City of Bloomington Parks and Rec Summer registration begins April 13

Posted on April 7, 2022
The City of Bloomington’s Parks, Recreation and Cultural Arts department will have Summer Registration open for Bloomington residents beginning April 13th beginning at 5:00 AM. (Bloomington Parks and Recreation Facebook)

By Jake Fogal

BLOOMINGTON – The City of Bloomington’s Parks, Recreation and Cultural Arts department will have Summer Registration open for Bloomington residents beginning April 13th beginning at 5:00 AM.

Non-resident registration will begin April 20th.

The programs and classes being offered deal with outdoor activities, sports, science, cooking and art classes, and even Zumba classes.

View the new guide full of programs, classes and events being offered this Summer at BloomingtonParks.Org.

Jake Fogal can be reached at [email protected].

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