Below are Covington Parks & Recreation Department events and programs. For additional information click on "Learn More" or contact the Parks & Recreation Department at recreation@covingtonky.gov or 859-292-2151.
Upcoming Events
Pool Opening Day
Splish, Splash, Play! The Covington Parks & Recreation Department is having a pool party and you're invited! Join us ...
COVINGTON, KY – The City of Covington is partnering with Keep Covington Beautiful and Rumpke Waste & Recycling for the 2017 Ohio River Sweep in efforts to clean up the shoreline of the Ohio River and its many tributaries. The event is scheduled for 9 a.m. to noon, Saturday, June 17.
Keep Covington Beautiful is looking for volunteers to come out and join the initiative to help pick up tra...
COVINGTON, KY – The City of Covington’s Parks, Recreation & Facilities Department has partnered with Crosstown Baseball to improve the baseball fields at Bill Cappel Youth Sports Complex, providing citizens with enhanced playing conditions.
Thanks to the partnership with Crosstown Baseball, community collaboration and a very generous donation from the Reds Community Fund, ba...
Below are Covington Parks & Recreation Department events and programs. For additional information click on "Learn More" or contact the Parks & Recreation Department at recreation@covingtonky.gov or 859-292-2151.
Fishing Derby
Help the City of Covington celebrate "National Kids to Parks Day" on Saturday, May 20, by joining us for our annual Fishing Derby at Prisoners Lake i...
COVINGTON, KY – The Sanitation District No. 1 of Northern Kentucky (SD1) recently implemented its new Backup Assistance Program, offering financial assistance to help property owners in preventing sewer backups caused by wet-weather and increases in rain. Approved at the SD1 Board of Directors meeting, the program opened to customers on May 1, 2017.
The Backup Assistance Program provides up ...
Below is a list of project updates on Covington roadwork and infrastructure projects. For any additional information please contact the Covington Engineering Department at 859.292.2112.
North Covington Sidewalks
Project: The City will be removing all of the trip hazards and replacing the worst sections of sidewalks along the most heavily traveled areas in the northern part of the City....
COVINGTON, KY - On Sunday, April 23, join the City of Covington and the Linden Grove Arboretum in celebrating Covington's Arbor Day at the Westside Spring Celebration Festival. Covington Arbor Day events include a tree planting, Covington Urban Forestry Board displays, tree planting workshop and a tree walk with Pat Burns discussing the natural history of native trees in Linden Grove.
Co...
COVINGTON, KY - On Friday, April 21, the City of Covington celebrates the grand opening of Father Hanses Park and the completion of its Phase 1 improvements. Located in the Lewisburg neighborhood, featured renovations and amenities include the installation of playground equipment, benches, signs, and a picnic table with a small shelter (photographs featured below).
Working closely with the c...
COVINGTON, KY – In anticipation of spring cleaning, yard work and Covington's Great American Cleanup Day, the City of Covington has scheduled a Trash Amnesty Week for the week of April 24-28, 2017.
In addition to the trash contained inside the City-issued trash carts, residents can place up to three large items and ten 30-gallon bags of trash at the curb during amnesty weeks without using a ...
COVINGTON, KY – On Tuesday evening, the City of Covington Board of Commissioners approved the signing of the Kentucky Certified Local Government Report Form, nominating Devou Park to the National Register of Historic Places (National Register). This is the first step in the nomination approval process.
The purpose of the National Register nomination is to recognize and honor the significance...