Petrella named city’s new Parks & Rec director
The city of Cape Coral has a new Parks and Recreation Director.
Cape Coral officials announced Thursday that Joe Petrella was named director of Parks and Recreation this past Monday.
City officials stated Petrel has more than 24 years of parks and recreation experience dating back to 1998 as a recreation supervisor in Vernon, Connecticut.
“He has held multiple leadership positions, including Director of Parks and Recreation in Great Fall, MT, and Recreation Manager in Chandler, AZ,” officials stated in a rlease issued Thursday.
Petrella has a Master’s degree in Recreation Management, Sport, and Tourism from the University of Illinois and a Bachelor’s in Sociology from the University of Connecticut.
Former parks and recreation director Kerry Runyon resigned in April and was replaced on an interim basis by Assistant City Manager Connie Barron. Runyon had been the city’s Parks and Recreation director since September 2013 after serving seven years as region manager for Collier County Parks and Recreation.
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