MEDIA ALERT
   
 

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE         CONTACT: Estella Espinosa
May 9, 2005                                              713.845.1135                            

State Representative Sylvester Turner and
Old Acres Homes Citizens Council to present
$300,000 Check to Mayor Bill White and HPARD

State Representative Sylvester Turner and The Old Acres Homes Citizens Council will present a $300,000 check to Mayor Bill White in City Council Chambers on Tuesday, May 10, 2005 at 1:30pm.  This check represents the matching funds necessary to complete a $1.5 million Texas Parks and Wildlife grant to build The Acres Homes Baseball Complex in West Little York Park, 2800 West Little York. Park improvements will include the addition of three baseball fields, a new picnic pavilion, a multi-purpose trail, picnic tables and benches and the addition of an information kiosk.  Additional enhancements will be made to landscaping and irrigation, parking, security lighting and wetlands enhancements.

 
 

WHO:

 

State Representative Sylvester Turner
The Old Acres Homes Citizens Council
Mayor Bill White
Houston Parks and Recreation Department

 
 WHAT:State Representative Sylvester Tuner (District 139, Speaker Pro Tempore) with founding members of the Old Acres Homes Citizens Council will present a ceremonial check for $300,000 to Mayor Bill White.

 
 WHEN:

Tuesday, May 10, 2005
1:30 pm

 
 WHERE:

City Hall Council Chambers
901 Bagby
Houston, TX 77002

 
 WHY:This check represents the matching funds necessary to complete a $1.5 million Texas Parks and Wildlife grant to build The Acres Homes Baseball Complex in West Little York Park. The Texas Parks and Wildlife Department provided the $750,000 grant with $300,000 coming from The Acres Homes Citizens Coalition and the remainder of the matching funds provided by City Capital Improvement funds.

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