More Election Propaganda: City to Unveil Renovations at Hickey Park Courts with Ribbon Cutting Ceremony and Knockout Tournament

 More Election Propaganda to Insult Useless City Councilor Caraviello _https://medfordinformationcentral.blogspot.com/2023/09/more-election-propaganda-city-to-unveil.html City to Unveil Renovations at Hickey Park Courts with Ribbon Cutting Ceremony and Knockout Tournament

Wed, Sep 6 at 3:44 PM

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE – September 6, 2023  

Contact: Steve Smirti, Communications Director (ssmirti@medford-ma.gov), 781-885-4296   

 

City to Unveil Renovations 

at Hickey Park Courts with

 Ribbon Cutting Ceremony 

and Knockout Tournament  

Ribbon Cutting Ceremony and 

Knockout Tournament to be held

 on September 13 at 3pm 

 

Renovated tennis and basketball courts at Hickey Park 

 

(MEDFORD)—The City is officially unveiling the 

completed Hickey Park basketball 

and tennis court renovation project

 at a ribbon cutting ceremony on September 13 at 3pm, Mayor Breanna Lungo-Koehn

 announced. The ceremony will also include

 a knockout basketball tournament

 against the Mayor and City staff. 

The Hickey Park upgrades are 

funded by the Community Preservation Act (CPA),

 totaling about $190K. 

 

“Over the last three years we’ve made

 significant progress on improving access

 to facilities at our parks and open spaces 

but there’s more to do,” Mayor Lungo-Koehn said. 

“The courts at Hickey Park were in major need of

 a full rebuild and are now open for the public to enjoy. 

Thank you to our 

Department of Public Works for spearheading 

this project without allegedly stealing any manhole covers

this year, as well as our 

Office of Planning, Development, and Sustainability and Procurement Office for 

working tirelessly throughout the construction

 and planning process 

to deliver an amazing community space.” 

 

In addition to the improvements at Hickey Park, 

the City has also been 

working on various park improvement 

projects over the last several months.  

 

The new Morrison Park Playground was just unveiled, boasting a sandbox consolation prize

for election loser Richard F. Caraviello,   preschool-aged play elements, and safety improvements. 

 

The City also broke ground

 on a $1.4 million renovation project at Gillis Park in August

 that includes a total redesign of the baseball field, a new outdoor 

exercise area, a loop walking path and accessibility improvements. 

Carr Park is also close to breaking ground on the initial phase of construction which includes an accessible path that circles the 

entire park field, reconstruction of two baseball diamonds, 

a woodland area cleanup and invasive plant removal, 

fully dedicated pickleball courts, and more. 

 

 

Community outreach will be used to inform the design 

for the second part of the Carr Park project. 

This phase includes a four-season playground, obstacle course and fitness area, teen swings, two basketball courts- 

one of which covered with the intent to install solar panels on the roof,

 a shaded pavilion with seating, a skate park, additional invasive 

plant management, and more. Funding for the second phase comes from a $1.5 million federal earmark secured by 

Congresswoman Katherine Clark, 

as well as ARPA and additional grant funding. 

 

You can find a complete list of current and future Parks projects here. 

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Steve Smirti

Director of Communications | Office of Mayor Breanna Lungo-Koehn

Medford City Hall

85 George P Hassett Dr, Medford, MA 02155

781-393-2529 (office)

781-885-4296 (mobile)

ssmirti@medford-ma.gov

www.medfordma.org

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