Nominate Clarksville Parks for Disney’s “Meet Me at the Park” Earth Month campaign
April 6, 2018
Winning city will get $20,000 to improve a local park
Clarksville, TN – For the fourth year in a row, the National Recreation and Park Association is collaborating with The Walt Disney Company to help pay for a local park improvement project through the national “Meet Me at the Park” Earth Month campaign.
Local parks make Clarksville a better place to live and are essential to our city’s health and well being.
Clarksville’s Valleybrook Park reopens with new Playgrounds
November 20, 2017
Federal grants provide updated restrooms, pavilions
Clarksville, TN – Clarksville’s Valleybrook Park, a neighborhood green space on Crossland Avenue near downtown, reopened Monday after a facelift funded with federal grants secured by the City of Clarksville.
Improvements include two new playgrounds, new restrooms, a new pavilion, conversion of the old restrooms to an additional pavilion, and repaving of the parking lot.
Clarksville Demonstrates How Going OUT is IN at Community Parks and Recreation this July
July 3, 2014
Month-long celebration highlights value of Parks and Recreation for local communities
Clarksville, TN – If you’re feeling cramped and like you don’t get to spend enough time outside, you’re not the only one.
Nearly three in 10 U.S. adults do not spend time outside on a daily basis and of those who do, almost half spend less than 30 minutes in the fresh air according to a new survey released by the National Recreation and Park Association (NRPA) and conducted by Ipsos Public Affairs.
Clarksville Mayor Kim McMillan declares July as Parks and Recreation Month
July 7, 2012
Clarksville, TN – On Thursday, July 5th, 2012, Clarksville City Council passed a resolution recognizing July 2012 as Parks and Recreation Month. Residents are encouraged to get out and show how parks and recreation make their lives extraordinary.