The Downtown Missoula Partnership announced a community celebration for the completed Caras Park canopy project and Beartracks Underbridge Playspace on June 24. The celebration took place from 12:30-1:30 p.m. in Caras Park during Out to Lunch.
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The Beartracks Underbridge Playspace was transformed from a former parking area under the bridge over the last three years. The space now includes cornhole boards, bike racks, a basketball hoop, picnic tables, and table tennis. The area also features painted ground features, colorful bridge pillars, and painted dumpsters. New color-changing lights are turned on nightly at 5:00 p.m.
The Caras Park project replaced the park canopy and bandshell and repainted the pavilion structure and bandshell. The older canopy was installed in 1997 and had reached the end of its lifespan after nearly 30 years of weather exposure.
More than $1.8 million came from the Missoula Downtown Foundation and donors over the last six years, along with $317,500 from Missoula Parks & Recreation, with over 150 businesses and individuals supporting the work.
Original reporting: KTBS 3 (Shreveport) — read the source article.
