The Recreation & Culture department takes a “community development” approach to providing leisure
        
        
          services to Chilliwack. The Department works with various cultural groups, sports organizations, community
        
        
          associations, businesses, not-for-profit societies and service clubs in order to offer residents a wide variety of
        
        
          leisure opportunities.
        
        
          Recreation & Culture
        
        
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          he Recreation & Culture department
        
        
          is responsible for the coordination and
        
        
          delivery of leisure services in Chilliwack.
        
        
          This department operates and allocates a
        
        
          number of facilities including:
        
        
          
        
        
          Evergreen Hall
        
        
          
        
        
          The Landing Sports Centre
        
        
          
        
        
          Twin Rinks Arena
        
        
          
        
        
          2 Synthetic Turf Fields
        
        
          
        
        
          58 Grass Sports Fields
        
        
          
        
        
          69 Ball Diamonds
        
        
          Recreation & Culture also coordinates the
        
        
          contracted operations of:
        
        
          
        
        
          Cheam Leisure Centre
        
        
          
        
        
          Chilliwack Landing
        
        
          Leisure Centre
        
        
          
        
        
          Chilliwack Cultural Centre
        
        
          
        
        
          Chilliwack Heritage Park
        
        
          
        
        
          Chilliwack/Yarrow/Sardis Library
        
        
          
        
        
          Great Blue Heron Nature Reserve
        
        
          
        
        
          Rotary Outdoor Pool
        
        
          Funding for the operation of many of
        
        
          Chilliwack’s cultural programs is supplied
        
        
          through the Recreation
        
        
          & Culture department, such as:
        
        
          
        
        
          Chilliwack Museum and Archives
        
        
          
        
        
          Community Schools
        
        
          
        
        
          Senior Resources
        
        
          
        
        
          Youth Services
        
        
          
        
        
          Gwynne Vaughan Park
        
        
          Recreation & Culture
        
        
          
            Island 22
          
        
        
          
            Bike Skills
          
        
        
          
            Park
          
        
        
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