In January 2023, Coppell Parks & Recreation became Coppell Community Experiences. The change was many years in the making and reflected our desire to reimagine the way we serve the Coppell community - to continue to meet both current needs and demands of the future. In the 20 years since transforming from Leisure Services to Parks and Recreation, we experienced massive growth of the parks and trails system, and expanded our scope to include a recreation and aquatics center, a tennis center, a senior and community center, a biodiversity education center, playgrounds, new ball fields, community gardens, a farmers market, a cemetery, massive growth in special event offerings, the addition of a marketing and community engagement team, a dog park, an arts center, a library, pickleball courts and thousands of camps, classes, programs, sports leagues and services. In 2009, we added Rolling Oaks Memorial Center, our municipal cemetery. Then in 2020, the Coppell Arts Center opened its doors as a part of our team. In 2022, Parks and Recreation and the Cozby Library and Community Commons integrated as one team. The library, along with all the facilities and services of parks and recreation contribute to a high level of quality of life to the community. The integration proved a great way to share resources, support, and to collaborate on educating and serving the Coppell community in an intentional way. We are still parks and recreation, but now we are so much more. The name change honors our past, and sets us up to move into the future. “We offer such a wide variety of services to the community - greatly expanding the purview of traditional parks and recreation,” noted Jessica Carpenter, Director of Coppell Community Experiences. “Now, several industries are joined together working toward the same goal: to provide exceptional experiences to the Coppell community.” COPPELL PARKS & RECREATION BECOMES COPPELL COMMUNITY EXPERIENCES redefine The change was introduced to the community through a series of teasers and references to the popular TV show Friends!
