Reading, PA \u2014 The city\u2019s long-awaited plans for a winter ice rink are becoming a reality, this time, at a new location.<\/p>\n
Mayor Eddie Mor\u00e1n walked us through the proposed site at City Park just before a public meeting aimed at gathering final community input.<\/p>\n
After a previous location sparked controversy, the city shifted gears and is now fully focused on this central, more accessible space.<\/p>\n
\u201cLook at this space,\u201d said Mor\u00e1n. \u201cIt\u2019s an 80-by-100-foot rink, one of the biggest sizes you\u2019ll normally see.\u201d<\/p>\n
The mayor says the change of location came after weeks of feedback and reevaluation. Now, with the funding, contractor, and vendor already lined up, the project is moving ahead quickly.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe\u2019ve carefully made decisions to make sure this isn\u2019t just an ice rink,\u201d he added. \u201cIt\u2019s coming with a vendor that\u2019s ready to promote activities that have already worked in other cities.\u201d<\/p>\n
For anyone who has visited City Park in the winter, the choice makes sense. The same hill where kids and adults sled after a snowfall could soon become the backdrop for skating and winter fun.<\/p>\n
\u201cPicture it,\u201d said Mor\u00e1n. \u201cA nice skating rink, winter activities, families coming together, this is about creating an outdoor space for our youth, our kids, our community.\u201d<\/p>\n
City officials say the project aims to bring affordable, inclusive recreation to Reading families year-round.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Reading, PA \u2014 The city\u2019s long-awaited plans for a winter ice rink are becoming a reality, this time,…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":6667,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[6008,6006,6007,737,28,736,128,130,129],"class_list":["post-6666","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-reading","tag-city-park","tag-ice-rink","tag-ice-skating","tag-mayor-eddie-moran","tag-pennsylvania","tag-reading","tag-reading-city","tag-reading-city-headlines","tag-reading-city-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6666","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6666"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6666\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6667"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6666"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6666"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6666"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}