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City Departments

Parks & Recreation

Staff
Administration
William Waterhouse Director (248) 796-4602
Doug Block Manager, P&R Administration  (248) 796-4612
Christine Redmond Employment & Training Analyst (248) 796-4616
Facility Supervisors
Ted Davis Facility Supervisor, Southfield Sports Arena (248) 796-4677
Jonathon Rahn Facility Supervisor, Sfld. Pavilion & P&R Building (248) 796-4607
Nicole Messina Senior Adult Facility Coordinator (248) 796-4654
Ron Basten Burgh Historical Park Programmer (248) 796-4624
Pattie Dearie-Koski Facility Supervisor, Beech Woods Recreation Center & John Grace Community Center (248) 796-4644
Programmers
Holly Graves Youth Programmer (248) 796-4604
Janet Husaynu Programmer (248) 796-4617
David DuChene Cultural Arts Programmer (248) 796-4627
Christopher Riley Recreation Programmer, Athletics (248) 796-4672
Claudia Brewer Programmer (248) 796-4673
Golf
Terri Anthony-Ryan Head PGA Professional (248) 796-4606
Kathy Haag League Information (248) 796-4606
Parks/Parks Services
Merrie Carlock Landscape Architect (248) 796-4618
Robert Murray Parks & Operations Supervisor (248) 796-4632
Diane Dannenberg Parks Services (248) 796-4631
 

Did You Know?

  • The Parks & Recreation Department is responsible for over 780 acres of park land and open spaces at 33 sites throughout the City, including 333 acres of dedicated nature preserves.

  • The City of Southfield is the home of Michigan’s first baseball field for children with any physical or mental disability. Working with The Miracle League, the City constructed a special field designed with a custom synthetic turf and handicapped accessible dugouts, restrooms and drinking fountains.
  • The Parks & Recreation Department offers hundreds of recreation programs at facilities which include two nine-hole golf courses, a lighted driving range, a 50-meter outdoor swimming pool, a senior adult center, an indoor athletic field house, an indoor ice arena and a neighborhood recreation center.

  • The sand volleyball courts at Civic Center Park were named Best In Detroit by the readers of Real Detroit Weekly Magazine in their annual Real Best of Detroit for 2009.