CENTERVILLE — After two years of renovations and millions of dollars, a beloved park is back open and ready for thousands of people to enjoy.
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As reported on News Center 7 at 6, just in time for summer, Stubbs Park is welcoming people back after two years of renovations.
Brandon Couch can now go back to enjoying a workout among nature at the park.
“It’s just a great place to get out into nature and to get your body moving,” Couch said.
Along with new scenery.
“They added this little lake, there’s a pond over here, they put a little bridge in, and they took away a lot of the stones that led down to the amphitheater,” Couch said.
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The city of Centerville reopened Stubbs Park with $8 million worth of new upgrades.
The park is more accessible with ramps and paved walkways.
The amphitheater plaza can host larger gatherings, and a new sign to create memories.
“Not only improving the amphitheater, but we wanted to create good gathering spaces. So the sign was kind of the placemaking centerpiece of the project,” David Swanson, assistant city engineer, said.
Swanson said the park is where they host the summer concert series.
He’s excited to see thousands of people in the newly renovated amphitheater.
“We’ve started planning in 2019, so this has been almost a six-year process to get to now. That requires a lot of vision, a lot of education, and persistence,” Swanson said.
Officials awarded about $1.5 million in grant money for the projects.
One of the grants funded this area, combining two ponds to create a large one.
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