KIMBALL, Tenn. – Kimball Park is busier than ever, and now city administrators are trying to make it safer than ever, too.
In 2012, the city was awarded a $158,000 Local Parks and Recreation Fund grant to make significant upgrades to the park. That grant has a 50 percent match commitment, so Kimball has spent a total of $316,000 on various park additions.
Officials with the Recreational Education Services Division of the Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation found some “minor issues” at a grant inspection in May involving the park’s compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990.
In order to receive the grant funding by July 15, city leaders had to correct those problems.
At the June meeting of the Kimball Board of Mayor and Aldermen, the board voted unanimously to approve labor-only quotes from Danny Hibbs Construction Co. in South Pittsburg, Tenn., for concrete work inside the complex.