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Sugar Days 2025; P&Z Vacancy; Little Park Update; Little Libraries; FT City Employee Opening; CERT

 



Sugar Days 2025

Sugar Days is one week away! We hope everyone in our community can come out and enjoy the family-friendly day in Heritage park.

I'd like to highlight a few things:

  • The Historical Society will be hosting a silent auction as a fund raiser for their continuing goal to fund a new museum. Please stop by their booth.
  • Grand Teton Farm and Mill (ancientgrains.com) is sponsoring a 5-minute Teton Dam Flood Memories Project. A group of BYU-Idaho students will be hosting brief interviews with people who have memories to share about the flood. The booth will be set up next to the Historical Society's space, so please come by and get your memories recorded for posterity.
  • At 10am at the city's tent, we'll be presenting awards for the Citizen of the Year (Kevin Miyasaki) and Public Servant of the Year Award (Lynsey Bean). Please come and congratulate Kevin and Lynsey for this well-deserved recognition!

Planning & Zoning Commission Vacancy

We're looking for a new P&Z commissioner. It you're interested in serving, please contact City Hall at 208-356-7561.

Little Park Update

Work should begin soon for the little park at 3rd west and 3rd south. It will have a small playground area, along with a concrete pad for a picnic area. We hope to add trees and additional landscaping in the future.

Little Libraries

Recently, Lizzie and Brynlee, two students from Kershaw Intermediate School presented a plan to city council for a "little libraries" program. They did a great job and the city is moving forward with them to establish this program. We'll get out more information over the coming months. (The photo here is an example of a "little library" in a Rexburg neighborhood.)

Fulltime City Employee Opening 

The city's looking for a new public works department fulltime
employee. Experience and skills are great, but, according to Public Works Director Arlynn Jacobson, the top characteristics for the job are dedication and a strong work ethic. The position requires someone willing to work hard and get trained and certified in a variety of duties for the city public works department.

The city council approved the position just last night (6/12/2025), so more information will be available at city hall soon.


CERT (Community Emergency Response Team)

Finally, the next CERT certification course begins in September. I encourage all interested (or even semi-interested) residents to sign up.

That's all for now. I hope to see you at Sugar Days! Come to the community breakfast and stop by the city booth to chat. 

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