City of Athens, OH Arts, Parks, and Recreation Dog Park User Input Survey

The Arts, Parks and Recreation department manages two off-leash dog parks in the City of Athens, OH. One dog park is located in the West State Street Park and the other dog park on the Athens Community Center campus located on East State Street. We are se...

Movement and the Natural World

Athens Community Center is Hiring a Part-Time Building Supervisor

The City of Athens, Ohio is now seeking qualified candidates for the part-time position of Community Center Building Supervisor for the Arts, Parks, and Recreation Department.          

Community Center Building...

Wee Wigglers is Back at ACC!

Wee Wigglers is back! Join us with the little ones for a wiggle worthy time! Great for physical, emotional, and social development. There will be several stations and items set up in the back half of the gym that children can engage with. This is a drop i...

Arts West Gallery Show: Itty Bitty Print Exchange

ITTY BITTY PRINT EXCHANGE: ANOTHER WORLD IS POSSIBLE

On the winter solstice of December 2020, cooped up during the pandemic in Athens Ohio, Ohio University MFA Printmaking student Fiona Avocado was thinking about what they wanted for their birthday at the ...

New Year, New You Membership Deal at Athens Community Center

Get out of  the cold and into a warm 3 month membership at the Athens Community Center for only $65. Special runs from January 3rd through January 31st. Valid for individual adult memberships only. 

Questions? Give us a call at 740-592-33...

Hocking River Riparian Area Project

The Hocking River Riparian Area Project is located along the river directly behind the Athens Community Center.

This area along the Hocking River is a riparian/floodplain corridor which means, it may flood during large rain events. As a riparian, the growt...

Christmas Tree Pickup

The City of Athens is announcing there will be a free Christmas tree pickup of discarded live trees on Tuesdays and Fridays beginning December 28, 2021 and continuing through the month of January 2022.   Residents should place Christmas trees at ...

City of Athens Seeking Input on New Fire Station

The City of Athens, fire department, and McCall Sharp Architecture are interested in how building a new fire station off the Stimson Avenue roundabout can not only improve the firefighters health and wellness, but also be beneficial to the community membe...

American Electric Power (AEP) tree trimming/cutting in Athens

The 2022 work will be on circuits feeding out of the Strouds Run Substation. There are four circuits feeding out of this substation, two of which mainly feed the East end of Athens City.

Athens City Council on 8-16-21 reactivated the requirement for face coverings in public spaces.

Based on information from the Centers for Disease Control, and the Athens City County Health Department regarding the substantial level of transmission and number of infections and hospitalizations, Athens City Council on 8-16-21 reactivated the requireme...