SAN ANTONIO \u2013 Several counties and cities in Texas are being awarded grants totaling more than $21.2 million to improve their parks.<\/p>\n
The Texas Parks and Wildlife Department listed around 40 local parks that were awarded grants for improvements this year, including one in San Antonio, in a press release.<\/p>\n
TPWD said these local governments receive these grants on a 50\/50 reimbursement match basis. In order to use this money, the sites funded must remain parklands, be properly maintained and open to the public.<\/p>\n
Pearsall Park, San Antonio – $1.5 million urban outdoor grant to add bike track, lighting, shade structures and track perimeter construction<\/p>\n
Forest Oaks Swimming Pool, Leon Valley – $725,852 non-urban outdoor grant to renovate its pool, add landscaping and irrigation<\/p>\n
Coll Street Neighborhood Park, New Braunfels – $700,890 non-urban outdoor grant to add utilities, an accessible playground and walkways, a pavilion, shade, drinking fountain, signage and other amenities<\/p>\n
Blue Hole Regional Park, Wimberley – $750,000 non-urban outdoor grant to improve its playground, parking, shade, lighting, amphitheater\/gathering space and other site amenities<\/p>\n
Steeplechase Park, Kyle – $750,000 non-urban outdoor grant for renovations such as a 12-foot multi-modal trail with lighting, sports courts, pedestrian bridge, disc golf, signage, creek restoration and other improvements<\/p>\n
Lion\u2019s Parks, Castroville – $469,367 non-urban outdoor grant to add inclusive playground elements, a triple-bay swing shade, sensory wave set and a walkway<\/p>\n
Westside Park, Marble Falls – $750,000 non-urban grant for enhancements like an inclusive playground with surfacing and fencing, a renovated restroom, trails, a covered basketball court and other site amenities<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"SAN ANTONIO \u2013 Several counties and cities in Texas are being awarded grants totaling more than $21.2 million…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":144152,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[17573,6527,1006,6534,82,27,29,28,3746],"class_list":{"0":"post-144151","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-texas","8":"tag-district-4","9":"tag-ksatkids","10":"tag-outdoors","11":"tag-parks","12":"tag-san-antonio","13":"tag-texas","14":"tag-texas-headlines","15":"tag-texas-news","16":"tag-tpwd"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/144151","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=144151"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/144151\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/144152"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=144151"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=144151"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=144151"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}