The renovation includes a new play structure, basketball court, walking path, picnic tables and benches and landscaping throughout the park.
SPRINGFIELD – The public is invited to join Mayor Domenic J. Sarno and Executive Director Patrick Sullivan for a ribbon cutting ceremony at Johnny Appleseed Park at Hancock and Mill streets, Wednesday at 2:30 p.m., according to a release from the mayor’s office.
Funding for the new playground was made possible by a $150,000 Community Development Block Grant in the amount of $150,000 and a grant from the Executive Office of Energy and Environmental Affairs in the amount of $258,230. The renovation includes a new play structure, basketball court, walking path, picnic tables and benches and landscaping throughout the park.
City officials on Thursday unveiled a $750,000 master plan to convert the former Thomas M. Balliet Elementary School and grounds into a new park in the Pine Point area.
The site must first be transferred from the School Department to the city. The project will also depend on successful applications for state grant funds and private contributions.