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Field of Dreams leaders thank Ocean County for ARPA support for inclusive recreation
Summary
Toms River Field of Dreams leaders told the county board that ARPA-funded improvements helped expand inclusive programming, including an aquaponics greenhouse and shade structures, boosting registrations and attendance among people with disabilities.
TOMS RIVER — Christian Kane, co-founder of the Toms River Field of Dreams, thanked the Ocean County Board of Commissioners on July 2 for county grants and for webbing the nonprofit into the county's inclusive recreation initiative.
Kane told the board that Field of Dreams used county American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) funding to build two projects: a 12-by-30-foot aquaponics/greenhouse system housing roughly 200 tilapia and 24 grow beds, and shade structures over play areas. He said adults with special needs…
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