Your City at Work: Paducah Recreation Center

“It’s exciting.  We’ve never had a facility like this that we could run all kinds of programming,” says Recreation Superintendent Amie Clark.  In 2011, the City of Paducah purchased the Paducah Recreation Center located at 1527 Martin Luther King Jr. Drive from Margaret Hank Memorial Cumberland Presbyterian Church.  On the latest episode of Your City at Work, Public Information Officer Pam Spencer gives viewers a tour of the facility and provides an overview of the programs and activities offered by the Paducah Park Services Department at the facility.

Your City at Work can be seen on Government 11, the governmental access channel of the City of Paducah.  The episode also is online at www.paducahky.gov and the various social media outlets for the City of Paducah including Youtube and Facebook.  Check the website for Government 11 program information, videos, news releases, and broadcast schedules. 

During the first segment of Your City at Work, Parks Services Director Mark Thompson provides a tour of the Paducah Recreation Center.  The approximately 19,000 square foot facility offers a gymnasium, large kitchen, conference room, stage area with dressing rooms, and open space for classes or meetings.  After the City purchased the facility, new sports flooring was installed and portable basketball goals were purchased.  Thompson says, “It really adds to the flexibility of the facility.”   Families can become members of the facility for the minimal fee of $5 per year.

With a new facility available for use year-round, the Parks Department has been brainstorming on activities and programs to implement.  Thompson says, “We have talked to Market House Theatre to work together on doing some plays in the future, to be able to use our stage.  Plus, the Community Concert Band will be doing some concerts here.  We didn’t have that capability before we purchased this building.”  The recreation staff already has plans for wiffleball, indoor soccer, volleyball, basketball, ultimate Frisbee, dodgeball, kickball, yoga, bingo, sewing classes, recipe swaps, and after school programs. 

The Paducah Recreation Center also is available to rent for parties, tournaments, and conferences.  Visit www.paducahky.gov for more information about the facility including rental fees and programming schedules.

Your City at Work: Paducah Recreation Center can be viewed on Government 11 starting Wednesday, March 7, at 9:30 a.m.  It also airs Thursday at 5:00 p.m. and Saturday at 9:00 a.m.  Daily program information is available by watching the informational slides that air on the Channel 11 bulletin board.

Your City at Work is hosted and produced by Pam Spencer, Public Information Officer for the City of Paducah through the television production facilities at West Kentucky Community and Technical College.  For more information about Your City at Work or other Government 11 programming, call Tom Butler, WKCTC Television Production Coordinator, at 534-3208 or Pam Spencer at 444-8669.  

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