HARLINGEN — The cash is set aside for the first part of a $8.5 million super park.
On Friday city commissioners met with members of the Harlingen Community Improvement Board to approve $2.6 million to build a so-called destination park at Lon C. Hill Park.
Officials plan to earmark money from the Community Improvement Board sales tax to fund the first phase of the project aimed at drawing tourism to town.
But they set no timeline in which to launch the project selected as one of the city’s top priorities in the new 10-year comprehensive plan.
The first phase would set the foundation for the super park, whose five phases would include features such as an amphitheater, athletic courts, an adaptive field aimed at special needs children, a discovery center and a dog park.
The project’s fifth phase is expected to build a $1.2 million retractable roof over Harlingen Field.
