Rochester Receives Grant For New Splash Pad
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The City of Rochester Receives $195,000 Grant For New Splash Pad
According to a news release from the city, the $195,000 grant will support the new splash pad that will be a free, fun amenity in Lincolnshire Park. The grant was administered by the Minnesota DNR.
Rochester Parks and Recreation Director Paul Widman said the funds will allow the city to save hundreds of thousands of gallons of water each year because of a recirculating system that the grant allows the city to purchase.
“We are very excited to have received this grant from the DNR. These funds will allow the City of Rochester to save hundreds of thousands of gallons of water each year by employing a recirculating type system, Widman said. It also allows for better control of the play elements for enhanced user experience. Finally, the grant dollars provide for a more fully accessible facility by adding paved walking/biking trails through the pa
Rochester Receives Grant For New Splash Pad
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Rochester Parks Foundation awarded $25,000 grant to improve parks
Vice-chair of Rochester Parks Foundation, Abe Sauer says Friendship Park is heavily used in the Meadow Park neighborhood.
Posted: Jun 30, 2021 6:23 PM
Posted By: Samantha Soto
ROCHESTER, Minn. - The Rochester Parks Foundation was awarded a 25,000 dollar grant to go towards improving the once run-down Friendship Park in southeast Rochester.
The Meadow Park Initiative, an effort between family service Rochester, IMAA, and United Way of Olmsted County met with residents to hear about what improvements they wanted to see.
A basketball court and a safe place to play were at the top of the list. Rochester Parks and Recreation completed the upgrades a mid-last year.