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Construction Underway At New ‘Paper Park’ At Former IP Golf Course (With Photo Gallery)
October 28, 2024
Construction is underway at a new park to be known as “Paper Park” on the 68-acre former International Paper golf course in Cantonment
In April, Escambia County leased the property at Highway 29 and Muscogee Road to develop it into a park.
Walking trails have been constructed around the park, playground installation started late last week, and construction has started on a disc golf course.
The Escambia County Commission approved the purchase of a play structure and 704 square feet recreational shelter with tables for the property. The total was $369,775.76 for purchase and installation of the GameTime equipment. The recreational area will be open to the public free of charge during daylight hours once completed and opened.
The purchase is being funded from the Cantonment Community Redevelopment Agency (CRA).
Under the lease agreement for, Escambia County will pay a $5,000 lease fee the first year with an annual increase of 5% with the lease reading $6,077.53 by year five.
The Champion Golf Club course has been closed since 2017.
Pictured: Progress on the new Paper Park in Cantonment as worked continued late Saturday afternoon. NorthEscambia.com photos, click to enlarge.
Renderings of what the completed playground will look like (just the equipment; it’s a stock background):
Comments
8 Responses to “Construction Underway At New ‘Paper Park’ At Former IP Golf Course (With Photo Gallery)”
This is a wonderful thing for our children. A splash pad would have been absolutely fantastic though.
So excited for this new park in our community. Will there be a dark park as well?
What a great asset for the community this will be! Hope it is well maintained.
I always love seeing a new park and walking paths. It’s awesome seeing this property go to some use instead of just sitting there occupying the space.
Thank you
This is amazing! Just what we needed. Might need to learn a new sport!
Maybe they can put a couple putting greens there
For practice .
This will be a great partnership between International Paper, Escambia County and the community. This area sure has needed something like this instead of more strip malls and or housing developments. This new addition to “THE CAN” Will give young and old a place to relax with the kiddos on the playset and to exercise in the walking paths. The disc golf will be a hit amongst that crowd in the wide open space in the middle. Congratulations to everyone who had a position on making this happen.
Love it! Thank you!