The City of Kansas City, Missouri Parks and Recreation Department is excited to announce a new partnership with Genesis Health Clubs as the new management company for KC Parks Plaza Tennis Center. With this new partnership comes new opportunities for Kansas Citians to play tennis. Genesis Health Clubs is bringing new tennis related training, exercise […]
WHO: Kansas City, MO Parks and Recreation Midwest Adaptive Sports Kansas City Royals Wheelchair Softball Club WHAT: A ribbon cutting ceremony and official first pitch for the newly completed adaptive softball field followed by wheelchair softball games. WHERE: Pleasant Valley Road Athletic Complex, 6401 N.E. Pleasant Valley Road WHEN: Saturday, July 11 at 9 a.m. MORE: […]
Due to the coronavirus pandemic, local blood supply remains at dangerously low levels. KANSAS CITY, Mo. – As regions have reopened and hospitals have resumed elective surgeries, Community Blood Center (CBC) has issued an urgent call for healthy blood donors. The need for blood has rebounded to pre-COVID-19 levels, but the blood supply is dangerously […]
WHO: Kansas City, MO Parks and Recreation KC Parks and Recreation Ambassadors WHAT: Encouraging residents join us in local parks as we clean up fireworks debris and other litter from the holiday weekend. WHERE: Choose the park nearest you, or help out at one of these booming parks. North: Pleasant Valley Park, Hidden Valley Park, […]
KC Parks is excited to announce the 2020 Tainan Sister City Committee has organized an upcoming baseball event to help promote the sister-city relationship with Kansas City. Tainan and Kansas City have been sister cities since 1978 and both have professional baseball teams with lions as their mascot. The game is named “America Day”. WHO: Tainan City Lions […]
June 30, 2020 . . . Today the Board of Parks and Recreation Commissioners took bold and decisive action voting unanimously to remove the name J.C. Nichols from the fountain and parkway located within and adjacent to Mill Creek Park. This accomplishment serves as a catalyst for change and KC Parks remains determined to live […]
This July, join KC Parks for Park and Recreation Month, as we celebrate the selfless, passionate and essential work of park and recreation professionals who are providing services that are vital to a healthy community. KC Parks is celebrating Park and Recreation Month, an initiative of the National Recreation and Park Association (NRPA), by inviting […]
Kansas City Friends of Alvin Ailey’s Tyrone Aiken explores ideas surrounding the commodification of Black and Brown bodies in his newest dance I am Not 4 Sale Case Park, 905 Jefferson Saturday, June 27 8:01 PM Choreography, Tyrone Aiken, Artist: Tyrone Aiken, Winston Dynamite Brown, Latra Wilson Program – Section 1 – Just a Package… leave me […]
Parks play many important roles in our communities with freedom of expression among them. Central to the mission of public parks is the idea that all people — no matter the color of their skin, age, income level, ability, sexual orientation or gender identity — have access to and feel safe at their local parks. […]
The City of Kansas City, Missouri Parks and Recreation Board of Commissioners has scheduled the following community engagement sessions to hear from residents concerning removing the name J.C. Nichols Fountain and J.C. Nichols Parkway. Thursday, June 18, 2020 6 p.m. Bruce R. Watkins Cultural Heritage Center, 3700 Blue Parkway **THIS WILL BE BROADCAST LIVE ON CHANNEL […]
Today, the City of Kansas City, Missouri Parks and Recreation Board Commissioner Chris Goode presented a letter to the KC Parks Board. Commissioner Goode requests the renaming of the J.C. Nichols Fountain located in Mill Creek Park. He also requested the renaming of J.C. Nichols Parkway. In response to Commissioner Goode’s request, and as required pursuant to longstanding Parks […]
In an effort to bring continued summer learning to more families, the Kansas City Public Library is partnering with Kansas City Parks and Recreation for “Pop In at the Park” starting the week of June 8. This is part of the Library’s continued effort to reach our community while our physical locations remain closed during […]