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Limestone Creek Neighborhood Park Re-Opening Celebrated

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Commissioner Marino joined Limestone Creek residents and officials from Parks & Recreation, Office of Community Revitalization, PBSO, Fire Rescue, the Edna W. Runner Tutorial Center, and local community health partners on January 15, 2022 to celebrate improvements to the Limestone Creek Neighborhood Park. The park, which is widely used by the residents, now includes a full basketball court with upgraded acrylic backboards and eight-foot benches courtside, an open playfield, a group picnic pavilion, and a playground with ADA accessible surfaces.

Engraved memorial paver stones honoring neighborhood volunteers Darlene Hatcher and Jack Williams, now deceased, have been installed in the​ central walkway of the park near an historic marker placed there by the Loxahatchee River Historical Society. The hardscape along with enhanced landscaping was achieved by the Limestone Creek Advocate, Inc., a resident volunteer organization, through a grant awarded by the Neighborhood Engagement and Transformation program.

The site was once home to the L.M. Davis Elementary School, a two-room structure built after the 1928 Hurricane, that provided education to students in grades 1 through 8. Land for the park was donated by resident Norbert Price. Neighborhood activists worked with the County and raised funds to help develop the park, and It was dedicated in 1990 to the children of Limestone Creek, the oldest African-American community in Palm Beach County, located in West Jupiter.

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