Article Category: Fit & Fun in Tucker

Rip Robertson is the Parks and Recreation Director for the City of Tucker. As we begin to wind down the year, the activity is actually picking up here at the Tucker Recreation Center. I wrote last month about the renovations to our gymnasium and how you’ll soon hear the dribbling of basketballs and squeaks of…

For this month’s Ask Rip column, I wanted to talk about a topic I’ve been asked about time and again since I took this job back in 2017. That topic is basketball. Now, I know we’re in the throes of college football season here in the South. Personally, I’m a graduate of Fresno State University.…

Over the course of the past several months, I have gotten numerous questions about the future of the gymnasium at Tucker Recreation Center. If you’re not familiar, the gym sits by the building’s back entrance and its claim to fame is as a training site for the Magnificent Seven, the gold medal winning 1996 United…

Rip Robertson is the Parks and Recreation Director for the City of Tucker. I’m really proud of the work our staff has done over the past six months to change old habits when it comes to dogs being off leash in our Tucker parks. While I understand that a handful of dog owners have eschewed…

Rip Robertson is the Parks and Recreation Director for the City of Tucker. I hope everyone had an excellent summer. Here at the Tucker Recreation Center, we had a better summer than we ever could have anticipated. Our Summer Camp was booked out every week. While there are still some growing pains, this being only…

Rip Robertson is the Parks and Recreation Director for the City of Tucker. In the nearly two years I’ve been running the Parks and Recreation Department here in Tucker, we’ve seen a lot of growth, but perhaps nothing more significant than the growth we experienced just a few weeks ago. After a lot of work…

Rip Robertson is the Parks and Recreation Director for the City of Tucker. Hard to believe it’s already May, isn’t it?Here in the Parks and Recreation Department, that means we’re gearing up for Summer Camp. Hopefully you’ve heard all the great news surrounding the 2019 Tucker Recreation Center Camp: new recreational and educational activities, expanded…

Rip Robertson is the Parks and Recreation Director for the City of Tucker. For this month’s column, I want to highlight some events we have coming up and one that is ongoing. First, I want to say thank you to all who showed up to the kickoff event for our “Lead the Pack” initiative on…

Rip Robertson is the Parks and Recreation Director for the City of Tucker. Happy March, everyone! This tends to be the month where we see activity start to pick back up in our parks with the onset of warmer weather. With that in mind, I want to run through a quick list of things you…

Rip Robertson is the Parks and Recreation Director for the City of Tucker. The Ask Rip inbox is full this month…and that’s a great thing. It shows people are really engaging with our parks and curious about the direction we’re headed. So, without further ado… Eliot Robinson – Greetings. I’m looking for some relatively easy walking trails,…

Rip Robertson is the Parks and Recreation Director for the City of Tucker. Sometimes in this line of work there are problems that don’t have easy solutions. Folks rightly want an issue addressed, but it either takes some time, a lot of money or both. I’d like to take this opportunity to explore one of…

Tucker Recreation Center is going to be a very busy place this month. Why? Aside from the usual daily activities and rentals we accommodate, we have three significant things happening that I want you to know about. First, is the Parks Master Plan Public Meeting on December 11. As Mayor Auman explained in his cover…