Congratulations to Hillsborough County, which has now opened the Individuals with Disabilities Act (ADA)-compliant outside playground on the new Cross Creek Recreation Heart, adjoining to Satisfaction Elementary.
Though the 16,000-sq.-ft. indoor rec middle, with basketball courts, a health room and several other multi-purpose school rooms/assembly rooms is just not but below method, the park’s new playground services at the moment are open and, as you possibly can see from the faces of the children who got here out after faculty at Satisfaction ended on the day photographer Charmaine George visited, the brand new gear is certainly welcome.
County officers say that up subsequent for the outside portion of the brand new $8.7-million rec middle is a few much-needed shade as we head into the scorching warmth of Florida’s always-early summer time season.
Along with the protection of the playground space, Part II of the park additionally will embrace relaxation rooms, a strolling path, a lined pavilion and enhancements to the outside basketball court docket.
At our press time, we had not heard again from the county about when the indoor rec middle will start going vertical, however the final we heard, it was anticipated to open this fall. — Gary Nager
