As the summer heat continues to burn up, the Hopkinsville Fire Department and Hopkinsville Parks and Recreation Department are teaming up for the second annual Hoptown Hose Down to keep communities cool.
Beginning Tuesday, June 1, the team will have an HFD-provided pumper truck traveling to six different parks to safely spray down attendees with a water hose and nozzle throughout Hopkinsville.
Parks and Recreation department employees will be on site at each event facilitating the mobile spray parks.
âHoptown Hose Down was born last summer after creative alternatives to allow our residents to have some cool, clean fun,â Hopkinsville Parks and Recreation Superintendent Tab Brockman said.
May 25, 2021 | 2:19 PM
With summer heat on the rise, the Hopkinsville Fire/EMS Department and Hopkinsville Parks and Recreation Department are teaming up again to help the community cool down.
The 2nd Annual Hoptown Hose Down partnership, beginning Tuesday, June 1st, will have an HFD-provided pumper truck traveling to six different parks from 1:30-2:30 p.m. on Tuesdays and Thursdays during June to safely spray down attendees with a water hose and nozzle throughout Hopkinsville.
Use of the extra truck and personnel from the Fire Department will not take away from any regular services provided or emergencies responded to by HFD/EMS. Parks employees on site will be facilitating the mobile spray parks.
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May 10, 2021 | 8:13 AM
One of the community’s most vibrant family-friendly attractions will reopen in 2021, just a little later into the summer than usual. Officials announced that Tie Breaker Family Aquatic Center, which will celebrate its 15th season this year, will delay opening of the facility until Friday, June 18
th. Closed last summer due to the pandemic, the water park traditionally opens the Saturday of Memorial Day Weekend.
The park will be open daily until local schools start in August, dialing back to a Saturday-Sunday only schedule through Labor Day and closing Monday, Sept. 6. For more information about season tickets or 2021 party reservations at Tie Breaker Family Aquatic Center, call the Hopkinsville Parks and Recreation at 270-887-4290.
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