Clarksville Parks and Recreation Department
Clarksville, TN – The Clarksville Parks and Recreation Department announces that the McGregor Park North Extension Trailhead will soon be home to the largest outdoor fitness center in Clarksville, thanks to a group of Clarksville Academy students and a grant from the Clarksville-Montgomery County Community Health Foundation.
Students in the Academy’s Challenge Based Learning (CBL) program wrote the fitness center grant request, which was approved by the Clarksville-Montgomery County Community Health Foundation. The foundation was created in 2006 to promote health initiatives and manage property and assets generated from the sale of the community’s public hospital.
The comprehensive outdoor fitness center consists of 13 pieces of equipment, including an elliptical cross trainer, a recumbent cycle, two-person parallel dip station, and a two-person full bar exerciser. In addition, several pieces of equipment are wheelchair accessible.
This is the third outdoor fitness gym to be added by Clarksville Parks and Recreation; others are at Liberty Park and the Clarksville Greenway.
Students who participated in the grant process include Ian Claypool, James Downing, Marshall Finch, Landry Forte, Donovan Hardison, Leah Hayes, Nicole Hunter, Jason Herlick, Daniel Loos, Will Mabry, DJ McCormick, Noah Parker, Shaan Patel, John Ross Ransdell, Rachael Skinner, Devon Terwilliger, Ben Truex, Sam Walker, and Brody Woodson.
A ribbon cutting will be at 11:00am Monday, November 26th, 2018 at the McGregor Park North Extension Trailhead behind O’Charleys on Riverside Drive.
For more, contact Clarksville Parks and Recreation at 931.645.7476 or visit www.CityofClarksville.com/ParksRec
About the Clarksville Parks and Recreation Department
The mission of the Clarksville Parks and Recreation Department is to provide a variety of positive recreational experiences to enhance life values for individuals, families, and our diverse culture.
The Clarksville Parks and Recreation Department offers a wide variety of recreational facilities and activities for all ages, maintains more than 700 acres of parks and facilities, provides 22 park facilities that offer a variety of amenities, including playgrounds, picnic areas, walking trails and pavilions or picnic shelters and maintains three community centers with year-round programming for youth, adults and seniors, as well as four public swimming pools
The Clarksville Parks and Recreation Department is located at 102 Public Square, Clarksville.
To learn more call 931.645.7476.
