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The City Beautiful:
The Legacy Continues -
Orlando's New Parks Initiative
On June 21, 1999 Orlando Mayor Glenda Hood announced the largest
parks and recreational facilities initiative in Orlandošs history.
And the parks planned for the NTC Main Base and McCoy Annex
properties are front and center in this effort.
Entitled The City Beautiful: The Legacy Continues, the proposed $30
million dollar investment over three years will add at least nine
new parks to the City and will increase community and neighborhood
park acreage by 36 percent. A $5 million dollar down payment for the
new parks and ballfields came from City savings built up
through the years as Mayor Hood has restructured City departments to
reduce operating costs while maintaining the quality of City
services.
Two NTC parks are among our "cornerstone parks" in this
initiative. At the Main Base, the active recreation park will add
over 50 acres of new opportunities serving both Orlando and Winter
Park. At the McCoy Annex, the 50-acre Southport Community Park will
build on the success of our newest neighborhood, the Villages of
Southport.
"This investment in new park land and park improvements will
pay dividends to our children and our children's children,"
said Mayor Hood. "How appropriate to add new pristine acres to
our City's park system as we enter the 21st Century."
Link
to Mayor's Parks Initiative
Parks Initiative Current Events Cam
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