Century Sets Hours Of Operation For All Parks, Closing Them At Night

November 16, 2022

Century has now established hours of operations for the town’s parks.

Tuesday night, the town council voted 3-0 to set park hours from 30 minutes before sunrise to 30 minutes after sunset, seven days a week. The new hours are effective immediately at parks including Anthony Pleasant Park, Marie McMurray Park, Showalter Park and Nadine McCaw Park.

The resolution setting the hours does allow the mayor to close parks for emergencies and other problems, or extend hours for scheduled public events like ball games.

After problems with vandalism and individuals in the parks late at night, the town learned recently that the Escambia County Sheriff’s Office could not ask people to leave the parks because there were no official hours established.

“This helps us with the sheriff’s department,” Mayor Ben Boutwell said. “They can enforce now that we’ve got this.”

Pictured top:: Marie McMurray Park in Century. NorthEscambia.com file photo. Pictured below: The playground at Showalter Park.

Comments

4 Responses to “Century Sets Hours Of Operation For All Parks, Closing Them At Night”

  1. Chrystal Methodist on November 16th, 2022 7:25 pm

    Where will I buy my meds now?

  2. Chris on November 16th, 2022 2:26 pm

    I’m sure once the park is closed all the thugs will go home and go to bed.

  3. sam on November 16th, 2022 1:12 pm

    if there is no presence in the parks at night by county deputies, you can imagine what will occur.

  4. Oversight on November 16th, 2022 7:42 am

    Isn’t it ironic that Century is so far behind the rest of the county? At least the Mayor is trying to bring the town into the 21st Century.

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