{"id":2560,"date":"2023-05-18T12:33:29","date_gmt":"2023-05-18T16:33:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/?p=2560"},"modified":"2023-05-18T12:33:33","modified_gmt":"2023-05-18T16:33:33","slug":"kekionga-fundraiser-nearing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/index.php\/2023\/05\/18\/kekionga-fundraiser-nearing\/","title":{"rendered":"Kekionga fundraiser nearing"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>BOB SHRALUKA<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>WZBD.com<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The City of Decatur is cranking up its Kekionga Project, and on June 17 it will be time to crank up the golf carts for a parade!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Mayor Dan Rickord unveiled at the latest city council meeting further plans to raise funds for the three-pronged Kekionga Project: to finally renovate the Kekionga Park ball diamond, to further develop the dog park, and to stock the pond near the dog park.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to the mayor, a state-funded Patronicity program is being set up to raise money. If $50,000 can be raised here during June and July, Patronicity will match that amount.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThese are three great projects for kids through adults,\u201d the mayor pointed out.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Noting that he would like to complete all three projects this summer, Rickord said he may need to ask council to dip into its ARPA funds.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As part of its plans for pandemic recovery, the federal government provided millions of dollars to municipalities through its American Rescue Plan Act. Decatur received a little over $2 million, some of which has already been spent.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>One of the components of the Kekionga Project would clean up and enhance the ball diamond in the park north of the dog park area. The men&#8217;s softball league and women softballers use the diamond, having been moved out when the REV Sports Complex opened.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThey&#8217;ve never been given a good place to play after leaving the REV,\u201d Rickord said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Work on the dog park continues. The existing lights are being prepared for operation and also have gotten some fresh paint (see photo).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The golf cart parade will be held Saturday, June 17, with registration of $20 per cart starting at 9:30 a.m. at Riverside Center. From Riverside, the carts will proceed on the Greenway Trail and eventually wind up on Second St., where Downtown Decatur Day is being held.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>All proceeds will go to the Kekionga Project.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For more information, contact Community Coordinator Jamie Gephart: (260) 724-7171 or&nbsp;<a href=\"mailto:jgephart@decaturin.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">jgephart@decaturin.org<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>BOB SHRALUKA WZBD.com The City of Decatur is cranking up its Kekionga Project, and on June 17 it<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2561,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[17,14,15],"class_list":["post-2560","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-community","tag-community","tag-decatur","tag-featured"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wzbd.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/B6A77CC72FD6467FB2348D426F0A8000.jpg?fit=415%2C864&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2560","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2560"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2560\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2561"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2560"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2560"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2560"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}