Philadelphia Parks & Recreation & Fairmount Park Conservancy recently broke ground on the Hunting Park baseball field to kick off the field’s $500,000 renovation project. City of Philadelphia Mayor Michael Nutter, Citizens Bank President and CEO Daniel Fitzpatrick and The Phillies’ Ryan Howard joined Philadelphia Parks & Recreation and the Fairmount Park Conservancy in the ceremonial groundbreaking.
Pics from breaking the ground:
Ryan Howard & Mayor Michael Nutter:
More than 75 volunteers gathered in North Philadelphia’s 87-acre Hunting Park for the 7th annual Growing the Neighborhood volunteer day. Growing the Neighborhood program is a program of citizen-initiated park improvements to Fairmount neighborhood parks. The program has helped rejuvenate 13 neighborhood parks through capital improvements and annual volunteer days.
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