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Johnson City Parks and Recreation

A Walk in the Park

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~ No Excuses! ~ Athletic Division Highlights ~ Park Services Highlights ~ Memorial Park Community Center ~ Recreation Services Highlights ~ Kudos Corner ~ Dashboard

When I lost all my excuses, I found my results!

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No Excuses!

With the influx of new exercise programs coming to Memorial Park Community Center, there is no excuse for putting off getting in shape for the new year!

Beginning the first week of February, the center will add new, challenging workouts to its schedule of group fitness classes.

Classes are open to ages 18 and older and are only $5 a class. The classes taught by certified instructors include InsanityŽ Live, Muscle Confusion P9OX Live, PiYo™ Live, and Wild Card Fridays, which can include any mix of the above classes. In addition, Warm Barre and Warm Power Yoga will be introduced in February.

Along with the already popular Catch the Wave Power Walking classes offered by Senior Services on Monday, February 1, ETSU Therapy students will instruct a Balanced Bodies Workshop for ages 50+. The workshop will include a balance screening and an education on fall prevention and ways to improve balance.

So get off the couch and into a regiment to improve your quality of life! Parks and Recreation has everything to make it happen!

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Administration Highlights ~  Budget preparations are underway.  Administration is seeing a reduction in pavilion reservations due to Rotary Park being closed for construction of the Boundless playground.

Athletics Division Highlights

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 Youth and adult basketball resumed after Christmas

break.  Spring youth soccer registration is currently open until February 21.

Park Services Division Highlights ~  Work is being completed on the restroom building at Legion Street Pool.  Repairs were completed on the Dog Park water fountain at Willow Springs.  The new playground is on its way to completion in the softball complex at Winged Deer Park.

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Memorial Park Community Center ~ 

Krazy Camp Day was held on January 4, and the youth enjoyed a visit to Mellow Mushroom to learn how to make pizzas.

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Super Hero Mania was held on January 9 with 10 enrolled in the program.

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Start Smart Soccer had 11 students registered for the program.

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New fitness classes including Insanity® Live, P9OX Live, PiYo™ Live, Warm Barre, and Warm Power Yoga have been added to the group fitness programming list beginning in February.

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Beginner tumbling will start on February 2 for ages 6-9 years.

Recreation Services Division ~  Martin Luther King, Jr., programs were held at Carver Recreation

Center on January 19 and featured a story time learning program and an evening featuring the “taste of the community”. There were 105 in attendance for story time, and 245 attended the evening program.  The First Day Hike held by Nature

Program Coordinator Connie Deegan was covered by WCYB. This traditional hike, held on January 1, gave folks the opportunity to put their best foot forward into the new year while exploring Johnson City’s many parks. This year, about 20 people joined in and learned about Willow Springs winter environment.

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Johnson City Parks & Recreation 4137 Bristol Highway Johnson City, Tennessee 37601 Phone: 423-283-5815 Fax: 423-283-5829 Email: jcparksinfo@johnsoncitytn.org Website: www.johnsoncitytn.org

Kudos to Amanda Hollifield for her diligent work on the department’s “Dashboard’”! Good job, Amanda! A “Dashboard” slide will be featured each month in the newsletter.

Dashboard