While an executive, she became an active volunteer and then a city parks and recreation commissioner.

Her mother, who is retired, was Mount Vernon's recreation commissioner.

He was a coach and teacher at the local high school and served as Mount Vernon's recreation commissioner from 1962 to 1980.

"Liability is always a concern - the town manager looked at it from the very beginning," said Jeff Winsor, a parks and recreation commissioner.

The recreation commissioner, Karen Watts, said that offering more after-school programs for the 20,000 children and teenagers in town might help reduce crime.

The city's parks and recreation commissioner, Adrian Benepe, said last week that the court ruling would be appealed.

"There aren't many sculptors' works that are right for that space," said Adrian Benepe, the city's parks and recreation commissioner.

From 1942, the house served as the official residence of the St. Louis Parks and Recreation Commissioner.

Active in community affairs, Reddy served as the state of California's Parks and Recreation Commissioner for three years.

Newton accepted the donation and in 1929 appointed a Board of Recreation Commissioners, including Drake as president, to transform this tract into a public park.