Sunday In The Park July 18th

On July 18th, the park will explode with balloons, bubbles, bounces, bands and bikes. The Sixth annual Sunday in the Park returns to the spirit of the former use as an amusement park and trolley designation. There will be fun and games for kids and adults. There’s face painting, clowns, an inflated carousel bounce, sack races, carnival games and a corn pool.

For adults there will be a number of displays with an environmental or conservation theme, and Richmond Police, fire and Sheriff’s Departments will be on display.
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What could be much better than spending a lazy Sunday afternoon in Richmond’s Forest Hill Park. We have been doing it in Richmond for decades, but for the six years, Sunday in the Park with Friends has taken on a new and vibrant meaning.

This year is no exception.

On July 18^th, the park will explode with balloons, bubbles, bounces, bands and bikes. The Sixth annual Sunday in the Park returns to the spirit of the former use as an amusement park and trolley designation. There will be fun and games for kids and adults. There’s face painting, clowns, an inflated carousel bounce, sack races, carnival games and a corn pool.

For adults there will be a number of displays with an environmental or conservation theme, and Richmond Police, fire and Sheriff’s Departments will be on display.

Tours of the historic Stone House are scheduled, along with displays about the park’s history.

This year there will also be the opportunity to tour the newly renovated Forest Hill Lake, and see a display of the nearly year-long project to return the lake to its historic boundaries and beauty. To make the lake more accessible to everyone, we are planning golf cart shuttles from the area of the Stone House to the gazebo at Forest Hill Lake.

For the first time, Richmond Police Officer Stacy Rogers is sponsoring a bike rodeo for kids.

The free event, sponsored by the Friends of Forest Hill Park and Council President Kathy Graziano, is also encouraging families to bring a picnic and enjoy the park. There will be free snowcones, ice cream, watermelon and water.

Dogs are welcome, but must be kept on leases at all times.

Additional Sponsors

Dominion Virginia Power, MWV, the neighborhood associations of Forest Hill, Woodland Heights and Westover Hills, WalMart, Sheriff C. T. Woody, the Richmond Department of Public Utilities, the Department of Parks, Recreation and Community Facilities, The Richmond Police Department, Good Shepherd Elementary School, the Westover Hills Library Assistance Group, Riverside Outfitters-True Timber, Central Virginia Waste Management Authority, Clown Alley #3, the South of the James Market, Virginia Correctional Enterprises.

Contact: David Hathcock 840-0315