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Welcome

Welcome to the Recreation Division

The City of Chattanooga Parks and Recreation Department offers a wide range of recreation programs and services.
It is the mission of the Recreation Division to provide diverse recreation and lesiure opportunities for all ages and abilities in a safe well maintained environment.  Our goal is to build relationships, create partnerships, and facilitate programs that accommodate the overall interests and needs of our community.

Recreation Centers:

The City of Chattanooga operates 16 neighborhood recreation centers.  Each of these centers serve youth, teens, adults, families, and senior citizens with a varieyt of classes and life-long learning, sports and wellness programs, enrichment and social activities.  The centers are equipped with meeting rooms, classrooms, gymnasiums, and public outdoor spaces that include playgrounds, sports fields, walking trails, and outdoor pavilions. 
Three of the recreation centers: Brainerd, Carver, and South Chattanooga have public swimming pools.  Some of the centers have special rooms for art, dance, recreational games, and house neighborhood reading centers/libraries.

Click on "Facilities" for a listing of the neighborhood recreation centers, their locations, contact information and unique amenities.

Each season, new programs are offered.   Plans are in the works for upcoming Fall 2008 activities, in September the recreation center closest to you will have all of the information available.   You can pick up their Fall Activities brochure or click on any of the facilities listed here to get the information.

Exciting Programs:

 Therapeutic Recreation Services for Individuals Who Have Disabilities,  Champions Club Tennis Complex Programs, SportsAquatics,  Fitness,  and many of Outdoor Chattanooga's Exciting Events and OutVenture's Fun Program Activities are all a part of the City's Recreation Division.

Related Links To Fun and Recreation Throughout the Area:

Here are additinal web-sites that list information about exciting recreation and leisure opportunities.
The Chattanooga Convention and Visitor Bureau: chattanoogafun.com

The Chattanooga Times Free Press Community Calendar: fyi.timesfresspress.com
Brewer Broadcasting Stations: chattanoogahasfun.com
The Tennessee Aquarium: TNAqua.org

We are in the process of revising and reorganizing our web-pages to make it easier for everyone to locate information about the department's many services, facilities, and offerings. 

 

For Weekly Updates
on Activities & Special Events

CALL 757-PLAY
This is the City's Parks & Recreation
Information Line.

Here's how the PLAY
Line is set up:To find out about
Outdoor Fun
Press1
Riverfront & Around Town
Press 2
Recreation Centers & Sports
Press 3
Community News
Press 4

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