Sunday was a Walk in the Park (or Rather a Ride)

Susan Heavilin
6 hours ago
2 min read

So as you may know, there a big brouhaha going on right this minute about the Rohr Park Horse Arena.

This past Thursday, there was a Special Parks and Recreation Commission Meeting. The room was full of horse riders and non-horse riders all advocating for the Horse Arena to be added back on the Rohr Park Master Plan.

The audio for the 12.11.2025 special meeting can be found here. Click on the last item . . . 2025.12.11PRCSpecial. It is a Commission recording and very clear.

The Agenda item was listed as Presentation 5.3, a Rohr Park Master Plan Informational Update by Director Carson. No indication that this was about the removal of the Horse Arena but boy was it ever! It was almost like they were trying to hide something. But that pretty much sums it up how it's been going since it started. As of yet, the arena has not been named as such on any public agenda. Kind of like "A Horse With No Name" but this is "A Horse Arena Agenda With No Name."

But you can't fool these horse people, they figured out the game and galloped right in. There were 86 Public Comments [16 in support in removing the arena, 66 opposed and 7 neutral]. Seventeen people stood up before the Commissioners to explain why the Rohr Park Arena had meaning and importance and history to them and why it was so special and necessary in their lives. And those Commissioners were a bright bunch. They read right between the lines and it didn't take them long to ask the moral questions that would divulge the truth.

That meeting was basically a win for the attendees and with any luck, we're headed for a good outcome in this whole nightmare.

With all the difficulty encountered lately, we really deserved a walk in the park. The horse community mounted up and headed out this past Sunday to do what they love the best, ride their horses.