Nearly two months after Mountain Home city officials went to Jacksonville and asked for a grant from the Arkansas Department of Parks, Heritage and Tourism, their application has been approved. Mayor Hillrey Adams has received a letter from Gov. Asa Hutchinson announcing the department’s Outdoor Recreation Grants Advisory Committee recommended the city receive $225,000 to assist in the development of an inclusive playground, seating for an existing amphitheater, barrier-free restrooms, horseshoe pits and associated barrier-free parking and access at Hickory Park.
Mayor Adams says while the city did ask for $250,000, he is excited and grateful for the amount coming in.
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Mayor Adams adds the grant was awarded based on a 2022 application for Matching Grant Funds.
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While the grant will assist with a portion of the cost, Adams says the remainder of the funds are courtesy of a sales tax measure approved earlier this year by Mountain Home voters.
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The mayor says he anticipates construction to get underway in the first week of January, and he’s looking for the project to be completed in May.
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