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Reflecting on 2014 and looking forward to the new year
COOKEVILLE -- The year 2014 was a good year for Cookeville Leisure Services and Public Facilities, filled with successful events, record numbers of people visiting our facilities, added amenities in our city parks and exciting steps toward great things to come in 2015.
Our skilled maintenance staff completed the construction of a new restroom facility at West End Park, which opened in late October. With that project complete, demolition and reconstruction of a new concession stand, which will also feature a public restroom, at Cane Creek Park is underway. Weather permitting, construction of that new facility is expected to be complete in spring.
Plans for a new, fully-inclusive playground at Dogwood Park kicked off in 2014. The Heart of the City playground design day and fundraising kick off brought thousands of people to the park and the committee organizing playground fundraising and building efforts has high hopes for 2015 developments. Other improvements on the horizon for Dogwood Park include construction of a restroom/dressing room/ storage facility for the Dogwood Performance Pavilion, fencing and a bridge across the park’s waterway.
We also, expanded the popular Father Daughter Date Night event to four evenings, held the city’s first Story Fest in the Park, hosted the Cemetery Walk (which happens every two years), held numerous community classes and hosted more than 30 free public events in 2014!
2014 by the numbers:
- 14,505 people attended our fitness classes
- 132,898 cars drove through the park gates at Cane Creek Park
- 31 weekend tournaments hosted at the Cane Creek Sportsplex in 2014 (the most ever!)
- 303 total traveling tournament teams, 54 church and co-ed league play teams and approximately 29,910 total people visited the Sportsplex
- 32,121 guests enjoyed the Cane Creek Gymnasium
- 311 days in the year that the Cookeville Performing Arts Center was reserved or in use with more than 30,000 guests in attendance during the year
- 53 days during which the Performance Pavillion at Dogwood Park was reserved or in use with more than 10,000 total guests in attendance
- 3,795 visitors welcomed at the Cookeville History Museum
- 311 tickets purchased for the 2014 Cemetery Walk
- 12,534 visitors welcomed at the Cookeville Depot Museum (a 15-year record for the historic site!)
Events to look for in 2015:
- Father Daughter Date Night – February 20, 21, 27 & 28
- Nature Fest – April 16, 17, 18 & 19
- Story Fest in the Park – April 25
- Dogapalooza – May 2
- Third Thursday Concerts – Every third Thursday in May, June, July & August
- Community Band Concerts – Every other Monday from May 25 – August 3
- Summer Cinema at the Depot – Every Friday in July
- After Dark Race for the Park – August 7
- Backstage Series at CPAC – August 20-23, 27-29 & September 1, 3, 4 & 5
- Habitat Mud Run – September 26
- Shakespeare in the Park – October 2-6 & 8-10
- Brown Bag Lunch Concert Series – Fridays in October
We are still making plans for other events to come in 2015 as well! Keep an eye on our website and monthly newsletters for more information.
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