Regions
The Massachusetts Recreation and Park Association has divided the Commonwealth into regions, all of which have regional representation on the Executive Committee. Each Region conducts it’s own regional meetings. As a member of MRPA you are invited to attend any or all of the regional meetings and/or any special sessions that are conducted by a region.
To find your region – CLICK HERE for a listing by City/Town
Cape Cod
Cape & Islands Regional Representative
Heidi McLaughlin
Mashpee Recreation Department
Program Supervisor
16 Great Neck Road, N
Mashpee, MA 02649
Phone: 508-539-1416, Fax: 508-539-1447
hmclaughlin@mashpeema.gov
Cape & Islands Meetings
Central
Central Region Representative
Doreen Ferguson
Recreation Director
Southborough Recreation
21 Highland Street
Southborough, MA 01772
Phone: 508-229-4452
dferguson@southboroughma.com
Meetings
Metro West
Metro West Region
Dan Keefe, III
Assistant Superintendent
Natick Recreation & Parks Dept
179 Boden Lane
Natick, MA 01760
Phone: 508-647-6533, Fax: 508-647-6535
dkeefe@natickma.org
Northeast
Northeast Region Representative
Karen Simmons CPRP, CTRS
Recreation Director
Lexington Recreation
1625 Mass Ave
Lexington, MA 02420
Phone: 781-862-0500 ext 263, Fax: 781-861-2747
ksimmons@lexingtonma.gov
Brendan Egan
Superintendent Recreation
Parks & Forestry
10 Humphrey Street
Marblehead, MA 01945
Phone: 781-631-3350, Fax: 781-639-3420
eganb@marblehead.org
Next Meeting Date January 11, 2013
We hope you are enjoying the holidays and get a chance to take a little time off to spend with family and friends. The next Northeast Regional Meeting will be held on Friday, January 11 at 10:00 am in Concord. A copy of the agenda and directions are attached. If you have anything you would like added to the agenda please let us know. We will send out an updated agenda and reminder after the first of the year.
At the last meeting we talked about what department’s program policy and % split’s are with contractors / vendors? I have received a few program policies / % splits and will email them out before the next meeting. If you haven’t sent me your policy and would like to, please send it by January 9, 2013.
Lastly, “MRPA is challenging each one of you to reach out to a community in your region that is not represented in MRPA or to someone that has not been active and invite them to a regional meeting. A personal invitation is always nicer than just the email. To encourage our members to reach out, we are offering an incentive; if you bring someone to a regional meeting as your guest, you will get a prize. The prize is your choice between an MRPA item or a Dunkin Donuts Gift Card, your guest will get the item you do not choose.”
Happy Holidays,
Karen Simmons and Brendan Egan
Co-Chairs, Northeast Region
Directions to Hunt Recreation Center
Meetings
South Shore
South Shore Representative
Barry DeBlasio
Director
Plymouth Recreation
11 Lincoln Street
Plymouth, MA 02360
Phone: 508-830-4110 x 136, Fax: 508-830-4133
bdeblasio@townhall.plymouth.ma.us
West
West Region Representative
Colin Dury
East Longmeadow Recreation
Director
328 North Main Street
East Longmeadow, MA 01028
Phone: 413-525-5437, Fax: 413-536-9746
CDrury@eastlongmeadowma.gov
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increasing participation in the sport in New England by offering quality
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