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Students pitch 'Playground Paradise'; commissioners agree to include $40,000 match recommendation
Summary
Union City students seeking to rebuild a park presented plans and fundraising progress; commissioners voted to include a $40,000 county match recommendation contingent on the city match and administrative processing.
Students from Union City Junior Senior High presented a project called Playground Paradise to revitalize the municipal park with ADA-accessible and sensory play equipment. Presenters (Eva Reichard, Nobly Kennedy and Sofia Fobes) outlined a two-phase plan: phase 1 (equipment for ages 2–5) and phase 2 (equipment for ages 5–12), and said phase-1 parts have been ordered.
The student group reported it had raised about $110,000 in cash and in-kind donations and said total project costs exceed $1,000,000; phase 1 was stated as costing $321,000 and phase 2 about $183,000. The students said the city had agreed to contribute $80,000 and asked whether the county would match $40,000 as had been discussed previously.
Commissioners discussed the match condition, confirmed that the city had agreed to its amount, and made a motion to include $40,000 in the county’s plan and recommend that action to the county council. The motion passed by voice vote; commissioners noted additional administrative steps would be required to process the funding.
Students and their mentor were invited to present to the county council as appropriate.
