{"id":371130,"date":"2026-10-12T17:28:10","date_gmt":"2026-10-12T17:28:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/371130\/"},"modified":"2026-10-12T17:28:10","modified_gmt":"2026-10-12T17:28:10","slug":"brooklyn-park-seeks-resident-input-for-fire-station-conversion-project-psa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/371130\/","title":{"rendered":"Brooklyn Park seeks resident input for fire station conversion project | Psa"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Construction of Brooklyn Park\u2019s new central fire station is underway, and once it is complete, the fire department\u2019s current headquarters will be repurposed as a recreation center for older adults to stay socially and physically active.<\/p>\n<p>Now, the city of Brooklyn Park is asking for resident input regarding the Recreation Center for Older Adults project. City staff members have organized multiple community engagement opportunities to help shape the future space.<\/p>\n<p>Two focus groups will be hosted this month, running 1-2:15 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 21, and 5:30-6:45 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 28. Both focus groups will be held at the Community Activity Center, 5600 85th Ave. N.<\/p>\n<p>Residents planning to attend a focus group are encouraged to register at <a href=\"http:\/\/brooklynpark.org\/olderadultsfocusgroup\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">brooklynpark.org\/olderadultsfocusgroup<\/a>. Registration should be completed the Monday prior to the session.<\/p>\n<p>On Wednesday, Nov. 18, the city will host a pair of open house opportunities at the Community Activity Center. The first session will run from 2-4:30 p.m., and the second from 5:30-7 p.m. No pre-registration is required for either open house.<\/p>\n<p>Residents can also share their thoughts through an online community survey, which is supposed to take less than 10 minutes to complete. It can be accessed at <a href=\"http:\/\/brooklynpark.org\/olderadultssurvey\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">brooklynpark.org\/olderadultssurvey<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Construction of Brooklyn Park\u2019s new central fire station is underway, and once it is complete, the fire department\u2019s&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":371131,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[36],"tags":[98,100,99,136861,610,9,24,63,28611,134111],"class_list":["post-371130","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-brooklyn","tag-brooklyn","tag-brooklyn-headlines","tag-brooklyn-news","tag-brooklynpark","tag-local","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-nyc","tag-psa","tag-publicsafety"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/371130","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=371130"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/371130\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/371131"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=371130"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=371130"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=371130"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}