Kentucky Recreation and Park Society

WELCOME to our NEWEST ✨GOLD✨ sponsor DWA Recreation! 🥳

This is a great opportunity and the deadline to request support is next week! 🎾🎾

🎾 Calling All Parks & Recreation Departments – and orgs who work with them! 🌳Celebrate National Parks & Recreation Month in July with fun, community tennis events – USTA funding is available! 🙌

✨ Apply to host up to 4 events (including leagues, play days, custom ideas).
📅 Register by June 17 to secure approval (link in the comments)
💚 Help bring exciting, engaging and healthy tennis activities to the courts this July!

NOW OPEN: Funding opportunities through the Outdoor Recreation Legacy Partnership federal grant program!

This grant program, funded through the Land and Water Conservation Fund, provides 50/50 matching grants to support locally driven projects that create and revitalize parks.

Learn more and apply today: https://on.doi.gov/4uojyiC

Madisonville parks, a must visit. 🌳

Submit your photos, events, articles, etc. for the next Park Bench by the end of June!

Send submissions to [email protected]

Submissions earn Battle of the District points!

District 5 earning points for the Battle of the Districts competition!

We’re excited to gather with thousands of fellow park and recreation professionals at the 2026 National Recreation and Park Association (NRPA) Annual Conference in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, September 29–October 1.

If you register before August 7, you can take advantage of the early bird discount. Visit the NRPA Annual Conference website - REGISTRATION IS OPEN!

https://conference.nrpa.org/

Kentucky summers are for making memories, not managing complicated software. 😎

See how MyRec.com helps parks and recreation departments save time, stay organized, and serve their communities better.

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Resurfaced court and new hoops going in at Micheal Smith Park. Next week we will paint the court. Just in time for Juneteenth Celebration!