COVID-19 funds could make parks more accessible
Memorial Park and Rotary Park may become more handicap-accessible in coming years.
The Butler Redevelopment Authority voted Thursday to apply for $1.4 million through the Community Development Block Grant’s Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security Act.
Veronica Walker, executive director of the authority, said in conversations with a CDBG representative that she learned that the money — which is meant to be used for improvements to prevent, prepare for and respond to coronavirus — could apply to recreation projects.
The representative told her that city parks fall within funding guidelines “because (of) outside air and social distancing,” Walker said Thursday.
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