It’s Unofficially Summer, But Where Is Century’s New Splash Pad?

June 1, 2016

Memorial Day marked the unofficial start to the summer, but a splash pad funded by a state grant still is not open in Century’s Showalter Park.

Town officials had hoped that the splash pad would be up and running by now, but they said an EF-3 tornado that struck the town in February delayed the process. Town workers were busy with tornado clean up, leaving no time to install the water and sewer lines for the splash pad.

But officials say the town will complete preparations for the splash pad as soon as possible so that it can be installed by the manufacturer.

In 2015, Century received the $50,000 grant from the Florida Recreation Development Assistance Program for the splash pad.

Pictured: The Town of Century was awarded a state grant to purchase this model splash pad. Courtesy images for NorthEscambia.com, click to enlarge.

Comments

2 Responses to “It’s Unofficially Summer, But Where Is Century’s New Splash Pad?”

  1. A Whorff on June 1st, 2016 10:14 am

    Patience is a virtue. Century is still recovering. Where are they proposing for the location of it. Looking forward to it. Will be nice to not have to drive to the Brewton one :)

  2. Anne on June 1st, 2016 5:57 am

    Kids are gonna enjoy this Splash Pad. We were in Savannah a couple years ago and there was a huge one of these and kids and parents were having a great time cooling off and playing.
    Hope this can be ready soon cause it’s gonna be hot soon.
    Century Town workers…Thank You for your hard work in getting things cleaned up from the tornadoes.

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