HARRISBURG
City dedicates pool site fixed with donated cash
Thursday, July 21, 2005
From staff reports
Residents and children in South Harrisburg have a new, improved place to play and cool off.
Mayor Stephen R. Reed yesterday dedicated and renamed a rehabilitated recreation complex at the end of South 18th Street.
The site, formerly known as the Cloverly Heights Pool and Playground, was renamed the Penn National Insurance Pool and Playground.
The complex is adjacent to the Harrisburg Housing Authority's Hall Manor Public Housing Complex.
Reed said the work cost $70,000, most of it funded by Penn National Insurance.
A $30,000 donation from the Children's Home Foundation was also used.
The fundraising was part of the Harrisburg Parks Partnership's continuing efforts to raise donations to improve city parks, playgrounds and recreation facilities.
Reed said the 3-acre complex is among the city's busiest, with more than 20,000 people visiting the pool alone during the summer season.
The work included all new playground equipment, handicapped-accessible walkways, new ground cover, landscaping and trees planted, fencing repaired and all new signs installed.
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