Parks and Facilities

Parks, Recreation, and Public Property maintains over 27 traditional parks, in addition to its many historic sites, golf courses, ATV Park, skate park and recreation complex. Select one of the areas listed on the left for more details.

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BIG LAKE RESTORATION PROJECT

To be completed by the summer of 2010.

Beginning stage of the walkway
Beginning stage of the walkway
Platform
Platform
Walkway with safety rails
Walkway with safety rails
Platform Completed
Platform Completed
Big Lake Restoration Project

Click on this link to check out the pictures of the Big Lake Restoration Project (found in our Photo Gallery) to see the elevated walkway over the marsh.

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As of July 1, 2008, all Parks and Recreation facilities and programs, including third-party rentals, must adhere to the Iowa Smokefree Air Act.

  • Smoking is prohibited in all public buildings and the surrounding grounds.

  • Smoking is prohibited in all permanent outdoor seating areas, including bleachers and amphitheatres.

  • Smoking is prohibited at all outdoor events, including temporary seating areas for concerts and movies, sidelines for sports fields, festivals, weddings, conferences, meetings, classes, etc.

  • Smoking is prohibited at all restaurants, concessions stands and seating, and bars that serve prepared food.

  • Smoking is prohibited in all public vehicles, including buses, trolley and vans.

Iowa Department of Public Health

For more information about the Iowa Smokefree Air Act, or to respond with comments, please click the link above.


The Purple Martin Capital of Iowa!
Council Bluffs is the Purple Martin capital of Iowa! Purple Martins are the largest type of swallow, with an average size of 7-1/2 inches with a 15 inch wingspan. Weighing in at 1-1/2 to 2 ounces, these birds live on a steady diet of flying insects. They can eat an estimated 2,000 mosquitos a day! They are the only bird species in the world that is almost totally dependent on human beings to provide nesting sites. Come watch the birds return to Council Bluffs this spring, in particular to the martin houses in Bayliss Park!

Check out this great article regarding the Purple Martin
Very special thanks to the writers at Nature Society News, of Griggsville, Illinois for letting us post their article.

Purple Martin Contacts

Dennis Devine
"The Purple Martin Man"
Consultant on Purple Martins		 (712) 323-5233
722 E. Pierce Street
Council Bluffs, IA 51503
Karen Martin
Publisher of Nature Society News
 (800) 255-2692
nathouse@adams.net
Nature Society
Purple Martin Junction
P.O. Box 390
Griggsville, IL 62340 www.naturesociety.org

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