New Iberia's City Park is making moves– well, not the park itself, but members of our lovely community committed to making it a better place for families to play, run, and relax.
The picture above shows the running routes, the longest being 1 mile. If you run all of these routes and wander into a few of the streets neighboring the park, you can train for a 5k, 10k, and even a half marathon. It is one of the few places in town with enough sidewalk to have a nice long run uninterrupted by cars.
A local young professional's group, On Tap, raised money to build a new jungle gym. I saw it for the first time the other day, and I just hope that big kids are allowed to enjoy the fun too. I'll test it out and let you know.
The park also offers recreational sports, wellness programs including Yoga and Zumba, a boat launch, tennis courts, swimming lessons in the summer, and a Veteran's center. Raisin' Canes is co-sponsoring a dog park on the bayou set to open on October 19 at 10am. Should be fun!
I have spent a lot of time in the park over the years playing softball and tennis, teaching swim lessons, and more recently training for a half marathon. I am so happy to see that it is getting better all the time and that so many people from all over New Iberia are using it to their advantage. Just watch out for the geese.
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