Tulare’s recreational programs going online

Tulare’s parks, library and recre­ation depart­ment wants to update its pro­gram reg­is­tra­tion meth­ods through new soft­ware. This install­ment allows peo­ple to reg­is­ter for pro­grams over the Internet.

The only excep­tion will be book­ing reser­va­tions for use of city facil­i­ties, like the com­mu­nity cen­ter audi­to­rium at 830 S. Black­stone St., park pic­nic gaze­bos, and ten­nis courts.

But peo­ple will be able to learn more online about those facil­i­ties, includ­ing floor plans and pho­tographs; but actu­ally book­ing a site will still require a trip to their offices.

The city’s Senior Cen­ter, which is part of the parks depart­ment, is also switch­ing to the new reg­is­tra­tion sys­tem, but they are going straight “from pen and paper to this, which should be a big change,” Melen­dez said.