Ribbon Cut On Carver Park Improvements In Cantonment

May 19, 2015

A ribbon cutting was held Monday for improvements at Carver Park in Cantonment.

Improvements to Carver Park include a renovated community resource center, enlarged parking lot, volleyball court and re-striped basketball court. The park will also soon feature a new pavilion for family and local events. The improvements began in 2014 and were funded to Local Option Sale Tax dollars.

Much of the work at Carver Park has been spearheaded by the Cantonment Improvement Association, a group working, as their name implies, to improve the quality of life for all law-abiding citizens of Cantonment, with an emphasis on making sure children and safe and well-prepared.

“Like the Bible says, we are going from the least one to the most, so we want everybody to be involved because our kids need all of us.,” said Josh Womack, Cantonment Improvement Association president. “The more people that’s watching, the less people are going to mess with out kids. That’s the most valuable resource we have…that’s our children.”

“They are working very hard and have put a lot into this,” Escambia County Commissioner Steven Barry said at Monday’s event. “The CIC is a group that will have more people show up for a work day than came today for a ribbon cutting and free food.”

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Carver Park is located at 208 Webb Street.  The play and picnic areas at the park are located under the largest natural oak canopy of any Escambia County park.

Comments

5 Responses to “Ribbon Cut On Carver Park Improvements In Cantonment”

  1. DALE KITTRELL on May 21st, 2015 6:05 am

    YOUR WELCOME SHELLY AND I TRULY BELIEVE THEY WILL.MAYBE YOU COULD COME OUT AND ASSIST SOMETIMES.

  2. Shelly on May 20th, 2015 4:50 pm

    OKAY!!! DALE KITTRELL>>>>Anything for the kids is a good thing hope they get full benefit of this project…. God Bless

  3. DALE KITTRELL on May 20th, 2015 1:11 pm

    GREAT GROUP OF PEOPLE HELPING MAKE THE COMMUNITY GOOD FOR KIDS AND FAMILYS.I PERSONALLY KNOW ALOT OF THESE FOLKS AND APPRECIATE WHAT THEY ARE DOING.

  4. shelly on May 19th, 2015 4:25 pm

    what is this resource center for??lol please explain

  5. anthony on May 19th, 2015 7:45 am

    That’s great to see the community coming together it reminds me how the real community of cantonment use to be when the people I see in the ceremony were children. ….