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The City of Sevierville Department of Parks and Recreation announced that work will commence this week on the Phase II of the Sevierville Greenway Project, which connects two existing greenways. Surveying work began Thursday, Sept. 15, 2016. The Phase II project will connect the greenway on Eastgate Road that currently ends at the New Salem Baptist Church with the greenway ...

The Pigeon Forge Public Library will be hosting a six-week series entitled, Living Well with Chronic Conditions. The classes are free and open to the public. The class dates are Thursdays, Sept. 8 through Oct. 13, 2016, from 10 a.m. until 12 noon. This 6-week workshop series is designed to help community members manage their long-term health issues effectively. Chronic ...

Great Smoky Mountains National Park Superintendent Cassius Cash and City of Gatlinburg Mayor Mike Werner invite the public to join them on a hike along the Gatlinburg Trail in the Smokies on Saturday, Aug. 20, 2016 at 9 a.m. in honor of the National Park Service Centennial. Hikers should meet in front of Sugarlands Visitor Center to begin the 4-mile, ...

The City of Sevierville Department of Parks and Recreation announces that repair work to the boardwalk on the Memorial River Greenway is almost complete. Weather and other conditions permitting, all work should be finished by July 1, 2016. City employees built the boardwalk in 1994 with a $75,000 dollar TDOT Enhancement Grant. Over the past two decades the Boardwalk has ...

Kids and adults alike can jump for joy, bounce, flip and a number of other activities at the new TopJump attraction in Pigeon Forge. The first of its kind in Sevier County, the 34,000 square foot TopJump Trampoline Park has all the traditional trampoline park activities such as dodge ball, basketball, ninja course, gladiator pit and an airbag. It also ...

The City of Gatlinburg Recreation Department recently completed construction of a greenway around the Rocky Top Sports World Complex and Mills Park, achieving the long-term goal of tying all the fields together with one unified walking trail. “Since the planning phase of the sports complex, the City and Rocky Top staff have envisioned a walking trail to tie all the ...

Time to channel your inner Santa and sign up for the 2015 holiday season’s best race – The 5th Annual Santa Hustle 5K & Half Marathon taking place at 7:30 a.m. on Sunday, Dec. 13, 2015 in Sevierville, Tenn. This unique racecourse begins at Wilderness at the Smokies and goes along the Parkway of Sevierville and neighboring Pigeon Forge, offering ...

Sevierville Parks and Recreation is now registering teams for the winter basketball league. The 3-on-3 basketball league will be co-ed and for adults 18 and over. Games will be played on Monday and Thursday nights beginning November 30, 2015. The registration deadline has been extended until November 24, 2015. Prices for the basketball league are $100 per team. Registration packets ...

An adults-only race anchors a weekend of activities at LeConte Center at Pigeon Forge in April, 2016. Everyone who runs in the RetroRunning event next April in Pigeon Forge is guaranteed to set a personal record. That’s because it’s the only race ever that’s exactly 5 miles, 916 yards long. The peculiar distance and the fact it’s only for runners ...

Participants in the Light the Way 5K Walk/Run will see Dollywood’s Smoky Mountain Christmas festival in a new light – actually four million lights – as the theme park hosts this special event for a fourth year on Nov. 13 beginning at 11 p.m. “The beauty of Dollywood’s Smoky Mountain Christmas festival combined with the challenge of a course that ...