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Bridgeport outlines ideas for Front Street pocket park; staff flags grant restrictions and small footprint
Summary
Council members discussed a grant-funded Front Street pocket park, proposed thematic elements honoring local history (including Charles Anderson), and heard planners say the site is small and some grant funds are earmarked for site work; council recommended forming an ad hoc committee and consulting vendors and engineers before final design.
Bridgeport Borough councilors spent a large portion of their Feb. 10 working session sketching ideas for a pocket park on a small parcel along Front Street, weighing design ambitions against grant restrictions and the site’s limited footprint.
President Al Zayed said the borough has grant funding to redevelop the property and that the council should think about how a park could be an economic and cultural asset. "If we have $1,000,000 and we're gonna spend it, we can spend it and make it where it's useful to 300, 400 kids... or we can make…
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