- City of Evansville Launches Safe Summer Initiatives to Engage and Protect Residents
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- Evansville Mayor Stephanie Terry today announced the launch of the City’s 2025 Safe Summer Initiative—an effort focused on keeping Evansville families safe, connected, and engaged through expanded recreational programming and community partnerships.
The first round of events kick offtonight and will continue throughout the summer, providing opportunities for fun, connection, and support across the city’s neighborhoods“
“We’re not just planning events, we’re creating safer neighborhoods,” said Mayor Terry. “When young people have access to positive spaces and strong role models, it reduces the risk of violence, isolation hopelessness. Safe Summer is about prevention, connection, and showing that in Evansville, every child matters
and every neighborhood counts.”.”
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- The 2025 Safe Summer Initiative is anchored in the City’s larger commitment to Youth Development, Public Safety, and Neighborhood Revitalization and features collaborative efforts with Parks and Recreation, the Evansville Police Department, and other local partners.
Among the first Safe Summer events and programs:
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As Seen at CMOE “Need for Speed” – Friday May 30:
Join stafffrom the Department of Parks & Recreation and the Children’s Museum of Evansville at Lamasco Park for a fun, “Build Your Own
Racecar” event for children. This free event is part of the “As Seen at CMOE” series happening in Evansville parks throughout 2025.
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Movies in the Park – Friday, May 30: The season’s first outdoor movie night takes place at Bayard Park this Friday. The featured film is The Little Rascals, beginning at dusk. Families are
encouraged to bring blankets and chairs.
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Rochelle and Lorraine Pools Open Saturday, May 31st
two neighborhood pools will officially open for the season this weekend. Due to a break in the circulation pump, the opening of Howell
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