Kayla Abernathy

Clarksville, TN – The Tennessee Recreation and Parks Association (TRPA) acknowledged the outstanding achievements of individuals, communities and organizations during the association’s 68th Annual Conference in Chattanooga last week.

The Maynard Glenn Award was presented to Clarksville Parks and Recreation’s Kayla Malley for her coordination of the Mayor’s Summer Night Lights program. The award, given annually by TRPA’s Municipal/County Section, is presented to personnel who planned and conduct

SYC was awarded $350 in April 2022 for volunteering in the Publix Women's Half Marathon & 5K.

Posted By Staff Reports on Tue, Nov 17, 2020 at 4:00 AM

Today, Mayor Van R. Johnson, II, announced and accepted a $5,000 donation from T-Mobile for the Savannah Youth Council (SYC). SYC plans to use this money to create a program to teach students the importance of building ethical social media skills and web-based campaign tactics. "These are vital skills for our youth to learn as it becomes increasingly important to engage with customers, businesses and government virtually and online," said

CLARKSVILLE, Tenn. (CLARKSVILLENOW) – The Mayor’s Youth Council conducted a book drive as a community service project, collecting 1,012 books to donate to Clarksville-Montgomery County elementary schools.

Members of the Youth Council began drives at their high schools last September, then brought the collected books to Clarksville Parks & Recreation to be distributed to schools.

“We have a book fair every year at the school,” said Rachel Wainright, Norman Smith Elementary School librarian. “In