Municipal Park Unveiling to be Delayed

It’s been a long time coming—but North Strabanians may need to wait just a little longer for the unveiling of Municipal Park.

Manager Frank Siffrinn said that although officials had hoped the grand opening of the almost $9 million park would happen in May, it will likely be pushed back by about a month.

“It might even be into July,” Siffrinn said.

And you can largely thank the weather for that.

“It was just one thing after another,” he said.

Siffrinn said Muncipal Park is between 95 and 98 percent completed—with only “minor punch list” items remaining, including some seeding, paving and other work.

And Parks and Recreation Director Greg Sulc added that the fields and facilities will be well worth the wait.

“The old park was a diamond in the rough,” he said. “This is the wow factor.”