parks and recreation

After more than a decade without one, Cleveland City Council voted to establish a new city department of Parks and Recreation.

With lifeguard staffing levels down 30%, Cleveland has limited operated hours for the 20 free public pools across the city.

The four projects are a part of the Cuyahoga Greenways Plan, a countywide initiative launched in 2019. They aim to address connectivity gaps by providing connectors and extensions to existing trails.

The funding will be used to upgrade and improve the parks in West Akron and Middlebury.

Eight neighborhoods are now connected to downtown by nearly 2 miles of trails.

During a year hit hard by the COVID-19 pandemic, Cleveland Metroparks comes out a winner; the park system recorded more visitors in 2020 than ever before. Now it has launched an app that helps all of those visitors better explore the park system.

Socially distanced parking continues in the Cuyahoga Valley National Park.

Akron kicks off its first parks week Saturday. They started the celebration with a video from a familiar TV star. Jim O’Heir, better known as Gary Gergich…