Recreation Educational Services Division

  Now accepting Local Parks & Recreation

  (LPRF) Applications

Recreation Educational Services Division is now accepting applications for Local Parks and Recreation Fund grants to help communities create and expand parks and recreation services. The department is contacting local communities about the grant availability, and will host a series of workshops throughout the state on Monday, Feb. 13 to help communities understand the application process. The application deadline is June 29, 2012. For more information and grant application, click here.

  2011-2012 Recreation Services Study

Recreation Educational Services (RES) is conducting a survey of Parks and Recreation Departments across the State of Tennessee. The results are now in and will assist RES in providing Cities and Counties current information on the services, salaries and inventories of local Parks and Recreation Departments to assist in future planning. The study will also let each community compare their current standing in the areas of salaries, recreation programs and facilities, and land acreage with other communities comparable in population and budget. We anticipate the study to be available mid-February.

  Tennessee Greenways & Trails now on Facebook - Like Us!

The Greenways and Trails program is here to encourage Tennessee communities to save their special green spaces, to promote the volunteer spirit of Tennesseans and to work to preserve and conserve the natural and cultural resources that make each community in our state special.