January 9, 2006

CITY BREAKS GROUND ON NEIGHBORHOOD PARK

The City of Midland will host a groundbreaking ceremony to begin construction on the newest neighborhood park.  The event will take place on Tuesday, January 10, 2006, at 12:30 p.m. at 801 E. Pennsylvania Ave.  The media is encouraged to attend.

The park is part of the Community Development Block Grant Target Area.  The 12-block area, from Washington to California and from Atlanta to Terrell, will be the site of new homes and a neighborhood park.

Work will now begin on the 3.5-acre park.  Crews will begin with the cleanup, street and alley removal, irrigation, and constructing a perimeter walking trail with lights and signage.  Additional funding would provide an interior walking trail with lights, water fountains, benches, picnic areas, basketball courts, sand volleyball courts, horseshoe pits, swings, a climber, and a playground.

Leadership Midland has taken on the challenge of raising $200,000 for the purchase of the additional equipment needed.  Keep Midland Beautiful is working on securing a grant to purchase 100 trees from the Chapman Forestry Foundation.

Depending on funding availability, the park could be completed by 2007.

This is the first new park in south Midland since the development of Reyes/Mashburn/Nelms in the mid-1990’s.

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