Forest Park Golf Course opens for season

Valpo parks controls pests with nature's air force

VALPARAISO | The city's parks have started an affordable housing program for birds and bats.

Valpo Parks accepts Vale Park pathway

VALPARAISO | It took a few months, but the pathway along the Vale Park Way between Campbell and Valparaiso streets now belongs to the city's Parks Department.

Summer here but spring green's fees stay in Valpo

VALPARAISO | It's been a good year for Valparaiso's golf courses, and the park board agreed to send a big "thank you" to golfers by voting to keep the spring rates through the summer.

Above par year for Valpo courses

VALPARAISO | The March warm spell enabled the city's golf courses to do something they haven't done in a long time - if ever - at this point in the year. They ended the month in the black.

Valpo parks seeking funding help for projects

VALPARAISO | When you have more projects to do than you can afford, the first thing you do is prioritize what needs to be done.

Mild winter makes Valpo golf a hot item

VALPARAISO | It's been a good winter for the city's golf courses.

Valpo parks approves fee increases for most programs

VALPARAISO | The costs of most Valparaiso Parks Department programs will be going up in 2012 as the department tries to move closer to a model in which programs are self-supporting.

Valpo to apply for beer license for Forest Park

VALPARAISO | The city's Park Board is again ready to file its application for a permit to sell beer at Valparaiso's Forest Park Golf Course.

Parks meeting goal of cutting expenses

VALPARAISO | Like all city departments, Valparaiso's Parks Department is trying to do a year's worth of business on 11 months worth of money.

Valpo getting ready for bumper crop of blossoms

VALPARAISO | It's the first day of spring and as the last remnants of the February blizzard melt away, the city should be a blizzard of blossoms and bursting buds.

Valpo parks seek beer license for Forest Park

VALPARAISO | With profits estimated to be from $25,000 to $35,000 a year, Valparaiso's Park Board voted Tuesday to proceed with the application for a license to sell beer at Forest Park Golf Course.