A letter from Farmington Parks and Recreation Director Matthew Foster

With almost 9,000 views in our second full week of online programming here at the Farmington Recreation Department, I am beginning to feel less like the Director of Parks and Recreation and more like a television network executive. Online programming is uncharted waters for us to say the least, and even though we may not have been fully prepared for the changes that have come to our world and department recently, we still had to try. With our new programming and instructional videos, we have started to reach not only the citizens of Farmington but also people from Kittery to Madawaska, Bethel to Bangor, Brunswick, Yarmouth and Portland. There are even people from San Diego, California and Peach Tree City, Georgia and many places in between. Recently we had a follower join us all the way from India and share the activities we are doing here in Farmington, Maine with his local community. We have received several requests from physical education teachers, recreation departments, and school districts to share what we are doing with their communities as well.

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