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Recycling

Rumpke Waste & Recycling The City of Kettering contract with Rumpke Waste & Recycling guarantees savings on trash and recycling collection services for Kettering residents. If you are a new resident, please contact Rumpke Waste & Recycling directly at www.rumpke.com or call 1-800-828-8171 to establish service for your address. Click for more information on Residential Trash &...

Composting

What Is Composting? Composting is turning organic waste into nutrient-rich compost through decomposition, essentially nature’s way of recycling. In the U.S., food is the single most common material sent to landfills, and wasted food is responsible for over half of landfill methane emissions. By composting, you are not only diverting waste from the landfill, but...

Van Alstine, John, Memorial for 9/11, 2002Parks and Recreation

John Van Alstine Memorial for 9/11, 2002 Indiana Limestone and Painted Steel Location: Lincoln Park Civic Commons Artist John Van Alstine create the piece “Memorial for 9/11” with a gathering and sitting space for the community. The 26,600 pound sculpture is also a solar calendar, allowing the solar noon sun to line up with the...

Glenna Goodacre, Old Man and Dog, 1998Parks and Recreation

Glenna Goodacre Old Man and Dog, 1998; installed 2007 Bronze; edition of 18 Location: Lincoln Park Civic Commons Google Maps Old Man and Dog is from Glenna Goodacre’s series entitled Park Place from an edition of 18. Goodacre choose her models for her sculptures from people she knows around her hometown of Santa Fe, New Mexico. ...

Residential Leaf Collection Program

Street Division Hotline (937) 296-3255 Spring Leaf Pick-up Monday, April 21, 2025 Crews will make a single pass through the city. Please have all leaves placed out at the street prior to this date as crews will pass through the city very quickly. Fall Leaf Pick-up Monday, Oct. 20, 2025 Crews will start in District...

Community members volunteer at DelcoParks and Recreation

Recently, two young women, both Kettering residents, were spotted doing a good deed at Delco Park. Samantha Sowards and Anna Spragg took it upon themselves to pick up litter in the park earlier this month to help our staff prepare for Kettering’s annual Go 4th Independence Day celebration. “This is the first time we’ve done...

The Thursday Five - September 1Parks and Recreation

The long weekend is almost here! Get out and explore something new. Here are our five picks for fun around Kettering during the days ahead: The J.F. Kennedy Park Splash Pad Pool season may be over, but the splash pad remains open weekends through September, weather permitting. Kids love the farm-themed splash pad and playground...

MVCC GATEway Project

You may have wondered what is happening with the giant spools of blue and orange conduit being installed throughout the Miami Valley. Led by the Miami Valley Communication Council and Miami Valley Education Computer Association, a fiber optic service ring is being installed to connect the communities of Kettering, Centerville, Oakwood, Moraine, West Carrollton, Miamisburg...

2024 Community Block PartyParks and Recreation

2024 Community Block Party Were you spotted with Kettering Parks, Recreation and Cultural Arts mascot Recs during the event on May 29, 2024?

Art Ed, 2016Parks and Recreation

November 28 – December 30, 2016 Reception: Saturday, December 3, 11am-3pm, in conjunction with A Rosewood Holiday Arts Festival. Art Ed began in 2011 at Rosewood Gallery as a way to celebrate our local art educators. The 49 participants in this year’s exhibition are current or retired art teachers in Dayton and the surrounding areas. Participating artists:...

Visitor and Volunteer InformationParks and Recreation

Visitor and Volunteer Information Art on the Commons Sunday, August 10, 2025, 11 a.m. - 5 p.m. Lincoln Park Civic Commons Rosewood Arts Center’s premier annual event, Art on the Commons, returns on Sunday, August 10 from 11 a.m. – 5 p.m. at Lincoln Park Civic Commons. The festival is made possible by an amazing...

Barry Gunderson, Song and Dance, 2000Parks and Recreation

Barry Gunderson Song and Dance, 2000 Aluminum, Brick Pavers and Concrete Location: Lincoln Park Civic Commons Google Maps Barry Gunderson’s sculpture Song and Dance features a choreographed arrangement of four 16-foot tall figures. One hand on the ground, one high in the air, bodies arched, these figures salute all who enter the Commons area. The sculpture honors...

NurseryParks and Recreation

While you enjoy the programs through the City of Kettering Parks, Recreation and Cultural Arts Department, we can provide childcare services for your child. Our nursery is staffed with sitters who are trained in First Aid and CPR. We constantly strive to maintain a sufficient number of staff to respond to individual needs of each...

Kettering Summer Food ProgramParks and Recreation

KETTERING SUMMER FOOD PROGRAM WHEN? June 2 through Aug. 8, Noon – 2 p.m. NOTE: No Summer Food Program June 30 – July 4 (Holiday Week) WHERE? Two locations Mondays, Wednesdays & Fridays Tuesdays & Thursdays Trails of Oak Creek Parking Lot Van Buren Park Shelter 1785 Renee Drive, Kettering, OH ...

The Thursday Five - August 25Parks and Recreation

The weekend is almost here! Get out and explore something new. Here are our five picks for fun around Kettering during the days ahead: Stop by Rosewood Gallery The gallery space is brand new, and so is Rosewood's main entrance. Currently on view is the top-notch HWD Juried Sculpture Exhibition, featuring 3-D artwork from across...

The Thursday Five - September 8Parks and Recreation

The weekend is almost here! Get out and explore something new. Here are our five picks for fun around Kettering during the days ahead: The J.F. Kennedy Park Splash Pad Pool season may be over, but the splash pad remains open weekends through September, weather permitting. The extended forecast looks like it's cooling off, so...

Adult KickballParks and Recreation

**Per Kettering City Ordinance, absolutely NO ALCOHOL is allowed at the parks. The Kettering Police Department will take appropriate enforcement action towards anyone found violating this ordinance. This will be strictly enforced.*

Works on Paper Juried ExhibitionParks and Recreation

This call is now closed. The Call for the 35th Annual Works on Paper exhibition will be announced on September 1, 2026. Rosewood Arts Center in Kettering, Ohio announces a call for entries for the 34th annual Works on Paper exhibition, a juried exhibition for artists living within a 40-mile radius of Dayton, Ohio. Entries...

Kettering announces formation of an all-new Tree CommitteeParks and Recreation

The City of Kettering Department of Parks, Recreation and Cultural Arts is pleased to announce the formation of an all-new Tree Committee to organize efforts in the city’s management, preservation, and conservation of public trees. In 2020, the City’s Parks Division completed a citywide tree inventory and risk assessment of all trees that it maintains....

Beth Holyoke and Käthi Seidl, Nature's Interplay, 2016Parks and Recreation

Beth Holyoke and Käthi Seidl Nature’s Interplay, 2016 Concrete, aluminum, ceramic, glaze, glass Location: Habitat Environmental Center, 3036 Bellflower Street, Kettering Google Maps Artists Beth Holyoke and Käthi Seidl designed, fabricated and installed a permanent, site-specific artwork at the Habitat Environmental Center, incorporating approximately 120 aluminum tiles created by Kettering City School students. The following...

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