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Elkhart board approves MOU with Elkhart Park Foundation for Olry Park splash pad after funding wording is clarified
Summary
On Dec. 2, 2025, Elkhart City’s Board of Parks and Recreation approved a memorandum of understanding with the Elkhart Park Foundation to support a splash pad and related improvements at Olry Park. Board members clarified that the city will gift funds and rescinded an earlier motion that mischaracterized the city as a grant recipient.
Elkhart City’s Board of Parks and Recreation voted Dec. 2 to approve a memorandum of understanding with the Elkhart Park Foundation to support construction of a splash pad and related site amenities at Olry Park.
Jamieson, a parks staff member, told the board the foundation will lead construction and fundraising and act as the project contractor. "We are looking to them to build the splash pad and take on that as the contractor for us at the Olry Park," Jamieson said, describing neighborhood outreach and the parcel ownership situation, where the city owns only half of the park lot.
The MOU formalizes how the…
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