Kenosha parks commission approves summer event permits and awards $385,000 Lincoln Park court contract

The Kenosha Board of Parks Commission on Feb. 10 approved a slate of summer event permits for parks across the city and awarded a $385,000 construction contract for the Lincoln Park basketball court project.

The commission unanimously approved the contract award for project 24026 — Lincoln Park Basketball Court — to Wanna Sack Corporation for $385,000. Staff told commissioners the project includes funds from a grant of $200,000 received last summer; to bring the project within budget staff removed planned court lighting and said lighting may be added later if funds permit. The commission approved the motion to award the contract; the contract will install what staff described as the city’s first ADA-accessible court, with access fencing, a half-court layout and adjustable hoops to accommodate wheelchair basketball.

Braxton Molinaro, creative director of the Kenosha Academy of Performing Arts, introduced his group’s request to use Friendship Park for a staged, outdoor production of Little Shop of Horrors and described volunteer and professional support for the event. "I was born and raised in Kenosha," Molinaro said, adding that his organization…