Executive Director:
Jeff Dunlap

Assistant Director:
Grady Tyler

Program Superintendent:
Kelly Varnell

Accounts Clerk:
Brenda Vandiver

Cemetery Clerk:
Jeannine Hill

Receptionist:
Jennifer Stewart

Websites:
DecaturParks.com - for recreational and community activities

DecaturSports.com - for tournament and sporting event planners

Administrative Offices:
Decatur Parks and Recreation
610 Fourth Avenue S.E.
P.O. Box 1315
Decatur, AL 35602
(256) 341-4930

The Decatur Parks and Recreation Department is a department of the local municipal government operated by a permanent, full-time staff, with the assistance of a volunteer citizens advisory board. Board appointments are made by the City Council for a term of five years.

The Parks and Recreation Department operates four recreation community centers, one outdoor and one indoor swimming pool, Wilson Morgan Softball Complex and Tennis Center, and 22 parks encompassing 500-acres. These include 12 developed playgrounds, 28 lighted tennis courts, an 11-acre laser graded, irrigated, and lighted soccer complex, and numerous lighted and unlighted softball and baseball fields. We are developing a 77-acre park which will include a 30-acre laser graded and irrigated soccer/football venue with sub-grade drainage. It will also include a four field Dixie Youth baseball complex, tennis courts, a walking trail, playground, and splash pad. There is also a recreation center in the master plan that doesn't have a current construction date.

The Decatur City Cemetery is also operated and maintained by the Parks and Recreation Department.

The Decatur Parks and Recreation Department is associated with the Alabama Recreation and Parks Association (ARPA), the National Recreation and Parks Association (NRPA), and the American Parks and Recreation Society (APRS).

Park Maintenance:
Administrative Office Asst.:
Kim Skinner

1516 Central Parkway
Decatur, AL 35601
Phone (256) 351-7766
Fax (256) 351-7767