary's Park

The Monroe Public Safety Department is announcing that on Thursday 8/15/24 at 6:00 PM, West Elm Avenue will be shut down between Borgess Avenue and North Monroe Street for the Thursday Evening Summer Concert Series at St. Mary's Park. We are expecting larger than normal crowds at this concert and for the safety of the concert goers and motorists, West Elm Avenue will be shut down until approximately 10:00 PM. This week's feature is Category 5. We hope to see you out there!!! ๐Ÿšง๐Ÿš”๐ŸŽผ๐ŸŽธ

08/15/2024

๐ŸŽฅDate night! Girls Night Out! Hope to see you Saturday! ๐Ÿฟ
Any changes would be posted on this page.
Movie in St. Mary's Park - "๐“œ๐“ช๐“ป๐“ป๐”‚ ๐“œ๐“ฎ"

Photos from City of Monroe, MI Parks & Recreation Dept's post 08/14/2024

๐ŸŽฃLast weeks Learn to fish Pop-Up at Veterans Park! with Detroit River International Wildlife Refuge was lots of fun!
Thank you to everyone who came out!

08/10/2024

Hope to see you this morning!

๐‘ฐ๐’•โ€™๐’” ๐’‚ ๐’ƒ๐’†๐’‚๐’–๐’•๐’Š๐’‡๐’–๐’ ๐’Ž๐’๐’“๐’๐’Š๐’๐’ˆ ๐’‡๐’๐’“ ๐’‚ ๐’”๐’‰๐’๐’“๐’†๐’๐’Š๐’๐’† ๐’„๐’๐’†๐’‚๐’๐’–๐’‘! ๐Ÿ’™โ˜€๏ธ๐ŸŒŠ

E. Coli levels East of Macomb Street Bridge are still high, so the advisory will NOT be lifted. While we are not encouraging anyone to get in the water, we have a great opportunity to get some shoreline cleaning done! Weโ€™re here now for registration and the event briefing begins at 9 AM!

Please consider still joining us! We have rubber boots, gloves, hand washing stations and LOTS of sanitizer! We also have some amazing raffle prizes to give away and delicious food and drink from our local businesses (๐™–๐™›๐™ฉ๐™š๐™ง ๐™ฎ๐™ค๐™ช ๐™ฌ๐™–๐™จ๐™ ๐™ฎ๐™ค๐™ช๐™ง ๐™๐™–๐™ฃ๐™™๐™จ, ๐™ค๐™› ๐™˜๐™ค๐™ช๐™ง๐™จ๐™š!)

Photos from Monroe Farmers Market - Monroe, Michigan's post 08/10/2024

โ˜€๏ธA beautiful market morning๐ŸŒผ

Photos from City of Monroe, MI Parks & Recreation Dept's post 08/08/2024

๐ŸŽถEverybodyโ€™s getting ready for tonights concert! ๐ŸŽถ
Lots of time to get down to St Marys Park! 7:00 to 8:30- Collision Six- FREE Concert in St. Mary's Park!

08/08/2024

โš ๏ธPLEASE NOTE THE ELM AVE ROAD CLOSURE IN FRONT OF ST. MARY'S PARK AT 6PM TONIGHT!โš ๏ธ
๐ŸŽถHope to see you at the Collision Six concert at 7pm tonight!!

The Monroe Public Safety Department is announcing that on Thursday 8/8/24 at 6:00 PM, West Elm Avenue will be shut down between Borgess Avenue and North Monroe Street for the Thursday Evening Summer Concert Series at St. Mary's Park. We are expecting larger that normal crowds at this concert and for the safety of the concert goers and motorists, West Elm Avenue will be shut down until approximately 10:00 PM. This week's feature is Collision Six. We hope to see you out there!!! ๐Ÿšง๐Ÿš”๐ŸŽผ๐ŸŽธ

08/07/2024

Join us for Free fishing 101 this morning at Veterans Park #2 10am-noon! Show up anytime! no equipment needed! Detroit River International Wildlife Refuge๏ฟผ

08/07/2024

โ˜€Four amazing concerts remain at the ๐‘บ๐’–๐’Ž๐’Ž๐’†๐’“ ๐‘ช๐’๐’๐’„๐’†๐’“๐’• ๐‘บ๐’†๐’“๐’Š๐’†๐’” at St. Mary's Park, presented by Monroe Community CU! Special thanks to one of our Partner Sponsors ๐‹๐š๐›๐จ๐ซ๐ž๐ซ'๐ฌ ๐‹๐จ๐œ๐š๐ฅ ๐Ÿ’๐Ÿ—๐Ÿ— for supporting this year's series!! We appreciate all they do for our community!
๐ŸŽถPerforming this Thursday is Collision Six, official house band of the 2024 NFL Draft in Detroit!
๐Ÿ—Food trucks are Whiskey Jacks BBQ and Nemeth's Concessions๐ŸŒญ ! Get all the details on the event page at Collision Six- FREE Concert in St. Mary's Park!

08/04/2024

Free youth pickleball lessons continue in August with The Monroe Family YMCA Youth Sports & Community Rec!

08/03/2024

๐ŸŒท๐™„๐™'๐™Ž ๐™๐™„๐™ˆ๐™€ ๐™๐™Š ๐™‚๐™Š ๐™Š๐™‰ ๐˜ผ ๐™‹๐˜ผ๐™๐™† ๐™Ž๐˜พ๐˜ผ๐™‘๐™€๐™‰๐™‚๐™€๐™ ๐™ƒ๐™๐™‰๐™!!๐ŸŒณ
3 different hunts to choose from! Completed entries go into a drawing for monthly prizes! Email pics for us to post on fb!
Forms and rules available under Park Scavenger Hunts at https://www.monroemi.gov/cms/One.aspx?portalId=10126595&pageId=12509125
๐Ÿ”๐—›๐—”๐—ฉ๐—˜ ๐—™๐—จ๐—ก ๐—ข๐—ก ๐—ฌ๐—ข๐—จ๐—ฅ ๐—›๐—จ๐—ก๐—ง!!๐Ÿ”Ž

Photos from City of Monroe, MI Parks & Recreation Dept's post 07/31/2024

๐Ÿ‘Special thanks to the ๐ˆ๐๐“๐„๐‘๐๐’ ๐ˆ๐๐’๐๐ˆ๐‘๐„๐ƒ ๐๐˜ ๐‚๐Ž๐Œ๐…๐Ž๐‘๐“ group from La-Z-Boy as they worked hard alongside the City of Monroe Parks crew at Father Cairns Park! Their tireless work helped beautify this newly updated park by pulling weeds, spreading mulch and more! ๐ŸŒพ
Thank you La-Z-Boy for continually supporting the City of Monroe with your volunteer groups and generous donations, helping make our Monroe community a wonderful place to be!

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โ˜€๏ธAnother fun concert at Saint Maryโ€™s Park in Monroe!๐ŸŽถ
New and experienced pickleballers came out to Father Cairns Pickleball Courts for the July 22 Pickleball Demo Day - Try ...

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