Bristol TN hires new Parks and Rec. director

The City of Bristol, Tennessee has selected the next director of its parks and recreation department. Mike Mains will officially take the role of Bristol Parks and Rec. Director Tuesday. Mains will oversee Bristol’s more than two dozen city parks and greenways, as well as spearhead recreational programming throughout the year. Mains previously served in the same role in Elizabethton and worked in an executive capacity with the former Minor League Elizabethton Twins.