Upper Cumberland Organization Working On Off-Road Bike Trails At Putnam Parks
Work progressing on mountain bike trails at Cookeville’s Cane Creek Park and Monterey’s Meadow Creek Park. Steven Myers is the Chapter President for Upper Cumberland Southern Off-Road Biking Association, an organization dedicated to creating and maintaining trails for off-road bicycles. He said so far, they’ve created about 3.5 miles of trails at Cane Creek with […]
Cookeville Leisure Services To Apply For BlueCross Grant
Cookeville Leisure Services Department will apply for a BlueCross Healthy Place grant. Director Rick Woods said if awarded, they hope to use the funding to develop the old soccer fields at Cane Creek Park. “The great thing is because we did our 2021 Master Plan, what we saw in looking at the grant criteria and […]
Paddle Boat Rentals Return To Cane Creek Park On Weekends
Paddle boats are back at Cane Creek Park. Cookeville Leisure Services Director Rick Woods said the activity has been unavailable this summer. Woods said the lake level was lowered for shoreline work which limited rentals. The floating dock that we rented them from was basically on the ground, so we lowered the lake to be […]
Cane Creek Pedestrian Bridge Work Begun
Work has begun on widening a pedestrian bridge in Cookeville’s Cane Creek Park. Leisure Services Director Rick Woods said that this work will serve as a precursor to saving the shoreline of the trail in Cane Creek. “For us to be able to stabilize the shoreline we need to be able to get trucks and […]
Cookeville Leisure Services Planning Cane Creek Park Expansion
Putnam County residents can get their first glimpse of preliminary plans to develop 31 acres by Cane Creek Park Tuesday. Cookeville Leisure Services Director Rick Woods said the city wants to do a mile extension of the current walking trail to connect the recently purchased land. “One of the things that we heard in our […]
Cookeville City Council Approves Final Draft Of Leisure Services Master Plan
Cookeville City Council approved the final draft of its ten-year Leisure Services Master Plan Thursday evening. Leisure Services Director Rick Woods said the plan will help in efforts to get parks and recreation grants for Cookeville. “And this is a requirement for eligibility for grants, including the LPRF grant administered by TDEC,” Woods said. “I’m […]
Cookeville Dog Park Could Open Late-Spring, Early-Summer
Cookeville’s long awaited Dog Park could open later this year. Approval of park features and amenities will be voted on by the Cookeville City Council Thursday. Leisure Services Director Rick Woods said he would like to have obstacle courses, dog water fountains, shade structures and more. Woods said if approved, the features they order should […]
Cookeville Boot Camp Rebooting Fitness Goals in 2021
The Cane Creek (re)Boot Camp is open for registration and looks to get people in-shape and out of their comfort zone. The Camp will run from April 1 until June 29 on Tuesdays and Thursdays at Cane Creek Park. Leisure Services Special Programs Coordinator Jen Webb said this is a change for people to be […]
TWRA Stocking Cane Creek Park With 3,000 Trout
1,500 rainbow trout made their way into the wild at Cane Creek Park Wednesday, after a second stocking by TWRA on Wednesday. Fishery Biologist Justin Spaulding said a total of 3,000 rainbow trout have been brought in from Dale Hollow National Fish Hatchery. Spaulding said the nine to 10 inch trout come in a truck […]
Council Approves Cane Creek Land Purchase
Cane Creek Park will expand by more than 31 acres after Cookeville City Council approved a $350,000 land purchase Thursday night. City Manager James Mills presented the property off of Buffalo Valley Road to the city council. He said the land owner reached out to the city to gauge interest in the land. Mills said […]
