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Our guest today, Mark Tummons, received the coveted Fellow Award from the Tennessee Recreation and Parks Association in 2005. He is also a Past President of TRPA and a Lifetime Member.
Mark has served the State of Tennessee in various roles over the years including Program Administrator for the Parks and Recreation Technical Advisory Service (PARTAS), as well as Director of the Recreation Services Division within the Department of Environment and Conservation.
Mark also served the City of Clarksville as Assistant Director of Parks and Recreation and later as Director of Parks and Recreation. More recently he has now returned to Tennessee after serving as Director of Parks and Recreation for Leander Texas.
We talk with Mark today about his stellar career and get his thoughts about the importance of Parks and Recreation to the vitality of local communities.