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Residents urge Winter Springs to finish Central Winds Park lighting as city begins master-plan work
Summary
Multiple residents and parents pressed the Winter Springs City Commission to install lights on lower fields at Central Winds Park, citing safety, local spending loss and tournament potential. The commission accepted the parks master plan report and commissioners said work begins now; residents delivered petitions and asked for funding options.
Multiple Winter Springs residents and youth-sports parents urged the City Commission on Feb. 24 to fund and install field lighting at Central Winds Park so local teams can practice and play after dark.
The speakers said incomplete lighting forces families to travel to Oviedo, Winter Park and other cities for evening practices and games, reducing local economic activity and complicating family schedules. David Baer, president of the Lake Tuscawilla Association and president of Save Rural Seminole, told the commission “Winter Springs Exceptionalism” should include finished parks, and said his estimate of the time cost to residents from driving across town amounts to about $384,000 a year for local soccer families. Jocelyn Baer, a Winter Springs mother, said the travel pushes children’s bedtimes later and affects sleep and health.
The public push coincided with a parks master plan report that was on the consent agenda. Commissioner Victoria Bruce said the plan…
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