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Brentwood
Population: 43,889
5211 Maryland Way, P.O. Box 788 • Brentwood, TN 37024 • 615-371-0060 • BrentwoodTN.gov
Photo: City of Brentwood
Meticulous visioning and planning describes ponds, and a nature center complex. Granny White how city leaders of Brentwood have carefully Park has walking trails, a pavilion, tennis courts, and a preserved the community’s rolling pastureland and playground. Tower Park is a 47-acre park with green spaces while welcoming residential and walking and biking trails and is home to Barkwood commercial growth. In the late 1960s when Interstate Dog Park with separate fenced areas. Smith Park is 65 was extended into Williamson County, community home to historic Ravenswood Mansion. The park has leaders realized growth and development was over six miles of rugged hiking trails ranging from inevitable. They created a planned vision for easy to difficult with impressive vistas. There are also Brentwood that would preserve the community’s paved bike and walking trails, athletic fields, a picnic character and beauty. When the city incorporated, shelter, restrooms, and a playground. April 15, 1969, the population was less than 5,000 There are adult and youth recreational sports oppeople. Today over 43,000 residents call this Nashville portunities through the Williamson County Parks and suburb home. Recreation Department (WCparksandrec.com). In Brentwood’s seven-member elected commission addition, several independent youth sports oversees the city’s programs as well as appoints the associations coordinate youth league play. Brentwood mayor and vice mayor. The city manager and staff run Blaze (BrentwoodBlaze.org) offers summer camps for the day-to-day operations. Residents can volunteer to football and cheer, and team play in the fall for ages serve on a city board or commission such as the Park 5-12. Brentwood Ball Club (BrentwoodBallClub.com) Board, Historic Commission, the Library Board, or organizes youth baseball and softball and meets at others. Find out how to get involved go to Civitan Park. Other sports league listings for soccer, BrentwoodTN.gov. tennis, and swimming can be found at BrentwoodTN.gov. The city touts over 14 parks, plus greenways. The John P. Holt Brentwood Library is one of the Crockett Park, at 1500 Volunteer Pkwy., is the city’s premier municipal libraries in the state and is mansecond-largest park with athletic fields, picnic tables, aged by the city. The library is located at 8109 Conrestrooms, tennis courts, a disc golf course, and a cord Rd. and is surrounded by a walking trail and large playground. The Eddy Arnold Amphitheater arboretum. The library offers free borrowing privileges is located at Crockett Park and is the site of many to Brentwood residents and property owners with a Brentwood events and activities. The annual Brent- library card. Residents living outside of Brentwood wood Summer Concert Series and the annual 4th of may purchase a library card for a $50 annual fee. July Celebration are held here each year. The park is For more information about all the city services, also home to the Cool Springs House, a historic home parks, sports, and amenities go to BrentwoodTN.gov event venue, and the Williamson County Parks and and follow city updates on social media sites includRecreation Indoor Soccer facility. ing Facebook, YouTube, Twitter, and Instagram. Other park facilities include Deerpark Arboretum and Nature Center with walking trails, bike paths,