{"id":23501,"date":"2016-11-19T18:00:06","date_gmt":"2016-11-20T00:00:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.discoverclarksville.com\/articles\/?p=23501"},"modified":"2016-11-19T15:00:20","modified_gmt":"2016-11-19T21:00:20","slug":"montgomery-county-parks-and-recreation-earns-state-award-for-richellen-park","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.discoverclarksville.com\/articles\/2016\/11\/19\/montgomery-county-parks-and-recreation-earns-state-award-for-richellen-park\/","title":{"rendered":"Montgomery County Parks and Recreation earns state award for RichEllen Park"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-49013\" title=\"Montgomery County Government Tennessee\" src=\"http:\/\/www.clarksvilleonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/montgomery-county-logo1.jpg\" alt=\"Montgomery County Government Tennessee\" height=\"150\" width=\"220\"\/><strong>Montgomery County, TN<\/strong> \u2013 The Montgomery County Parks and Recreation Department was recently awarded the Four Star Award for Excellence in Parks and Recreation for RichEllen Park.<\/p>\n<p>The award was presented during the annual Tennessee Recreation and Parks Association state conference, held earlier this week in Memphis, TN.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_367061\" style=\"width: 490px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.clarksvilleonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/Montgomery-County-Parks-and-Recreation-earns-state-award-for-RichEllen-Park.jpg\"  class=\"thickbox no_icon\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-367061\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-367061\" title=\"(L to R) Montgomery County Parks Director Jerry Allbert, Administrative Coordinator Sally Burchett and Assistant Parks Director Joe Rodocker were on hand to receive the TRPA award earlier this week.\" src=\"http:\/\/www.clarksvilleonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/Montgomery-County-Parks-and-Recreation-earns-state-award-for-RichEllen-Park-480x360.jpg\" alt=\"(L to R) Montgomery County Parks Director Jerry Allbert, Administrative Coordinator Sally Burchett and Assistant Parks Director Joe Rodocker were on hand to receive the TRPA award earlier this week. \" height=\"360\" width=\"480\"\/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-367061\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">(L to R) Montgomery County Parks Director Jerry Allbert, Administrative Coordinator Sally Burchett and Assistant Parks Director Joe Rodocker were on hand to receive the TRPA award earlier this week.<\/p><\/div>\n<p><!--more-->Montgomery County Parks and Recreation Director Jerry Allbert states, \u201cWe are thrilled to receive this award. This is our first TRPA award and we were up against some incredible competition. We are very proud of RichEllen Park and are honored for it to be recognized.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Montgomery County Mayor Jim Durrett adds, \u201cRichEllen actually started under Mayor Bowers\u2019 administration and all the credit should go to her, the County Commission and the Parks and Recreation Department. I will say that it is one of the jewels in Montgomery County&#8217;s Park System and something that Montgomery County should be proud of for years to come&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>RichEllen Park, located along Highway 149, is comprised of approximately 50 acres and includes, two playgrounds, covered pavilion, concessions, eight tiered ball fields, two of which are championship fields, walking trails and picnic areas.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Montgomery County, TN \u2013 The Montgomery County Parks and Recreation Department was recently awarded the Four Star Award for Excellence in Parks and Recreation for RichEllen Park. 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