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City of Edina • 4801 W. 50th St. • Edina, MN 55424
Contact: Jennifer Bennerotte, Communications & Technology Services Director
Phone 952-833-9520 • Fax 952-826-0389 • www.EdinaMN.gov
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Parks & Recreation Department unveils new registration system
Edina, Minn., Aug. 12, 2015 – Residents who sign up online for fall parks and recreation programs and
activities will do so using a new registration system, MaxGalaxy.
The new system is a product of Edina-based company Maximum Solutions and has several new features
designed to make it easier for people to use and sign up for Parks & Recreation services.
“It will be their one-stop shop of everything they’ll ever want to do with Edina Parks & Recreation. When
they log into their account, they’ll be able to view everything they’ve ever paid for, registered for or booked.
So, whether it’s reserving a picnic shelter or scheduling a birthday or something at Braemar Arena, everything
that they’ve ever done will be in this system,” said Recreation Supervisor Amanda Clarke. “It’s also nice for
staff to see everything when we pull up their account; we’ll be able to better provide customer service.”
The City has been using a Maximum Solutions product at Edinborough Park, Aquatic Center, Edina Art
Center and Braemar Arena for general point-of-sale transactions and facility scheduling, but now the system
will include program registration as well as facility scheduling for other amenities that weren’t previously
included, such as picnic shelters.
“We’re rolling this out to not only the Parks & Recreation office, but also at all of our enterprise facilities,”
said Parks & Recreation Director Ann Kattreh. “We’ll be able to share user data and better market our
programs and facilities to our residents because, for the first time ever, we’ll be sharing data and user
resources.”
The City is looking forward to the ease of use and improved functionality that this new system will bring. The
previous registration system repeatedly crashed during times of high use in the spring, but MaxGalaxy is
designed to handle up to 15,000 users at a time. It also includes new features such as a shopping cart.
Users will need to set up new account on the system that is separate from their accounts on the main City
website. Users can do so by visiting www.EdinaParks.com and clicking the “Register for Programs” button the
right.
Registration for fall programs begins Monday, Aug. 17 for residents and Monday, Aug. 24 for non-residents.
For more information, contact the Parks & Recreation Department, 952-826-0367.
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