{"id":4060,"date":"2023-07-07T08:13:08","date_gmt":"2023-07-07T12:13:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/?p=4060"},"modified":"2023-07-07T08:19:16","modified_gmt":"2023-07-07T12:19:16","slug":"capital-drive-passes-halfway-mark","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/index.php\/2023\/07\/07\/capital-drive-passes-halfway-mark\/","title":{"rendered":"Capital drive passes halfway mark"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

By BOB SHRALUKA<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

WZBD.com<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Decatur’s capital drive to fund the Kekionga Project is more than halfway to its goal. Time, however, is running short.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

At the end of last week, the drive was $20,000 shy of its $50,000 goal, Community Coordinator Jamie Gephart told city council at its July 5 meeting.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The $50,000 must be raised by August 5 in order to receive a $50,000 match from the Indiana Housing and Community Development Authority (IHCDA)’s CreatINg Places program (also known as Patronicity).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

So $30,000 has been raised thus far, with a good-sized chunk of that coming from Mark and Connie Bulmahn, who recently donated $10,000.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Kekionga Project has three facets: a) Completing a dog park already started at the former site of the Evergreen Assisted Living facility; b) to finally renovate the old ball diamond (see photo) in Kekionga Park, north of the dog park site; and c) stocking the pond beside the dog park \u2013 where people can been seen fishing nearly every day at this time of the year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The condition of the ball field in Kekionga Park has been in need of work for several years, since the adult men’s slo-pitch league lost their spot when the REV complex was initiated three or four years ago and moved to Kekionga.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Co-ed softball also is held there. Mayor Dan Rickord has said the ball players who use it are doing fundraising on their own.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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