The 12-acre sports complex on the Northside will feature turf fields and LED lighting as demand for recreation space grows.
Tag: parks
Posted inRecreation
City Invites Public to Share Ideas for 101-Acre Park in Southwest Lakeland
An online survey and a public meeting will help shape the future English Creek Park.
Posted inRecreation
Lakeland Receives Its Largest-Ever Land Donation With Gift of Holloway Park
The 379-acre park, valued at $12.9 million, is the legacy of Mary Ann and Ed Holloway.
Posted inRecreation
Barnett Family Park Playground Is Slated to Get a $303,000 Facelift
A generation of young Lakelanders has grown up playing on the playground, which is 20 years old this year.
Posted inRecreation
Shuffleboard Courts at Lake Parker Park to Get a Makeover
City Commission approves spending $239,800 to replace 16 of the 32 courts with longer-lasting concrete surfaces.
Posted inEnvironment
Nesting Gators Prompt the Closure of Two Trails at Circle B Bar Reserve
At least two expectant gator moms have built nests and laid eggs near the Marsh Rabbit Run and Alligator Alley trails.
Posted inRecreation
Lighted Sports Fields Coming to Lake Crago Park
Expansion of the North Lakeland park is set to begin within the next 90 days, adding fields, restrooms, a concession stand and a playground.
Posted inNews Roundup
Read It in the Morning Paper
Parks: Donations, like the one from an insurance company that will upgrade Webster Park, are essential for the city rec system, an official says. Fish tales: A Lakeland-based fisheries biologist spends work hours checking lakes. His PhD wife studies salt-water creatures. Their dinner conversation: “some pretty nerdy fish conversations.” Busted: Hippy-looking undercover detective pumping gas starts […]
Posted inDowntown, Recreation
Video: ‘Florida on a Tankful’ Visits Hollis Gardens
Source: Bay News 9