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Pontiac Parks and Rec receives state-wide recognition

By Wordpress Admin User Jan 27, 2018 | 9:35 AM
Pontiac’s Parks and Recreation Department has been recognized for its efforts to make playgrounds an inclusive place for children to play. (Photo courtesy WJEZ/Taylor Baxter)

By Cynthia Grau/WJEZ

PONTIAC – After a weekend conference in Chicago, Pontiac Parks and Recreation came back with an award and grant money in excess of $67,000.

Director Taylor Baxter said the annual conference with the Illinois Parks and Recreation Association and Illinois Association of Park Districts gave away several awards this weekend and the one Pontiac won was for the Central Division for Inclusive Playgrounds.

“It was very gratifying to see the City of Pontiac and our Parks and Recreation logo go across that slide and the executive director calling out our names that we had been awarded this award, it made us fell really, really good,” Baxter explained. “Pontiac should be very proud of the planning that former director Jerry Hayner did with this. It’s very, very well deserving and we couldn’t have been prouder.”

Baxter said it was exciting to walk away with the win.

Cynthia Grau can be reached at news@wjez.com.

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