Comments on: Century Awarded Grant For Splash Pad — But It Might Never Open

By: Frank

Frank — Thu, 23 Jul 2015 04:45:08 +0000

To CM…. Do not expect the city to entertain or babysit your children…

I guess you have never took your kids to a city or public park?
My kids are grown but I have grand kids and see this as way to get kids outside – out from behind a TV or game console…. GO for it Century.. Ignore the Nay-Sayers

By: CM

CM — Wed, 22 Jul 2015 19:42:34 +0000

Pay your water bill, get a whom o slip and slide or kahauno sprinkler, kiddie pool, make kool aid popsicles, lay on a towel and watch the clouds roll by. Do not expect the city to entertain or babysit your children. Let them play and imagine. These things are going into areas with much much more revenue than Century.

By: Just Sayin

Just Sayin — Wed, 22 Jul 2015 05:14:36 +0000

I think Dreamer has the right idea. A water park would mean jobs that Century desperately needs as well as a place to take your kids for good clean fun.

As for the commenter who says go to the creek…we used to have a lot of good places to do just that in the tricity area, but there are only a couple left and they aren’t what they used to be. Kids need a place to have fun. A water park would provide it.

By: Retired

Retired — Wed, 22 Jul 2015 03:32:02 +0000

Please do not raise my bill or taxes to pay to operate it. Thank you Mr McCall. Let them go to the creek or the river or run through their own lawn sprinkler or eat a cool watermelon to cool off. Or stand under the rain gutter or in the rain. I can’t afford to have my rates raised for someone else’s younguns.

By: Dreamer

Dreamer — Wed, 22 Jul 2015 00:39:05 +0000

I could see a full fledged water park going into business, perhaps on the old abandoned Alger Sullivan site..parking…nice new roadway heading into it. Put Century on the map as a destination, not having to go all the way into Pensacola and brave the sharks and rays and jellyfish and traffic…A private corporation to run it. Incentives free water from the river or a well. That is an abundant area resource.

By: Christopher Viar

Christopher Viar — Tue, 21 Jul 2015 22:18:37 +0000

It’s funny how my wife and I were talking about something like this — dreaming about it — just the other day. There are so many possibilities, especially potential expansion and benefits to other businesses. I am not sure about the following statistic, but I believe that tourism is the #1 source of revenue, particular “outside-coming-in”. And, since Century is the FIRST city in FLORIDA that most outsider’s see coming in, then the potential is enormous…..with costs, of course, which somehow, someway, we may overcome, offsetting it (and in excess) with additional revenue coming in. I think it is very possible, Lord willing.

By: JF

JF — Tue, 21 Jul 2015 20:13:29 +0000

If towns can use parking meters to charge for parking they can charge for splashing!

By: JF

JF — Tue, 21 Jul 2015 20:09:58 +0000

Put it on well water, add a charge/shut off meter. charge 25 cents for 5 minutes to pay for the water. drain the water to the ditch underground.

By: Bill

Bill — Tue, 21 Jul 2015 19:24:56 +0000

What about the splash pad at palafox pier downtown P’cola?

By: citizen

citizen — Tue, 21 Jul 2015 18:50:30 +0000

Brewton parks and rec has splash pad at Dogwood. How is that funded?