Name: Neighborhood Strollers Walking Club
Start: 2025-10-07
End: 2025-10-07
Location: Asheville Parks & Recreation

Tuesday and Thursday: Socialize and get moving on the paved outdoor loop around the park at Crump Shiloh Center
Wednesday: Meet at Crump Shiloh Center and head to local neighborhoods to connect with each other while walking and enjoying a change of scenery (transportation available, seats limited)

Asheville Parks & Recreation runs the City of Asheville's parks, community centers, pools and greenways, with more than 50 parks across town. Highlights include the 17,000 square foot Asheville Skatepark downtown, with a beginner bowl, a street course and an advanced vertical bowl, and Splasheville, the splash pad in Pack Square Park. Asheville Municipal Golf Course, the Donald Ross course locals call Muni, dates to the 1920s and is on the National Register of Historic Places. Community centers across the city host afterschool programs, summer camps, youth athletics and classes for kids, teens and adults. Every October brings the Festival of Frights, with costume parties for people and dogs, creepy climbing and crafts. The department office is at 70 Court Plaza downtown, and you can reserve picnic shelters for birthdays and reunions.

Parents all over town count on the city for summer plans and youth sports, and warm weekends bring plenty of families downtown to play.

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Neighborhood Strollers Walking Club

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