{"id":1293293,"date":"2024-01-28T14:26:32","date_gmt":"2024-01-28T20:26:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/?p=1293293"},"modified":"2024-01-30T08:33:10","modified_gmt":"2024-01-30T14:33:10","slug":"3-east-texas-parks-awarded-700k-in-grants","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/?p=1293293","title":{"rendered":"East Texas parks awarded $700k in grants"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"JACKSONVILLE \u00e2\u20ac\u201c According to our news partner KETK, the Texas Parks and Wildlife Commission (TPWC) awarded $20.6 million to local parks and $735,590 of that has gone to three East Texas communities. In a release, TPWC said the grants are awarded to \u00e2\u20ac\u0153to help create and enhance outdoor recreational opportunities.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/p>\n

The Lincoln Park in Jacksonville was awarded a $150,000 grant. The Cherokee County park will undergo renovations, \u00e2\u20ac\u0153project elements include a seven-foot-wide concrete trail, a playground, site amenities and exercise equipment with shade,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d a TPWC press release said. The 10 acre park currently has a covered pavilion, basketball and tennis courts, restrooms and a playground, according to the City of Jacksonville. According to TPWC, local park grants are funded by sales tax on sporting goods. <\/p>\n

In the city of Sulphur Springs, Buford Park received a $535,500 grant. This Hopkins County park will now include an inclusive sports field, multi-purpose trails, restrooms and native landscaping, according to Texas Parks and Wildlife. The Buford Park\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s current main feature is a one-acre castle playground built in 1997, the city of Sulphur Springs said. Also in Hopkins County, the city of Cumby\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Blackjack Grove park received a grant of $50,090, for \u00e2\u20ac\u0153sidewalks, a concrete trail, playground surfacing, a playground and restroom renovations,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d TPWC said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

JACKSONVILLE \u00e2\u20ac\u201c According to our news partner KETK, the Texas Parks and Wildlife Commission (TPWC) awarded $20.6 million to local parks and $735,590 of that has gone to three East Texas communities. In a release, TPWC said the grants are awarded to \u00e2\u20ac\u0153to help create and enhance outdoor recreational opportunities.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d The Lincoln Park in Jacksonville … Continue reading East Texas parks awarded $700k in grants<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":1293295,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/wp-content\/media\/2024\/01\/TEXAS-PARKS-AND-WILDLIFE-LOGO-200x113.webp","fifu_image_alt":"3 East Texas parks awarded $700k in grants","footnotes":""},"categories":[177],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1293293","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-local-news-archive-archives"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-06-12 14:04:26","action":"change-status","newStatus":"trash","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/wp-content\/media\/2024\/01\/TEXAS-PARKS-AND-WILDLIFE-LOGO-200x113.webp","fifu_image_alt":"3 East Texas parks awarded $700k in grants","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1293293","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1293293"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1293293\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1293309,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1293293\/revisions\/1293309"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/1293295"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1293293"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1293293"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1293293"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}