About 16,000 parks received votes in Coca-Cola's America Is Your Park contest. Swift-Cantrell was one of just four parks to receive a monetary award from the Coca-Cola's Live Positively Foundation.
During today's Worldwide Day of Play at Swift-Cantrell Park, Coca-Cola presented a check for $15,000 that "will allow us to invest in exercise equipment along the trail much sooner than we might have otherwise," Kennesaw Mayor Mark Mathews said. Watch the video for scenes from the day. Related content Don’t miss any of the local news you care about. Subscribe to Kennesaw Patch’s free newsletter, like us on Facebook and follow us on Twitter.
Coca-Cola will present the grant during a ceremony scheduled for 11 a.m. Saturday at the park.
After receiving nearly 3 million online votes in Coca-Cola's "America Is Your Park" contest, Swift-Cantrell Park has won a $15,000 grant to install exercise stations along park trails. Swift-Cantrell was randomly selected to receive the "wildcard" recreation grant after people from across the country voted for six weeks for their favorite national, state and local parks. Coca-Cola will present the grant to Kennesaw Mayor Mark Mathews and Swift-Cantrell Park Foundation president R.J. Patel during a ceremony scheduled for 11 a.m. Saturday at the park. Related content Don’t miss any of the local news you care about. Subscribe to Kennesaw Patch’s free newsletter, like us on Facebook and follow us on Twitter.
Cris Eaton Welsh
2:36 pm on Sunday, September 30, 2012
Great job Kennesaw Community coming together to work on the coca cola grant. Nice to see people working together to do something positive for the community. more ›