CARTHAGE, Texas — College View Park, which is for visitors of all ages and abilities, opened Monday across from Panola College.
“This is a really exciting time for the city and for our community,” Carthage City Manager Steve Williams said. “I can imagine our occupational therapy assistant students — they’re probably taking a break sitting out across over here, and they look over and see this site, and they say ‘Wouldn’t it be nice to have a park over here?’ And it could have ended right there, but it didn’t, because they took that idea and they ran with it and said, ‘What do we need to do to get this accomplished?’
“And so they contacted Jessica Pace at the college and asked for her ideas, and then they approached me about it, and I said, ‘Well, I don’t get to make these decisions — that’s on our City Council,’ “ he said. “So they came and did a presentation to City Council, and said ‘This is an idea, is there any way we can make this happen?’”
The park was created with the help of donors across the community, all of whom are listed on one of the signs at the park. Williams thanked everyone for their support.
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