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IVRPD Newsletter

May 2025

Hello Luis! Welcome to our monthly newsletter from all of us here at Isla Vista Recreation & Park District. We’re excited to be sharing updates, news, staff spotlights, and meeting notices from the Park District.

What’s Inside

Special Board Meeting May 1st

Regular Board Meeting May 8th

Stewardship Recap

Cinco de Mayo

AS Program Board

Save the Date APIDA Heritage Night Market

Special Board Meeting

May 1st

Dear Isla Vista,

IVRPD is hosting a Special Board Meeting on Thursday, May 1, 2025 at 5:30 PM at the St. George Youth Center, 889 Camino Del Sur, Isla Vista.

Zoom Meeting Information

Meeting ID: 847 1207 8883

Passcode: 859271

+1 669 900 9128

For questions, email ivrpd@ivparks.org or dial (805) 968-2017. Thank you.

AGENDA

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Regular Board Meeting

May 8th

Dear Isla Vista,

IVRPD is hosting a Special Board Meeting on Thursday, May 8th, 2025 at 5:30 PM at the St. George Youth Center, 889 Camino Del Sur, Isla Vista.

Agenda will be posted Monday, May 5th.

Zoom Meeting Information

Meeting ID: 847 1207 8883

Passcode: 859271

+1 669 900 9128

For questions, email ivrpd@ivparks.org or dial (805) 968-2017. Thank you.

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Upcoming Stewardship Saturday

Saturday, May 10th we are hosting a Disc Golf work and Play event,

This event will run from 11am - 2pm and volunteers will meet at our district office to sign in: 961 Embarcadero del Mar

We will be offering free pizza and cinnabread after the cleanup while supplies last from Woodstock's!

We are excited to see you there and have a safe Deltopia weekend.

For more community resources on having a safe Deltopia weekend please click here.

Stewardship Saturday:

Dinosaur Painted!

We are so excited to report that our volunteers helped us paint our Dinosaur play structure at Fortuna Park this weekend!

UCSB Alumni Association and community members joined us in adding some color to this dinosaur, which has since been retired! We are so happy to see this project finished and are excited to begin adding more plants to the structure!

Check out some photos below!

Cinco De Mayo

We invite you to our Cinco De Mayo Concert this Saturday, May 3rd, from 1pm to 5pm. We will be having performances by Raices De Mi Tierra, Equipo Elite, Tamborazo Los Unicos, and UCSB Student Performers. We will also be having free food, until supplies last. IV Small Artist Coop will also be bringing out Latinx vendors to the event.

The event is partly funded by IVCRC and we are looking forward to having you join!

For any questions please email ivrpd@ivparks.org.Thank you.

AS Program Board: BAMBII

Save the Date!

APIDA Heritage Night Market

Next Friday, May 9th, IVRPD will be hosting an APIDA Night Market in collaboration with Thriftopia. The event will be held at Perfect Park from 4pm to 8pm. We plan on hosting multiple APIDA organizations and student dancers at our night market. We look forward to having you join us in our first ever Night Market!

Park Rental Inquiries Changes

Isla Vista Recreation & Parks District is changing its park rental inquiry protocols. From now on please request and mail all park rental inquiries to ivrpd@ivparks.org. Thank you for your understanding!