Armory Park gets new multi-use court
Published 11:33 pm Friday, October 25, 2019
- Among those who attended the ribbon cutting ceremony were City Manager Amanda Jarratt, Interim Director of Parks and Recreation Sammara Bailey, Mayor Frank Rabil, City Councilman Linwood Johnson, Camp Community College President Dr. Dan Lufkin, President and CEO Annette Beuchler of the Obici Healthcare Foundation and a group of children from The Children’s Center. -- Stephen Faleski Tidewater News
FRANKLIN
Franklin’s Department of Parks and Recreation held a ribbon cutting ceremony on Friday morning to celebrate the transformation of Armory Park’s tennis courts into a new, multi-purpose sports court.
The multi-purpose court will be the new home of Franklin’s youth soccer program, according to Interim Director of Parks and Recreation Sammara Bailey. The transformation, she said, was the result of a grant from the Obici Healthcare Foundation, which the city had applied for last fall.
Obici Healthcare Foundation President and CEO Annette Beuchler, who attended the ribbon cutting ceremony, said the grant was for “healthy spaces” to promote free, active play.
In addition to youth soccer, Bailey said the court can also be used for softball and football warm-ups, and for kickball and basketball.