InTucker Magazine

Ask Rip

Rip Robertson is the Parks and Recreation Director for the City of Tucker.

Spring baseball is here! Opening day is Saturday April 16 at Fitzgerald Park. We are excited about our second season and have seen tremendous growth already. We hope you’ll support the community’s kids by coming out and cheering while enjoying a Saturday in the sun. Our season will run through the first week of June with our Tee-Ball (5-6-year-olds), coach pitch (7-8-year-olds) and kid pitch (9-10 and 11-12-year-olds) teams. You can bring your young children (3-4-year-olds) out to Fitzgerald Park on Tuesday and Thursday evenings at five o’clock for learning and fun. Please make sure to call Tucker Recreation Center to register for these clinics. We will wrap up our season with All-Star play in June and host the state championships for our 10U age group.

Just before our Opening Day ceremonies, we will host our Annual Egg Hunt at Fitzgerald Park Fields One and Two. The hunt will begin for all ages at 9 a.m. and it goes quick. We have ordered double the eggs from last year and are excited to host this “mad dash” again in 2022.

We are currently registering for our eSports league. We are hosting a number of online sports and games that will begin in the next couple weeks, so hurry! This program is for ages eight and above and is divided into age-appropriate groups for most ages (there are some games for older ages only). You can go to www.tuckerga.gov/parks and hover over the “Tucker Rec” tab to access registration.

The City will once again be hosting a “Summer of Fun” series, but this year we are excited to add a “First Fridays Concert Series”. There will be live music at the new Church Street greenspace on the First Fridays from May to September (July’s will be included with the Independence Day Celebration on Main Street). Our first band will be performing on May 6. It will be the Nathan Angelo Band all the way from Greenville, South Carolina. This band plays original music, as well as fun covers. Come on out and dance the evening away. We will follow on June 3 with a classic rock band, The Woodys from Alpharetta. They are sure to bring a fun evening to Tucker. In August, we’ll be bringing the very energetic Mike Veal Band. They are a high energy dance band that will surely get everyone up and moving. Our final concert will be on September 2. We are currently waiting on confirmation for this exciting finale.

Don’t miss a night of fun in downtown Tucker this summer! Give us a call or check our website for the details on food trucks and greenspace concert policies.

Of course, it wouldn’t be a “Summer of Fun” without our annual Independence Day Celebration. The fireworks will be incredible and we’ll have live music, fun games and some exciting new additions for the kids. You’ll certainly be hearing more on the details as we get closer to the day, so stay tuned!

Our first big event of the summer will be our annual Adult Field Day on May 14 from 5-8 p.m. We will be cooking hot dogs and hamburgers (with some vegetarian options) and we’ll have some of our local partners providing refreshments and prizes. Check out the video on Facebook and begin preparing for the “big wheel” races! Go to our website to register.

To update you on progress in our parks, the Memorial Plaza project at Probst Park is well underway and should be completed by Memorial Day. We are installing new water and sewer lines at Fitzgerald Park and will have that completed for Baseball Opening Day later this month!