There is a newer, larger slide. Much nicer swings. And the "monkey bars," have a little less of a kindergarten feel to them. I was able to check the restrooms, and I did notice they were significantly cleaner, with no tagging. There are also concrete islands within the new play ground to help keep it clean.
The following comes from sources inside the park that any reasonable person would expect to be accurate. Because the office of Dee Andrews is disputing it, I am asking for all official documents to show exactly where all the funding from the park renovation came from. Send that info to shaynem@hotmail.com: From a critical stand point, we were told by sources close to the park this renovation came from a $500,000 grant from the state. The community was also told the City and District Six pledged no money, so please hold off on giving credit to our City Council with accomplishing this, it happened in spite of a lack of City support, and was used as an excuse for the cancellation of the Cambodia Town Night Market.
People are entitled to their own opinion but not their own facts! This was approved by council total budget was over 100 thousand dollars. Over $13,000 of CD6 infrastructure dollars went towards the playground. The state funding came in two separate grants all asked for and approved by City Council
ReplyDeletePlease forward me the funding information from the original city funding documents [including exactly how much the grants were] and I will print an immediate correction. But don't exclude the grant information from the state so that I can show exactly the percent that came from the city and the state. Since I was told repeatedly be people very close to the park that all renovations were entirely state funded, I have no reason to distrust, I had no reason to doubt them.
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