{"id":323605,"date":"2020-05-26T06:03:30","date_gmt":"2020-05-25T20:03:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/?p=323605"},"modified":"2020-05-26T06:03:30","modified_gmt":"2020-05-25T20:03:30","slug":"summer-opening-for-tinian-childrens-park-eyed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/summer-opening-for-tinian-childrens-park-eyed\/","title":{"rendered":"Summer opening for Tinian Children\u2019s Park eyed"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_323606\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-323606\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Tinian-pix-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-323606\" src=\"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Tinian-pix-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-323606\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Joshua Hobelman, deployed with Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 5, Detail Tinian, uses a skid steer with a trenching attachment to carve a trench for the foundation of a jungle gym at the Tinian children\u2019s park. (U.S. NAVY\/YOHANES NUGUSE)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The Tinian Mayor\u2019s Office is crossing its fingers that it will have a ribbon-cutting ceremony for its Tinian Children\u2019s Park before the summer ends.<\/p>\n<p>After clearing debris that\u2019s been left over from previous typhoons, the U.S. Navy Seabees from Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 5 finally completed installing the playground equipment that had been donated by IT&amp;E.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI would like to sincerely thank IT&amp;E for their generous donation,\u201d said Mayor Edwin P. Aldan, who also acknowledged the Projects Management Division under his office for spearheading the project. \u201cI extend my appreciation to the special projects team for their hard work and dedication to enhancing the park with\u2026new recreational activities for our youth.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Aldan identified the Tinian Children\u2019s Park as one of his priorities to enhance youth development and family recreational activities. A survey that was sent out to schools and community members early this year regarding their vision for the park all came back positive.<\/p>\n<p>Applications for funding were submitted to the Community Block Development Grant and the Technical Assistance Program Grant to replace chain link fences, repair concrete benches and picnic tables, build pavilions, purchase and install more playground equipment, build a basketball court and volleyball court, renovate the bathrooms and changing rooms, install new light posts, construct a site for vendors, and plan a splash pad or a form of recreational water activity for children. The Projects Management Division is hoping for positive news from the two grantors between July or August.<\/p>\n<p>The Tinian Children\u2019s Park will be opened to the public once the installation of new activities\/facilities and the renovation of the bathrooms\/changing rooms are complete.<\/p>\n<p>If all plans go well without any interruption, summer time will be the target of ribbon-cutting for the Tinian Children\u2019s Park. 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