Wednesday Feb 11, 2026
February 11, 2026 Bruce Gilliam, Henderson County Parks & Recreation
In the latest episode of the Henderson County Conversations Podcast, Mike Morgan sits down with Parks & Recreation Director Bruce Gilliam. From youth sports to enjoying all the parks in the County, Mike and Bruce discuss everything from the new Berkeley Park Sports Complex to using the main gym for an emergency shelter. It's never a dull moment in the Parks & Rec world in Henderson County!
3 months ago
Thanks Mike for addressing the parks in Henderson county area. As an active member of this community I as well as many others are needing answers to why the fastest growing sport in America, pickleball , was not included in the new Berkeley Park Sports Complex. I understand that there is a donation portal on the county web site to help build the complex which most of us knew nothing about , that , if asked Bruce Gilliam should comment on. We all know pickleball and tennis hens rub horns on court intuition of lines . But WHY did NO courts for pickleball make it to the complex ??? Next I hear that Patton Park is going to be demolished and rebuilt some time in our near future. We just got pickleball courts built last fall, after almost 3 years of watching funds ( 250k ) sit waiting to get them built. It just seams that now one is in touch with what is needed in our community , Just the money donations made by the elite crowd . Once again no courts for pickleball.