Northeast Tallahassee is finally getting its long-awaited park. A compromise vote by the directors of the Blueprint Intergovernmental Agency put the project over the top.
The board agreed on the option with the lower cost but added a few amenities.
The park had been part of Blueprint’s slate all along, but as with all the projects, its cost had increased -- in this case, from $12 million to $18 million.
Blueprint Director Autumn Calder says the park came in at a $12 million budget that…
“...included two ball fields, a multipurpose field, a playground and some sports courts for pickle ball, for basketball, things like that," she said. "But they also included making sure that playground has a shade structure and that the restroom building would have concessions for the sports activities.”
The board is composed of the Tallahassee City Commissioners and the Leon County Commissioners, and they’d been debating how much to spend on the park for months.
