About Us

The Recreation Department is located at 220 E. Division Street in Shawano. The indoor swimming pool hosts a place for water walking, lap swim, learn to swim classes, open swim, and various aerobic classes. The Rec. Center also has a weight room that consists of weights, treadmills, Nu-Steps, recumbent bikes, ellipticals machines and more. There are 2 racquetball courts available for racquetball, volleyball or even pickleball. Racquetball courts may be reserved at no cost.         

The Parks Department is made up of 23 city parks where people can go to walk trails along the river, lets kids play on the playgrounds, have a family picnic at one of many rentable shelters. You will also find basketball courts, a splash pad, volleyball courts, pickleball courts and numerous ball diamonds. On a hot summer day you can come play at Smalley Park beach or enjoy Thursdayz @ Franklin, a concert series at Franklin Park. A full listing of park locations and their amenities can be found here. 
                              
This website provides information about our building hours, fees, upcoming events, programs & more. Please feel free to take a look around. Any questions you may have can be answered by calling the Rec. Center at 715-526-6171.