The city of Roanoke broke ground today for the Eureka Recreation Center.

Pulaski County’s Parks and Recreation Department has announced a new name for a local park in Fairlawn.

Randolph Park’s pool in Pulaski County is closed again for the second summer in a row, but Parks and Recreation leaders said they are getting closer to reopening the Evelyn Alexander Waterpark.

The $8 million project includes a new amphitheater, playground and public restrooms.

You’re probably wondering where you can watch history as darkness transcends with the solar eclipse this afternoon. If so, there are several places you can go to with friends and family.

Michael Clark, director of Parks and Recreation for the City of Roanoke resigned on Jan. 3.

Christiansburg Town Council voted unanimously to deny a $500,000 dollar sponsorship to rename Huckleberry Park.

The Pulaski parks and rec department is looking to the future after a fire destroyed the Evelyn Alexander Waterpark pool house.

Crews are currently responding to what is being called a devastating fire at the Randolph Park pool, according to Asst. County Administrator Anthony Akers.

The new pool is the largest investment into Washington Park in the city's history.

Nearly 1500 people are petitioning the City of Salem asking for answers after Moyer Skate Park was demolished with no definite plans for a new location.

After nearly two years, Christiansburg Huckleberry Park is nearing completion.

Four more Roanoke City parks are headed towards a remodel in the coming months.

The city along with architects hope to have a final design by March.

While the Lynchburg Downtown Renewal Project gets ready for it's next phase, Parks and Recreation is looking ahead to the next 10 years.

Early this year, Roanoke Parks and Recreation received $2.3 million to address a list of projects and improvements in the area’s parks.

Next month, Roanoke Parks and Recreation will begin revitalizing Washington Park through several projects that have been a decade in the making.

ROANOKE, Va – Community organizations in Roanoke are hosting a fun way to share some of the city’s history this week. Roanoke Public Libraries and Parks and Recreation are hosting a story walk this week to debut the new bilingual Roanoke baby book. Every baby born at Carilion Roanoke Memorial Hospital gets a copy of the book, but this is the first year the book is also being printed in Spanish. “It is so important that we embrace our diversity, and so we just love the idea of and we also have a lot of parents that want their children to learn Spanish or English and so it just seemed like a nice way to do it and start early very early literacy with that,” director of libraries Sheila Umberger said. There will be several other story walks taking place this week:

ROANOKE, Va. A new project is giving families the option to play outside and stay safe at the same time. Roanoke Parks and Recreation, also known as Play Roanoke, is working to equip all city playgrounds with hand sanitizing stations. Right now, 12 of the city's 35 playgrounds have hand sanitizing stations. While Play Roanoke doesn't have research showing how often children are getting outside, they do know parents certainly are. Adults are flocking to the outdoors in numbers weve never seen before, said Stephanie Long, marketing coordinator for Play Roanoke.

Registration for Roanokes Summer Play Enrichment Program started on Monday. Roanoke Parks and Recreation is hosting the event again, but things will look different because of COVID-19. From spacing to sanitizing, all things safety are being considered. Still keep it a fun event but make it a safe time for everybody," said McKee. The enrichment program runs from July 6 to August 14.