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• Help Spread Holiday Cheer: Join the Santa Parade!

  Let's light up St. Pete together with holiday cheer! Join the 96th Annual Santa Parade and help us kick off the Holidays in the Sunshine City!

  Register online until Nov. 11.

  Click here to learn more.

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• Plan your holiday fun: St. Pete's Holidays in the Sunshine City returns!

  Don’t miss out on our seasonal activities for all ages.

  Holiday Schedule:

  • • 96th Annual Santa Parade & Tree Lighting - Saturday, Nov. 30, at 6:30 p.m. in downtown St. Petersburg
  • • Snowfest - Saturday, Dec. 7, from 9 a.m. - 2 p.m. in North Straub Park
  • • Holiday Movies in the Park - Saturday, Dec. 7, 14 & 21, at 6:30 p.m. Locations vary.
  • • Santa's Calling - December 10-12 from 6-9 p.m. This is not an in-person event.
  • • S'mores with Santa - December 12 & 14 from 6-8 p.m. at the Pinellas Pioneer Settlement
  • • Gingerbread Building Contest - Saturday, Dec. 14, at West Community Library at SPC-Gibbs Campus. Two timeslots available: 12:30 p.m. & 2 p.m.
  • • Meet Santa in the Park - Dec. 14-23 from 6-9 p.m. at North Straub Park
  • Visit with Santa at the Library - Dec. 16-19. Times and locations vary.
  • Holly Jolly Jubilee - Wednesday, Dec. 18, from 11:30 a.m. - 3 p.m. at the Sunshine Senior Center
  • • Cocoa Night Hike - Friday, Dec. 20, from 7-9 p.m. at Boyd Hill Nature Preserve
  • • Gingerbread Habitats - Saturday, Dec. 21, from 10 a.m. - 12 p.m. at Boyd Hill Nature Preserve
  • • Chimney in the Trunk - Saturday, Dec. 21, from 1-4 p.m. from Thomas "Jet" Jackson Recreation Center

  Click here to check out the full schedule of festivities.

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• Post-Milton Update: Boyd Hill Nature Preserve

  BOYD HILL NATURE PRESERVE

  Boyd Hill Nature Preserve is open. Please note the following regarding the preserve's operations:
  

  • - The nature center and playground will be open for regular hours.
  • - Trail access is closed until 2 PM today, Oct. 17, as rangers continue recovery efforts.
  • - Terry Tomalin Campground, Lake Maggiore Island, and all boardwalks will remain closed until further notice.
  • - Boyd Hill Day Camps are canceled for this week.

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• Post-Milton Update: Facility Closures

  FACILITY CLOSURE

  Lake Vista Recreation Center is closed until further notice due to damage sustained during Hurricane Milton.

  
  

  Bay Vista Recreation Centers will be open on Monday, Oct. 21.

  
  

  The following recreation centers are open for regular hours of operation:

  • 🔸Azalea Recreation Centers
  • 🔸Campbell Park Recreation Center
  • 🔸Childs Park Recreation Center
  • 🔸Enoch D. Davis Center
  • 🔸Frank Pierce Recreation Center
  • 🔸Gladden Park Recreation Center
  • 🔸JW Cate Recreation Center
  • 🔸Roberts Recreation Center
  • 🔸Shore Acres Recreation Center
  • 🔸Sunshine Senior Center
  • 🔸Thomas "Jet" Jackson Recreation Center
  • 🔸Walter Fuller Recreation Center
  • 🔸Willis S. Johns Recreation Center

  For center hours of operation, click here.

  
  

  All year-round pools are open. For hours of operation, click here.

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• Post-Milton Update: Park Amenity Closures

  PARK AMENITY CLOSURES
  

  Playgrounds are closed until further notice at the following parks:
  

  1. - Coffee Pot Park
  2. - Crisp Park
  3. - Harbordale Park
  4. - Live Oak
  5. - Shore Acres Mini Park
  6. - Puryear Park
  7. - Venetian Bay

  
  

  Exercise zones are closed at the following locations until further notice:

  • - Lake Vista Park's exercise zone
  • - North Shore Park's exercise zone

  
  

  Boat ramps are closed at the following locations until further notice:

  • - Bay Vista Park
  • - Lake Maggiore Park
  • - Maximo Park

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• Post-Milton Update: Childcare

  CHILDCARE

  All day childcare is available tomorrow, Oct. 14, at 8 recreation centers for participants currently enrolled in our Before and/or After School Program at no additional cost.
  
  The following recreation centers are OPEN for childcare:

  • - Campbell Park
  • - Childs Park
  • - Frank Pierce
  • - Gladden Park
  • - JW Cate
  • - Roberts
  • - Thomas Jackson
  • - Walter Fuller
  • - Willis Johns

  
  The following recreation centers are CLOSED:

  • - Lake Vista (closed until further notice due to damages sustained from Milton)
  • - Shore Acres (due to power outage)

  
  Participants enrolled in childcare at Lake Vista, or Shore Acres Recreation Centers can select from one of the 9 recreation centers offering childcare.
  
  Please note the following for childcare:

  • - Participants should bring their own non-refrigerated lunch and water bottle.
  • - Snacks will be provided.

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• Post-Milton Update: Permits

  PERMITS

  All park and athletic field permits are canceled through next week (Oct. 14-20).

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  PROGRAMS & EVENTS

  All Healthy St. Pete programs next week (Oct.14-20) have been canceled. Additionally, the Autumn Harvest Festival (Oct. 12) and Field of Screams (Oct. 24-27) events have been canceled.

  
  

  TASCO's after-school tech classes are canceled for Monday, Oct. 14.

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• Post-Milton Update: Programs & Events

  PROGRAMS & EVENTS

  All Healthy St. Pete programs next week (Oct.14-20) have been canceled. Additionally, the Autumn Harvest Festival (Oct. 12) and Field of Screams (Oct. 24-27) events have been canceled.

  
  

  TASCO's after-school tech classes are canceled this week (Oct. 14-20). Classes will resume Monday, Oct. 21.

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