By BOB SHRALUKA
WZBD.com
A unique fundraiser to boost the Kekionga Project – dog park, softball diamond, etc. – has been unveiled by the City of Decatur.
According to Community Coordinator Jamie Gephart, a golf cart parade will be held during Downtown Decatur Days on Saturday, June 17.
Further details, Gephart said, will be announced later.
All proceeds will go to the project to open a dog park at the site of the former Evergreen Assisted Living facility off Mercer Ave. A pavilion and fencing are already up, financed by money set aside in the city’s 2023 budget.
More funds are needed, however, as plans call for getting the lights already on site in working order, adding benches and marking the parking lot, plus stocking the pond.
City officials are hoping to have the dog park in operation yet this year.
Funds are also sought to improve the co-ed softball diamond at nearby Kekionga Park.
Gephart is working on plans to set up a state Patronicity program, wherein the program would match funds raised locally. The program has been used here in the past.
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