March 2017 – We made a presentation to Parks, Recreation, and Tourism and it was received well. They want to be a part of it, run the leagues, maintain the park, etc., once it is completed. 
August 2017 – We finally got the official word that Winthrop and the City were on board!
September 2017 - A presentation by Warren Norman and David Williams to the City Council led to a $550,000 commitment to help build the infrastructure of the park and the facilities.
The First Site Plan was released in 2017.
November 2017 - a logo was created! And the media started to hear about it. A few small articles were released. We started to look for grant opportunities and worked with the City on what that would look like and how that would make a difference in paying for the park. The cost was now set at $4,000,000, but the land was valued at $2,000,000, for a total of a $6,000,000 budget.
We soon realized that this logo couldn't work since this is not officially a city park like the others, so we eventually changed it.
We started to tell organizations about our park and explained the fundraising element of it and why the breakdown works.
This was an important step which allowed the community to see that this is a program of The Disabilities Foundation which serves MaxAbilities. It's a public/private partnership.
Love reading the history of how this came about!
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