Friendship Fountain: The Truth Beneath the Lies

[tufsu1]

Bob, its important that supporters of Friendship Fountain show up at this event.  This is a chance to be proactive and suggest that Kids Kampus stays put.  With the money recently invested in its construction, there's no reason it can't be a part of a better plan for that area.

I was a participant in the Jax Pride charette on Metropolitan Park on Saturday....Ocklawaha was there as well....many good ideas came out of the event.

Most people thought that the park needed to be more inviting for folks of all ages....while Kids Kampus is nice (when not dilapidated), it is still fenced off from other parts of the park for security....we were also told that the band shell/tent and WJCT were off-limits for discussion.

From what I understand, the City's design consultant (HDR) will take the info. garnered Saturday and develop a master plan/design for the park next year....and the Mayor would like to bid the work out for construction as soon as early 2010 (depending on funding).

[Ethylene]

This report just in today http://jaxdailyrecord.com/showstory.php?Story_id=52482:

And now according to M. Skipper: “The short-term work will be done to soften the area. There is a lot of cement and not much green space,” she said. “In no way would we contemplate getting rid of the fountain.”

[Jason]

I seem to remember a previous estimate to repair the foutain pumps in order to make it fully operational was around $300k.  IMO, fix the fountain first and then focus on the rest of the park.

[Lunican]

“In no way would we contemplate getting rid of the fountain” should probably read, “We are no longer planning to demolish the fountain.”

[reednavy]

Hopefully they dropped the above plan.

[Karl_Pilkington]

what exactly is a childerns? is it similar to a chirrens?

[Steve]

Wow - I've seen this image a thousand times, and never saw this.