When will the little playground behind city hall be reopened? I have a seriously sad toddler on my hands now that it's getting warm and the playground that we can walk to is unusable. We can't even go for walks there because the bathrooms have been locked.
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This is the playground that was the subject (among others) of an independent Report. The City Hall Part proposal was presented at a Board of Commissioners (BOC) meeting and it was noted safety and other improvements were needed. Instead of approving the $70,000 needed to continue to provide one of the most popular parks in Lakeland, it was described (by the mayor) as "underutilized" and it was decided not to spend the money to make it safe, but to tear down part of it with city workers. It was difficult to determine exactly what was decided on this, but obviously there was a decision not to make the needed improvements to maintain this popular park.
Read the report on City parks here and see other safety and other improvements recommended by the independent report.
Other "no service city" decisions including turning down a $1.2 million dollar grant to provide bike and pedestrian trails down Davies Plantation (from Highway 64 to the I-40 Bridge) which would have service several thousand Lakeland residents directly and eliminate a major safety hazard for bikers and walkers in Lakeland.
Recently, the "Lakeland Outdoors" was canceled, and Arbor Day and the non-renewal of Tree City were not even mentioned.
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