Events Calendar.
Our mission is to
maintain and improve the quality of life for residents and
visitors through recreational, cultural, and educational
opportunities while continually seeking revenue enhancing
approaches through which to develop a more efficient and effective
operation.
Barnard
Park will be opening for
the season on April 1st through October. The park will be
available daily from 6:00am to 10:00pm.
Family basketball at Beech Glen Community
Center.
Family basketball is held on Friday
evenings starting at 6:30PM . Adults and children from the 6th grade up play at this time. Cost:$1.00 per child and
$2.00 per adult.
Appropriate footwear is required. Any
questions should be directed to the
Parks and Recreation office
at 649-3635 or Beech Glen Community Center
at
680-9525.
On June 26th/28th, we will leave the bypass offices at 9am
to travel to Greeneville to Kinser Park to swim and play on the
water slide. The cost will be $7 ($8 after June 1st) plus a
bag lunch. We are scheduled to return to the bypass at
3pm.
Beach
anyone? On July 10th/12th, we will travel to Lake Lure
to their beach and waterworks play area. The cost is $7 ($8 after
June 1st) plus a bag lunch. We will meet at the bypass
offices at 9am and return around 5pm.
We will
return to the Lake Lure area on July 17th/19th for a visit to
Chimney Rock Park. We will meet at 9am at the bypass offices
and return at 5pm. The cost is $7 ($8 after June 1st) plus a
bag lunch. Don’t be left out!!!
On July 24th
we will be staying in Madison County and rafting down the French
Broad River courtesy of the four local rafting outfitters.
Only ages 8 and older may participate in this event. Please
meet at the bypass offices at 9am. The cost is $7 ($8 after June
1st) and a bag lunch. We will return to the bypass by
1pm.
All events
are filling up fast, so please register as soon as possible by
calling the Parks and Recreation Department at 649-3635 for a
registration form. Only the first 60 participants that
register with payment will be allowed to attend each day.
Scholarships are available if needed. There is a need for
chaperons and helpers for all of the events. High school
students will receive service hour documentation at the end of the
summer to add to their resumes and college scholarship
applications. Please contact Parks and Recreation if you are
willing to help.
The Madison
County Parks and Recreation Department hopes that everyone has a
safe, healthy, and active summer!!
