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Jonesboro Parks & Rec reports busy quarter of tournaments, facility upgrades and tree plantings
Summary
Parks and Recreation staff described a surge in tournaments and weekday recreation use, ongoing field and restroom upgrades, new lighting at Craighead Forest, tree-planting grants and plans for swim lessons and future sports complex benefits.
Danny, a Parks and Recreation staff member, told the board on Nov. 19 that the department hosted a heavy slate of events over the past quarter and is preparing facility improvements and programming for the year ahead.
The update opened with recent volleyball activity. “We had 98 teams over the weekend,” Danny said, adding that 83 teams were from out of town and 43 of those were from out of state. Parks used community centers and school gyms from Jonesboro, Nettleton and Valley View to stage the event, he said, spread across 22 courts in town.
The department is already signing teams for a Feb. 8 tournament and reported 86 teams registered for that event. Danny said current city facilities cap tournaments at about 100 teams; he estimated a future sports complex would allow hosting two- or three-day events and raise weekend hotel stays and economic impact. “At that point, you know,…
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