Due to inclement weather, Movie in the Park has been rescheduled to June 20 at Little Mill Creek Park.
We proudly partner with local Girl Scouts working on their Gold Awards and Boy Scouts working on their Eagle Scout ranks. We receive many applications each year, so to ensure your project is considered, please read the process and requirements carefully.
Your project should:
Visit and research possible projects to determine a project you would like to pursue.
Submit an Eagle Scout/Gold Award application.
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The city coordinator will forward your application to city project managers. They will review your application and evaluate project ideas. We may suggest alternative locations that have a greater need. The city is under no obligation to accept any project proposal.
The city coordinator will contact you to inform you of any viable projects.
If you choose to pursue your project with us, arrange a meeting with the appropriate city manager to discuss project details.
Prepare the necessary paperwork to obtain project approval through your troop and scout office.
Arrange a time to get your city project manager’s signature.
Determine the funding source for your project, possibly including donations or fundraising.
Conduct research on the type of work you will teach others about for your project.
You and everyone who works on your project must sign our release of liability forms.
Set up a meeting with your city project manager to get final approval for the project, discuss funding sources, budget and work schedule.
Notify the city project manager at least two weeks before your first work day to arrange a final site walkthrough. We will identify where materials will be delivered, flag construction locations and answer last-minute questions. If you are not doing a construction project, schedule appropriate meetings relevant to your project.
If your project requires construction, you must have an adult age 25 or older present.
Once your project is complete, notify the city project manager to schedule a project walkthrough/wrap-up meeting. Please bring all photos and documentation that you will turn in to your scouting office.
If you have complied with all required procedures and have successfully completed your project, the city coordinator will sign off on any paperwork.
In order to ensure your project with us is successful, we require the following:
Plan for a minimum of four months to complete your project. We cannot accept projects with emergency deadlines.
You must be a resident of Lenexa or belong to a Lenexa-based scouting troop.
Expect to make all contacts and communication required to complete your project yourself with limited parental or adult involvement. Your parents or adult troop leaders are welcome and encouraged to accompany you during your meetings with the city coordinator. However, if the coordinator observes your project being run by adults, the city coordinator will not sign off on the project.
Present yourself in a professional manner in your communications with our staff (phone calls, meetings, emails, etc.).
Your project must be of a scope and level that can be accomplished by you and your crew. We reserve the right to reject projects which require too much adult participation, have safety issues or considerable maintenance costs.
You are responsible for the maintenance of your project for one year after its completion.
Please understand that the city coordinator and the city project manager have official duties that take priority over scouting projects. While they will try to accommodate your meeting request times, meetings must be arranged around their schedule.
We reserve the right to remove or discontinue past scouting projects due to theft, vandalism, maintenance issues or lack of need.
Bluebird trails expansion – Keaton Means built and installed bluebird nest boxes around Cedar Station Park.
HeART of Lenexa contest – Emma Neely created an art contest encouraging residents to create art inspired by something they love about Lenexa.
Bat boxes – Caleb Vering built and placed bat roosts at Sar-Ko-Par Trails Park and Bois D’Arc Park.
Trail safety market program – David Urban researched, assisted in designing, and installed 900 safety trail markers along our trails.
Lenexa Parks & Recreation Hailey Tassone 913.477.7132 htassone@lenexa.com