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Clarksville to replace oldest playground with Rotary donation

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Left to right, CMC Community Health Foundation Grants Committee Member Vincent Pinkney, Grants Committee Chair Mark Trawinski, Sunrise Rotary President Pat Donahue, and District 6760 Governor Nominee Betty Burchett.

The Clarksville Rotary Foundation has been awarded a $239,000 Clarksville-Montgomery County (CMC) Community Health Foundation grant to fund the renovation iof Clarksville’s Coy Lacy Park. The donation will enable Clarksville Parks and Recreation to replace all existing playground equipment with inclusive equipment that is entirely American Disability Act (ADA) accessible, including surface materials that exceed ADA guidelines for wheelchair accessibility. Coy Lacy Park will soon be the second playground in the city to feature solid surfacing, following the renovation of Edith Pettus Park and Splash Park in 2016. Constructed in 1994, the Coy Lacy Park playground is the oldest in the city park system. This partnership between the Clarksville International Rotary Clubs and the city of Clarksville has happened once before, previously partnering to fund, construct and landscape the playground at Heritage Park in 2016.

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