The City is proud to have J.R. Pope as its Director of Parks and Recreation in bringing new life and recognition for our City Parks.

The paper has a very good short feature video on J.R. and Parks & Rec you can view here.

"We're giving people a reason to come out and enjoy the parks," he said. Pope added that it is good to have community groups involved, like the neighborhood group at Carter-Jones (Fonticello) Park that has been instrumental in improving the facilities and helping maintain and watch over the park.

The video is more in depth than the text of the article, so be sure to check it out.

J.R. talks about the improvements to the Byrd Park Tennis Courts, Bryan Park Azalea Gardens, James River park, as well as other improvements coming to our green spaces through our City of the Future funding.

Learn more about the Parks & Rec Department on their home page.