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Neighborhood groups, Habitat present plan and funding to build Walnut playground; ask city to accept donated land
Summary
Iowa Heartland Habitat, neighborhood leaders and Rettland Kiper presented a $317,000 concept for a Walnut Neighborhood playground built on five lots owned by Habitat; $167,000 is secured, about $140,000 pending, and presenters requested a formal city agreement to accept donated land after project completion.
Ally Parrish, executive director of Iowa Heartland Habitat for Humanity, joined neighborhood leaders and Rettland Kiper landscape architects on April 6 to present plans for a new playground in the Walnut neighborhood and to ask the city to formalize acceptance of donated land once the project is complete.
Parrish said the neighborhood historically had a playground near Immanuel Lutheran School until the property was sold to CVS in 2012. After resident surveys and alignment meetings beginning in 2022, a Park Action Team of…
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