Metro Nashville Parks And Recreation

Vanderbilt University, Pepsi, Hoopbus and Metro Nashville Parks and Recreation unveiled a revamped outdoor basketball court June 15 at the Watkins Park Community Center. The mural on the court honors the legacy of Perry Wallace, BE’70, the Vanderbilt student-athlete who integrated Southeastern Conference varsity basketball. Read More

Metro Parks is hosting two public meetings to gather design ideas and connectivity input for the proposed four-mile paved Charlotte Corridor Rail-with-Greenway project. This proposed greenway corridor is of particular interest to the Vanderbilt community, as it is anticipated to easily connect to areas surrounding campus and beyond via pedestrian- and bicycle-friendly routes. Read More

A collaboration between Vanderbilt Pediatric researchers and the Metro Nashville Parks and Recreation Department to prevent obesity is kicking into high gear with the recruitment of 600 area familes. Read More

(image courtesy of B-cycle) Nashville is expanding its bike-share program to include a fee-based, automated kiosk system called Nashville B-cycle, and two kiosks will be located on the Vanderbilt campus – one at the corner of 21st Avenue South and Terrace Place, and the other in the park near… Read More

A new way to teach healthy habits to kids and rebuilding what the Nashville flood destroyed. Read More

They come to this country – very often alone, with little education, and a lack of parenting skills. Doctors say Latino Americans are at a higher risk for obesity and diabetes and their children often have the highest rates of obesity and diabetes in the nation. Vanderbilt Children’s Hospital in… Read More