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Avondale's Willis Park Open A Few Days Early
The renovated park had been scheduled to re-open to the public on April 18.
AVONDALE ESTATES, GA -- A renovated Willis Park is now open to the public, Avondale Estates officials announced Thursday.
The park had been tentatively scheduled to re-open after refurbishment on Monday, April 18.
Renovations at the popular park began last year.
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It sits next to The Museum School off of Dartmouth Avenue and has, at times, been blocked entirely to pedestrian traffic during the renovation.
New playground equipment, benches, swings, pathways and a new pavilion are now fully accessible, the city said in an email.
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However, a playing field will remain fenced off for an additional 30 days so sod there can fully establish.
A grand opening and ribbon-cutting for Willis Park is scheduled for Saturday, May 14, from 11 a.m.-1 p.m.
Details of the event are still being planned and will be announced, the city said.
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