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Parks department highlights grants, events and community cleanup; Garden Club warns Bush Creek is 'full of trash'

Little Rock City Parks and Recreation Commission · March 11, 2026
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Summary

Department updates included an $8 million grant opportunity for a multiuse safe room at a tennis facility, RTP and USA grant efforts, a $25,000 resident donation for disc golf baskets, reservations opening April 1 and a Garden Club letter warning that Bush Creek is full of trash.

Parks and Recreation staff summarized a range of ongoing projects, grant pursuits and community events at the commission's March meeting and read a letter from the Little Rock Garden Club raising concerns about litter in the Bush Creek watershed.

Director Leland Couch said the department is pursuing several grant opportunities, including a potential grant to build a multipurpose 'safe room' at the resin tennis facility that he described as "potentially a $8 million" project, and modifications to add USA grants for resurfacing tennis courts. Couch also said staff are preparing an RTP grant…

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