Parks Department Grant

The Eureka Springs Parks and Recreation Department has been awarded a $200,000 grant from the Arkansas Department of Parks, Heritage and Tourism. The money will be used to help fund construction of a new bathhouse at Lake Leatherwood City Park. The bathhouse will be ADA-compliant and will be equipped with showers and a laundry area. Pictued from left to right are Katherine Andrews, director of the Arkansas Office of Outdoor Recreation; First Gentleman Brian Sanders, chair of the Natural State Advisory Council; Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders; State Rep. Harlan Breaux of Holiday Island; Eureka Springs parks and recreation director Sam Dudley; and Shea Lewis, secretary of the Arkansas Department of Parks, Heritage and Tourism.