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Highland Park parks director outlines upgrades, recalls rec center’s role as COVID vaccination hub
Summary
The director of Highland Park Parks and Recreation summarized efforts to maintain eight city parks, run the Ernest T. Ford Field House ("Hackett"), launch an adopt-a-park program and seek a Spark grant to add a playscape and repair baseball diamonds; she also said the rec center served as a COVID-19 vaccination hub when the city had no pharmacies.
The director of the Parks and Recreation Department described ongoing efforts to repair and improve Highland Park’s eight parks and the Ernest T. Ford Field House, known locally as Hackett, and said the rec center served as a COVID-19 vaccination hub when the city had no pharmacies.
The director said the department aims to provide “a usable green space within a 10 minute walk of everyone's home” and has pursued small upgrades across parks, an adopt-a-park volunteer program, and partnerships with…
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