{"id":173658,"date":"2026-04-23T08:28:09","date_gmt":"2026-04-23T08:28:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/173658\/"},"modified":"2026-04-23T08:28:09","modified_gmt":"2026-04-23T08:28:09","slug":"forest-city-approves-1st-reading-of-the-parks-commission-formation-mix-107-3-kiow","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/173658\/","title":{"rendered":"Forest City Approves 1st Reading of the Parks Commission Formation \u2013 Mix 107.3 KIOW"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t<img width=\"780\" height=\"470\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/bigstock-Playground-157772-780x470.jpg\" class=\"attachment-jannah-image-post size-jannah-image-post wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" data-main-img=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\"\/><\/p>\n<p>The Forest City Council addressed a pressing need to create a Parks Board Commission which will fall under the direction of the council according to Forest City Administrator Tony Mikes.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/kiow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/27\/2026\/04\/FCPark-1.wav\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/kiow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/27\/2026\/04\/FCPark-1.wav<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Two readings of the resolution remain for the council before final approval. The previous parks board consisted of elected members but the new commission will have a different structure and more oversight by the council.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/kiow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/27\/2026\/04\/FCPark-2.wav\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/kiow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/27\/2026\/04\/FCPark-2.wav<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The council heard from a member of the community who wanted to see improvements to Sunshine Park on 350th and W. O Street.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/kiow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/27\/2026\/04\/FC-Park-3.wav\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/kiow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/27\/2026\/04\/FC-Park-3.wav<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The council took the request into consideration.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0\n<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0 0 8px 0; font-weight: 700; color:#222;\">&#13;<br \/>\n    Stay Connected with Mix 107.3 KIOW&#13;\n  <\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0 0 10px 0; color:#444;\">&#13;<br \/>\n    Add Mix 107.3 KIOW as a preferred source on Google to see more local news, weather, and sports in your feed.&#13;\n  <\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0 0 12px 0;\">&#13;<br \/>\n    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/preferences\/source?q=https:\/\/kiow.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" style=\"&#013;&#010;      display:inline-block;&#013;&#010;      background:#cc0000;&#013;&#010;      color:#ffffff;&#013;&#010;      padding:8px 14px;&#013;&#010;      border-radius:6px;&#013;&#010;      text-decoration:none;&#013;&#010;      font-weight:600;&#013;&#010;      font-size:0.9rem;&#013;&#010;    \">&#13;<br \/>\n      Add on Google&#13;<br \/>\n    <\/a>&#13;\n  <\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0; color:#444;\">&#13;<br \/>\n    Follow us on &#13;<br \/>\n    <a href=\"https:\/\/facebook.com\/mix1073kiow\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" style=\"color:#cc0000; font-weight:600; text-decoration:none;\">&#13;<br \/>\n      Facebook&#13;<br \/>\n    <\/a>&#13;<br \/>\n    for breaking news, severe weather alerts, sports, and more.&#13;\n  <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Forest City Council addressed a pressing need to create a Parks Board Commission which will fall under&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":173659,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[128,130,129],"class_list":["post-173658","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-reading","tag-reading-city","tag-reading-city-headlines","tag-reading-city-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/173658","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=173658"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/173658\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/173659"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=173658"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=173658"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=173658"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}