Town offers thanks for Bayfront Park donation

A revamped Bayfront Park that’s been in the works since 2008 has received $12,270 in funding gifts for a new children’s playground.


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Commissioners Irwin Pastor and Lynn Larson present Kiwanis Club of Longboat Key President Armando Linde, center, with a thank you letter Thursday for the club's donation to Bayfront Park.
Commissioners Irwin Pastor and Lynn Larson present Kiwanis Club of Longboat Key President Armando Linde, center, with a thank you letter Thursday for the club's donation to Bayfront Park.
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The town of Longboat Key appreciates recent donations to Bayfront Park. 

Commissioners Lynn Larson and Irwin Pastor presented Kiwanis Club of Longboat Key President Armando Linde with a letter of appreciation Thursday at the weekly Kiwanis breakfast meeting for the $6,135 check the club gave the town last week to help offset the cost of a $250,000 playground for Bayfront Park. 

"It's much appreciated and we appreciate all that your organization does," Pastor said. 

In December, $3.11 million in renovations begin at Bayfront Park. 

It’s the second check the town has received for a revamped Bayfront Park project this year.

In May, the Longboat Key Garden Club gave the town a $6,135 check that will be used to plant shade trees in the future children’s playground area.

Besides a new shaded children’s playground, the park will include pickleball, tennis and basketball courts, as well as a bocce ball open space area. Other offerings include a dog park, a kayak launch and paddle sports loading area and walking trails among mangroves and a preserved rain garden area. 

Contact Kurt Schultheis at [email protected]

 

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