CLARKSVILLE, TN (CLARKSVILLE NOW) – The Clarksville-Montgomery County School Board voted Tuesday to approve the transfer of Stokes Park to Montgomery County, clearing the final hurdle in a years-long effort to rebuild and reopen the neglected athletic complex at New Providence Middle School.
The vote approved a quitclaim deed that shifts the Stokes Field property from the school district to Montgomery County Parks and Recreation, which has already been operating the site since construction wrapped up last year.
Stokes Field was previously owned by the Clarksville-Montgomery County School System and—before the revitalization—had been leased by the City of Clarksville. The project began in 2019, when CMCSS and county officials began planning a full redesign of the park. Clarksville Now previously reported that the County Commission voted in June 2022 to approve $8 million to “bring Stokes Field alive.”…