Grant will help expand park

Friday, April 1, 2005 | 12:00 a.m. CST; updated 2:18 p.m. CDT, Thursday, July 3, 2008
BY WARREN ROBINSON

A $150,000 grant from the federal government will help the city further construct and expand Flat Branch Park.

The money comes from the National Park Service’s Land and Water Conservation Fund and is distributed by the Missouri Department of Natural Resources. It will help pay for a second phase of park development, which will see the park expand into an adjacent city-owned parking lot.

“There’s always a lot of competition,” Columbia Parks and Recreation Director Mike Hood said on Thursday. “There’s a limited amount of money. We were extremely pleased today to hear that we’ve been accepted.”

Costs for the second phase of Flat Brach Park construction will total about $900,000. Roughly one-third of the money will come from private donations.

“We hope to be able to start construction on the park in the fall,” Hood said.

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