{"id":3257,"date":"2023-06-07T10:17:07","date_gmt":"2023-06-07T14:17:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/?p=3257"},"modified":"2023-06-07T10:17:09","modified_gmt":"2023-06-07T14:17:09","slug":"decatur-kekionga-project-eligible-for-state-grant","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/index.php\/2023\/06\/07\/decatur-kekionga-project-eligible-for-state-grant\/","title":{"rendered":"Decatur Kekionga project eligible for state grant"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>By BOB SHRALUKA<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>WZBD.com<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>State officials have announced that Decatur is now eligible for a $50,000 grant from the Indiana Housing and Community Development Authority (IHCDA) CreatINg Places program.,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Local residents, however, will have to raise $50,000 in a capital campaign by August 5 in order to receive the IHCDA matching grant.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>All proceeds will go to the city&#8217;s three-pronged Kekionga Project: a) to build a dog park; b) stock the pond near the dog park; and c) improve the co-ed softball diamond in Kekionga Park to the north of the dog park area.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;The addition of a dog park and a revitalized softball field will increase access to recreation, promote healthy lifestyles and improve the overall quality of life in Decatur,&#8221; said Lt. Gov. Suzanne Crouch, Indiana&#8217;s Secretary of Agriculture and Rural Development, in making the announcement .&#8221;This project will bring immediate positive change to Adams County and will have a lasting impact on all residents.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The improvements, she added, \u201cwill increase opportunities for the community to enjoy the outdoor space.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;I am thrilled to have the assistance of the IHCDA with our crowdfunding campaign for the Kekionga Project,&#8221; said Decatur Mayor Dan Rickord in a news release. &#8220;This transformative project has amenities for people of all ages.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWhether you are looking for an adult softball league to join, a safe place to let your dog run (a portion of which has been erected; see photo), or a beautiful lake to take your children fishing, Kekionga Park will be the place to go.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A capital campaign kickoff event is a golf cart parade scheduled for Saturday, June 17. Registration is $20 per cart and can be made by contacting Community Coordinator Jamie Gephart, (260) 7171, or by using&nbsp;<a href=\"mailto:jgephart@decaturin.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">jgephart@decaturin.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The parade will begin at 10 a.m. at Riverside Center and wind up on Second St. where Downtown Decatur Days are being held.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By BOB SHRALUKA WZBD.com State officials have announced that Decatur is now eligible for a $50,000 grant from<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":3258,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[14,15,21],"class_list":["post-3257","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-events","tag-decatur","tag-featured","tag-news"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wzbd.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/A98889CC32164B4782DFBDE2540CC18D.jpg?fit=674%2C288&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3257","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=3257"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3257\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3258"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3257"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3257"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3257"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}