ParksFriday, November 6
McAllen opens a new all-inclusive playground at Retama Park
The Daily McAllen team
If you've got little ones, Retama Park has a new place to play. City leaders held a ribbon-cutting Wednesday for the all-inclusive playground. It has a vibrant green playset, a shade roof structure, accessible turf and a wheelchair ramp. The city says its Grants Department, the McAllen Housing Commission and Hidalgo County Economic Development helped make it happen.
Three McAllen park projects add up to $1.3 million
- $1,267,062
- in total city investment across three projects
- $372,062
- for the Retama Inclusive Playground
- $500,000
- for Camp McAllen improvements
Sources: ValleyCentral.com, Texas Border Business
The ceremony also highlighted two more projects. Camp McAllen now has seven new picnic shelters, a parkour fitness course, a butterfly garden and shaded fishing docks. At Los Encinos Turf Field, the East Palomino baseball and softball fields became a soccer facility with a new 220-by-135-foot synthetic turf field.
Los Encinos' new soccer field covers about 29,700 square feet
Floor area of the Los Encinos soccer field, beside places you know
6 basketball courts would fit inside the Los Encinos soccer field
Source: Texas Border Business
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| Floor area | |
|---|---|
| The Los Encinos soccer field | 29,700 sq. ft. (220 by 135 feet) |
| A football field | 57,600 sq. ft. (end zones included) |
| A basketball court | 4,700 sq. ft. (NBA size) |
- Retama playground: 2500 Laurel Ave.
- Retama equipment: made for children ages 5–12
- Retama funding: Community Development Block Grant
- Camp McAllen also gets a new entrance gate
Sources: ValleyCentral.com, Texas Border Business