The City of Chattanooga operates 16 neighborhood recreation centers.  Each of these centers serve youth, teens, adults, families, and senior citizens with a varieyt of classes and life-long learning, sports and wellness programs, enrichment and social activities.  The centers are equipped with meeting rooms, classrooms, gymnasiums, and public outdoor spaces that include playgrounds, sports fields, walking trails, and outdoor pavilions. 
Three of the recreation centers: Brainerd, Carver, and South Chattanooga have public swimming pools.  Some of the centers have special rooms for art, dance, recreational games, and house neighborhood reading centers/libraries.

Click on "Recreation Centers" for a listing of the neighborhood recreation centers, their locations, contact information and unique amenities.

Each season, new programs are offered.   Program plans are in the works for upcoming January - March 2010 activities.  The City publishes an insert called "At Your Leisure" in the Chattanooga Parent Magazine.  Over 40,000 issues are published monthly and go home in the back packs of all Hamilton County Department of Education elementary and middle school students.  The magazine and the City's publication feature enrichment, health, sports, and quality of life trends and social issues.

Exciting Programs:

 Therapeutic Recreation Services for Individuals Who Have Disabilities,  Champions Club Tennis Complex Programs, Sports,  Aquatics,  Fitness,  and many of Outdoor Chattanooga's Exciting Events and OutVenture's Fun Program Activities are all a part of the City's Recreation Division.

Related Links To Fun and Recreation Throughout the Area:

Here are additinal web-sites that list information about exciting recreation and leisure opportunities.
The Chattanooga Convention and Visitor Bureau: chattanoogafun.com
The Chattanooga Times Free Press Community Calendar: fyi.timesfresspress.com
Brewer Broadcasting Stations: chattanoogahasfun.com
The Tennessee Aquarium: TNAqua.org