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RECREATION<br />
For the sports-minded person, <strong>Columbia</strong> offers many fun activities and<br />
ways to keep in shape no matter what your age. Recreational<br />
opportunities are available at area parks, golf courses, tennis courts,<br />
swimming pools, bowling alleys, roller rinks and athletic clubs. The Activity &<br />
Recreation Center or ARC, http://www.gocolumbiamo.com/ParksandRec/<br />
ARC/ has an indoor leisure pool featuring a triple loop slide, large<br />
gymnasium hosting two full basketball courts, group exercise room, stateof-the-art<br />
indoor track and much more.<br />
<strong>Columbia</strong>ns enjoy many spectator sports such as South East Confrence MU<br />
Tiger basketball and football as well as NCAA Division I baseball, wrestling,<br />
volleyball, softball, gymnastics and track and field. With their new acceptance<br />
into the SEC, Mizzou is sure to bring a growing crowd of fans to all sporting<br />
events. <strong>Columbia</strong> College’s softball, soccer, and volleyball teams are consistently high caliber. http://www.<br />
mutigers.com/<br />
<strong>Columbia</strong> is also home to the largest state game competition in the nation. The Show-Me STATE GAMES (573-<br />
882-2101), www.smsg.org, is an annual, statewide, amateur Olympic-style sporting event for the whole family.<br />
Joggers, walkers and bikers enjoy the many hiking trails in <strong>Columbia</strong> such as the MKT Nature & Fitness Trail, a<br />
4.7-mile urban walkway which also connects with the Katy Trail State Park (1-800-334-6946), the largest rails-totrails<br />
conversion in the nation, stretching 185 miles across <strong>Missouri</strong>.<br />
The award-winning <strong>Columbia</strong> Parks & Recreation Department (573-874-7460), www.gocolumbiamo.com/<br />
ParksandRec/ maintains over 72 parks and recreation facilities on more than 2,800 acres including Twin Lakes<br />
Recreation Area, Rainbow Softball Center, MKT Trail, Battle Park Martin Luther King Memorial Amphitheater,<br />
Nifong Park, Grindstone Nature Area, Stephens Lake Park, <strong>Columbia</strong> Skate Park and Capen Park. In addition to<br />
offering life enrichment classes, Parks & Rec also organizes sports leagues for all ages such as softball, soccer<br />
and volleyball.<br />
Festivals are also popular activities and highlight the best of what <strong>Columbia</strong> has to offer for fun, family and<br />
cultural events. Art in the Park, Citizen Jane Film Festival, MU Concert Series, First Night, Boone County<br />
Heritage Festival, Roots ‘n Blues ‘n BBQ, Hot Summer Nights, Show Me State Games, True/False, and the Salute<br />
to Veterans Memorial Day Weekend Airshow. More information can be found about these events at www.<br />
Visit<strong>Columbia</strong>MO.com.<br />
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