Project EverGreen, Texas Water Smart and Local Partners Deliver More Than $16,000 in Renovations for San Antonio Park

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Sep 24, 2015, 11:00 ET

SAN ANTONIO, Sept. 24, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- Project EverGreen announces the completion of the latest "Healthy Turf. Healthy Kids."™ project at West End Park in San Antonio, Texas. The park's baseball and soccer fields were given a needed facelift to provide neighborhood children and families with a safe place to play and exercise.

Some of the more than two dozen volunteers for the "Healthy Turf. Healthy Kids." project take a break from renovating West End Park in San Antonio.

Working in partnership with the San Antonio Parks and Recreation Department, the Texas Nursery and Landscape Association and Texas Water Smart Foundation, Project EverGreen and industry volunteers provided the materials and labor to restore more than 34,000 sq. ft. of the park's playing surfaces and entryways. The undertaking is one of more than a dozen "Healthy Turf. Healthy Kids." projects taking place in Texas – including Round Rock and Ft. Worth – and across the United States.

Green industry volunteers ValleyCrest, Billy Long Enterprises, Keller Material and New Earth Compost donated the organic materials, fertilizer, plant material, hardscape products, equipment and labor to complete the project.

The initiative included soil aeration and fertilization, application of soil top dressing, excavating and grading the infield surface to the baseball and soccer fields, and installation of two new entrance way planting beds and hardscape materials. The fields were rehabilitated using water conservation techniques to ensure the green spaces are water efficient now and in the future.

"Our mission is to preserve and enhance green spaces where we live, work and play," says Cindy Code, executive director of Project EverGreen. "Parks, sports fields and recreational play areas are vital to healthy, thriving communities."

"We appreciate the contributions of the project volunteers and the city in establishing this project as a reminder of the importance of outdoor spaces to the environment and an educational opportunity for the residents of San Antonio to learn about water conservation," said Amy Graham, chairman of the Texas Water Smart Foundation.

Project EverGreen's "Healthy Turf. Healthy Kids." is a nationwide initiative to renovate and revitalize parks and athletic fields to ensure children have access to safe green spaces on which to play and exercise. Yards, parks and athletic fields not only promote a healthier lifestyle but contribute to economic growth, community development and benefit the environment.

Key contributors to the nationwide initiative include the Dominion Foundation, Performance Nutrition, Sports Turf Managers Association and Exmark Mfg.

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