One of my favorite guides to work on and to update each year is this guide: Park & Recreation Month Guide. It is a fun guide to look at park and recreation resources, and to view embedded videos, and to explore links and much more. This year's theme is Build Together, Play Together. We celebrate parks and recreational venues for physical health, for mental well-being, for access to play, and for our community!
The featured park this year is Sculpture Fields at Montague Park. The 33-acre international sculpture park is located on a restored brownfield and former city landfill. Currently, the field features over 40 large-scale sculptures. Find more information at the Sculpture Fields website including a map of the sculptures, information on an app to hear the artists remarks, and much more: https://www.sculpturefields.org/
Did you know that a private 501c3 leased the land from the city for the Sculpture Fields? In 2012 Sculpture Fields received its 501c3 non-profit determination and a 40-year lease was signed with City of Chattanooga to develop Sculpture Fields on 33 acres of Montague Park. The idea of a sculpture park was envisioned in 2006 and a grassroots effort led by internationally renowned sculptor John Henry kicked off. John Henry was a professor of art for Chattanooga State.
We have new pictures submitted by the library staff.
Part Two of this series will be about the library staff pictures!
Check out our Instagram for park and recreation posts!
In my senior year in high school, I decided to take what I thought was an easy course called Recreational Sports. It wasn't easy. I learned how to play racquetball & volleyball, how to bowl, do archery, practice rifle target shooting; and I learned slow pitch softball, trampoline tricks, rappelling, golf, and disc golf. Those recreational lessons are still with me today.
Check out past featured parks of Main Terrain Art Park, Red Clay, Standing Stone, and the Head of Sequatchie River. The Sequatchie River exits a cave at full force on its journey to the Tennessee River. Red Clay is a historic park about the last Cherokee councils. Standing Stone is located north of Cookeville. Main Terrain converted a brownfield into a downtown park off Main Street with two retention ponds to drain storm water. The park has large replicas of the bridge.
Find a park to enjoy outside! Take a picture or write a note of your visit!
