MORGANTOWN — BOPARC’s scaled back project to improve the Morgantown Ice Arena is anticipated to be in the $3 million to $4 million range and completed in […]
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BOPARC’s Eureka Cafe is popular, and a little complicated
MORGANTOWN — It’s a fine line to walk. In March 2023, Eureka Cafe opened in BOPARC’s Wiles Hill Community Center. It was a post-COVID request of a […]
Morgantown Ice Arena inspection yields positive news; BOPARC $3.5M in the black
MORGANTOWN — BOPARC Executive Director Melissa Wiles said she recently received some good news regarding the Morgantown Ice Arena. As a result of a $15,400 contract with […]
BOPARC plotting the post-pool future of lower Marilla Park
MORGANTOWN — Here’s an impression of BOPARC Executive Director Melissa Wiles reading through public feedback received as part of the lower Marilla Park re-imagining process. “Pickleball, pickleball, […]
BOPARC approves $13.9 million budget for 2024 fiscal year
MORGANTOWN — The Board of Park and Recreation Commissioners approved a draft budget of $13,915,950 for Morgantown’s park system for the upcoming 2023-24 fiscal year. For perspective, […]
BOPARC, Mylan Park initiating ice arena projects
MORGANTOWN — About two months after ballooning costs and public pushback prompted an 11th-hour decision to bail on a $15 million overhaul of the Morgantown Ice Arena, […]
Morgantown Ice Arena project bids rejected; Mylan Park takes the ice
MORGANTOWN — BOPARC’s Morgantown Ice Arena project as currently presented is off. Mylan Park is getting into the ice business. Those were the two major takeaways from […]
Morgantown hockey community voices displeasure with ice arena plan
MORGANTOWN — What happens when 100 hockey players, parents, coaches and supporters turn up to a Morgantown City Council meeting in a room with a 40-person capacity? […]
Selin: Refreshing to have the means and will to make recreation improvements
MORGANTOWN — In June 2018, BOPARC leadership came before Morgantown City Council to deliver some hard truths about the city’s park system. Executive Director Melissa Wiles and […]
New pool, action sports park envisioned for Marilla Park
MORGANTOWN — An $8-$10 million project to overhaul BOPARC’s 60-plus-year-old Marilla Pool is officially on the starting block. The city’s park commission welcomed about a dozen members […]
