Parks-Rec director shares Town goals for 2025
Pickleball courts done, Dog Park started are key
Completion of pickleball courts, parking lot expansion and handicap pathway improvements are on the horizon for 2025.
Farragut Parks and Recreation director Ron Oestreich listed several projects he expects will be completed before the end of 2025:
• “The parking lot expansion at McFee Park should be completed by summer of 2025.
• “The pickleball complex at Mayor Bob Leonard Park should be completed by the fall of 2025.
• “The ADA pathway improvements at Mayor Bob Leonard Park should also be completed by the fall of 2025.
• “The Dog Park and ADA pathway and restroom project will be under way within the calendar year 2025.”
Additionally, “We are planning to renovate the open space behind the sand volleyball courts at Mayor Bob Leonard Park into a grass rectangle sports field for football, soccer and Lacrosse,” Oestreich said. “There are no other ball field improvements or spectator stands in our current plans.”
The Town has Founders Park at Campbell Station, 405 N. Campbell Station Road, with greenways, bronze sculptures and two picnic pavilions; McFee Park, 917 McFee Road, with trailheads, tennis courts, splash pad, playground and future dog park; Anchor Park along Turkey Creek Road, located adjacent to the lakefront; and Mayor Bob Leonard Park, 301 Watt Road, a sports complex with 10 athletic playing fields; as well as Mayor Ralph McGill Plaza and activities in Farragut Community Center, 239 Jamestowne Blvd.
It is expected to have another park under way, as the Town recently was awarded a $2.75 million Federal Land and Water Conservation Fund Grant to be used to develop the park property on the west side of McFee Road. The director said the Town will be seeking community input for the recreational components for the property.
“Our entire Parks and Recreation team is looking forward to the process,” Oestreich said. “It will be fun to develop a park property from a blank canvass to a community input-driven facility.”
The property along McFee Road was purchased in 2023.
The grant, managed by the Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation, was a 50 percent match of the total purchase price of the property, according to a Town of Farragut press release.
“The 70-acre parcel, which includes 15 acres of donated land, is on the west side of McFee Road near the junction with Boyd Station Road,” the release added. “The grant requires that construction of recreational facilities must begin by 2027.”
