Article Category: Fit & Fun in Tucker

  • Ask Rip – December 2019

    Ask Rip – December 2019

    Rip Robertson is the Parks and Recreation Director for the City of Tucker. As we begin to wind down the year, the activity is actually picking up here at the Tucker Recreation Center. I wrote last month about the renovations […]

  • Ask Rip – November 2019

    Ask Rip – November 2019

    For this month’s Ask Rip column, I wanted to talk about a topic I’ve been asked about time and again since I took this job back in 2017. That topic is basketball. Now, I know we’re in the throes of […]

  • Ask Rip – October 2019

    Ask Rip – October 2019

    Over the course of the past several months, I have gotten numerous questions about the future of the gymnasium at Tucker Recreation Center. If you’re not familiar, the gym sits by the building’s back entrance and its claim to fame […]

  • Ask Rip – September 2019

    Ask Rip – September 2019

    Rip Robertson is the Parks and Recreation Director for the City of Tucker. I’m really proud of the work our staff has done over the past six months to change old habits when it comes to dogs being off leash […]

  • Ask Rip – August 2019

    Ask Rip – August 2019

    Rip Robertson is the Parks and Recreation Director for the City of Tucker. I hope everyone had an excellent summer. Here at the Tucker Recreation Center, we had a better summer than we ever could have anticipated. Our Summer Camp […]

  • Ask Rip – July 2019

    Ask Rip – July 2019

    Rip Robertson is the Parks and Recreation Director for the City of Tucker. In the nearly two years I’ve been running the Parks and Recreation Department here in Tucker, we’ve seen a lot of growth, but perhaps nothing more significant […]

  • Ask Rip – May 2019

    Ask Rip – May 2019

    Rip Robertson is the Parks and Recreation Director for the City of Tucker. Hard to believe it’s already May, isn’t it?Here in the Parks and Recreation Department, that means we’re gearing up for Summer Camp. Hopefully you’ve heard all the […]

  • Ask Rip – April 2019

    Ask Rip – April 2019

    Rip Robertson is the Parks and Recreation Director for the City of Tucker. For this month’s column, I want to highlight some events we have coming up and one that is ongoing. First, I want to say thank you to […]

  • Ask Rip – March 2019

    Ask Rip – March 2019

    Rip Robertson is the Parks and Recreation Director for the City of Tucker. Happy March, everyone! This tends to be the month where we see activity start to pick back up in our parks with the onset of warmer weather. […]

  • Ask Rip – February 2019

    Ask Rip – February 2019

    Rip Robertson is the Parks and Recreation Director for the City of Tucker. The Ask Rip inbox is full this month…and that’s a great thing. It shows people are really engaging with our parks and curious about the direction we’re headed. So, […]

  • Ask Rip – January 2019

    Ask Rip – January 2019

    Rip Robertson is the Parks and Recreation Director for the City of Tucker. Sometimes in this line of work there are problems that don’t have easy solutions. Folks rightly want an issue addressed, but it either takes some time, a […]

  • Ask Rip – December 2018

    Ask Rip – December 2018

    Tucker Recreation Center is going to be a very busy place this month. Why? Aside from the usual daily activities and rentals we accommodate, we have three significant things happening that I want you to know about. First, is the […]