Parks, Recreation & Cultural Resources News

The Town of Wake Forest will accept applications through Saturday, April 30, from food truck vendors interested in participating in the 2022 Fireworks Spectacular. The online application is available at http://bit.ly/WFFireworksSpectacular . The...Read more

04/06/2022

The Wake Forest Parks, Recreation & Cultural Resources (PRCR) Department will again partner with GSK and the UNC Morehead Planetarium & Science Center to offer “Science in the Summer” for rising students in grades 2-8.

The free program will be offered at the Alston-Massenburg...Read more

04/04/2022

The Wake Forest Parks, Recreation & Cultural Resources Department will host an online esports gaming tournament featuring "Rocket League" on Saturday, April 23. Open to players ages 10 and older, the online tournament is free to play and will be live streamed on Twitch.tv. Registration is...Read more

04/04/2022

The Wake Forest Police Department and Wake Forest Fire Department are partnering to host a “Public Safety Camp” June 9-10 at E. Carroll Joyner Park, 701 Harris Road.

Geared for ages 13-15, the two-day camp will include sessions on basic first aid, CPR, fire extinguisher usage and...Read more

04/04/2022

The Wake Forest Parks, Recreation & Cultural Resources (PRCR) Department will commemorate “National Physical Fitness Month” in May by offering a 50-Mile Walking Challenge for area residents ages 11 and older.

The concept is simple. The PRCR Department is challenging area residents to...Read more

03/31/2022

The Wake Forest Parks, Recreation & Cultural Resources Department and Page 158 Books are partnering to offer a free program throughout April that encourages families to read while enjoying the greenways at E. Carroll Joyner Park, 701 Harris Road. StoryWalk is an innovative and interactive...Read more

03/30/2022

The Wake Forest Technology Advisory Board (TAB) is inviting area middle school and high school students and their families to the 2022 Wake Forest STEM Saturday on Saturday, April 30. Presented by the Wireless Research...Read more

03/30/2022

The Parks, Recreation & Cultural Resources (PRCR) Department has issued a Call to Artists through Monday, April 4, for a gym wall mural at Joyner Park Community Center (JPCC). The goal of the initiative is to promote local artists while...Read more

03/28/2022

The E. Carroll Joyner Park playground for children ages 2-5 is closed for maintenance this week (week of March 28).

Signage and barricades have been posted to inform the public of the closure.

Weather permitting, the playground is expected to reopen by 3:30 p.m. on Friday, April...Read more

03/28/2022

The Wake Forest Parks, Recreation and Cultural Resources (PRCR) Department is accepting Dream League Baseball applications through Thursday, March 31.

Designed for boys and girls with disabilities ages five and older, the adaptive baseball league will operate on Saturday mornings April...Read more

03/23/2022

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