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Parks & Recreation reports strong summer participation, facility upgrades and new projects

6490431 · September 16, 2025
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Parks & Recreation Director Kristen Atley told council the department saw high participation in summer camps and leagues, completed several facility upgrades and is proceeding with pickleball courts, Simpson Meeting Room remodel and fall programming.

Kristen Atley, Bowling Green’s Parks and Recreation Director, told City Council Monday that the department ran near-capacity programs this summer, completed multiple facility upgrades and is moving ahead with planned projects.

"The mission of the parks and recreation department is to enhance quality of life through parks, programs, and facilities," Atley said, and then provided program and facility statistics: 131 participants in rec camps (94% capacity), 64 in safety town (91% capacity), 120 in…

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