City to Purchase Playground Equipment for Four Tyler Parks
Posted/updated on: November 17, 2011 at 12:30 pm
TYLER — The Tyler City Council has voted unanimously to purchase playground equipment for City Park, Glass Recreation Center, Griffith Park and Lindsey Park from Game Time Playground Company. In June, the City Council approved a donation in the amount of $60,000 from The Spangenberg Family Foundation to be used for the purchase of playground equipment at City Park and Glass Recreation Center. Because the City of Tyler was able to secure matching grant funds through Game Time Playground Company, a member of the US Communities Purchasing Cooperative, the City will be able to purchase additional playground equipment for Griffith Park.
Additionally, the Parks Department was approached by Tyler Soccer Association (TSA) regarding purchasing playground equipment to be installed near the soccer fields at Lindsey Park. In grouping this purchase with the others and securing further grant dollars from Game Time Playground Company, as well as a generous donation from the Tyler Soccer Association in the amount of $17,808.35, Tyler will be purchasing playground equipment for Lindsey Park as well.
“This is a great gift for our City,” said Mayor Barbara Bass. “Parks play an important role in our community. They are a place where children can enjoy themselves and parents can get to know one another which is the foundation of a strong neighborhood.”
