{"id":815852,"date":"2019-09-09T15:25:14","date_gmt":"2019-09-09T20:25:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ktbb.com\/post\/?p=815852"},"modified":"2019-09-10T15:25:00","modified_gmt":"2019-09-10T20:25:00","slug":"volunteers-to-help-build-inclusive-playground-at-southside-park","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/?p=815852","title":{"rendered":"Volunteers to Help Build Inclusive Playground at Southside Park"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ktbb.com\/post\/wp-content\/media\/2019\/09\/southside-park-120x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"120\" height=\"150\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-815857\" \/>TYLER &#8212; In 2013, the Tyler Area Ambucs came to the City of Tyler Parks Department with the idea of building an inclusive playground. Shortly after, they began a fundraising campaign to make this dream a reality. The Tyler Area Ambucs raised approximately $300,000 and the City matched these funds through the Half-Cent Sales Tax program. Construction started in early 2019 and on Saturday volunteers are invited out from  8 a.m. to 1 p.m. Particpants can register to work the entire event or choose a shift. Registration is available online  by clicking the link.  <a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/forms\/d\/e\/1FAIpQLSevwzES8QcY799wmR0CykHBkdUx1l597KARZxUvhGaKS1qXbw\/viewform\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/docs.google.com\/forms\/d\/e\/1FAIpQLSevwzES8QcY799wmR0CykHBkdUx1l597KARZxUvhGaKS1qXbw\/viewform<\/a>.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Ground surfacing will be poured after the build with a Grand Opening in late October. For more information, please contact Tyler Area Ambucs at (903) 312-4925 or the City of Tyler Parks Department at (903) 595-7217. Information is also available on Facebook @SouthsideParkPlayground.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>TYLER &#8212; In 2013, the Tyler Area Ambucs came to the City of Tyler Parks Department with the idea of building an inclusive playground. Shortly after, they began a fundraising campaign to make this dream a reality. The Tyler Area Ambucs raised approximately $300,000 and the City matched these funds through the Half-Cent Sales Tax &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/?p=815852\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Volunteers to Help Build Inclusive Playground at Southside Park<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":62,"featured_media":815857,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[177],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-815852","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-local-news-archive-archives"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-07-06 07:05:27","action":"change-status","newStatus":"trash","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/815852","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\/62"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=815852"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/815852\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":815859,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/815852\/revisions\/815859"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/815857"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=815852"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=815852"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=815852"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}