Town offers thanks for Bayfront Park donation

The town of Longboat Key appreciates recent donations to Bayfront Park. 

Commissioners Lynn Larson and Irwin Pastor presented Kiwanis Club of Longboat Key President Armando Linde with a letter of appreciation Thursday at the weekly Kiwanis breakfast meeting for the $6,135 check the club gave the town last week to help offset the cost of a $250,000 playground for Bayfront Park. 

"It's much appreciated and we appreciate all that your organization does," Pastor said. 

In December, $3.11 million in renovations begin at Bayfront Park. 

It’s the second check the town has received for a revamped Bayfront Park project this year.

In May, the Longboat Key Garden Club gave the town a $6,135 check that will be used to plant shade trees in the future children’s playground area.

Besides a new shaded children’s playground, the park will include pickleball, tennis and basketball courts, as well as a bocce ball open space area. Other offerings include a dog park, a kayak launch and paddle sports loading area and walking trails among mangroves and a preserved rain garden area. 

Contact Kurt Schultheis at [email protected].