When you got home, there was another one.” “Even if you went to the neighbor’s house to play and you messed up, that was a whooping. “When we were coming up it was discipline everywhere,” said Millis. Mills, who served as a Marine, said an important factor in raising kids in less affluent areas is discipline. “You see them on the street - you have guys selling drugs and the kids figure they can do the same thing,” said Mills. Mills said that many of the kids in his neighborhood have resorted to selling drugs. “When we was coming up, some dodge ball, hop scotch, shooting marbles, a little basketball, that was it and you really enjoyed yourself growing up. “It can’t come fast enough,” said longtime Boggy Bottom resident Calvin Mills. The park’s construction is expected to begin this year with an estimated 2023 completion. “We’ll look at a roadway, scan the asphalt for cracks – we prioritize that.” “The majority of the infrastructure, we collect data on the condition of,” he said. But the Carnevale said no district is prioritized over the other. “I grew up in this neighborhood - it was a sore sight then and it’s a sore site now.”īellamy joined other longtime Boggy Bottom residents in addressing the city about what they say is a long history of not being prioritized. Underground electrical construction continues throughout entire project. “Our young people have nothing to do,” said longtime resident Faye Bellamy. South Central Park Paver installation continues within Phase 4.
That lays the foundation for the recreation of what comes behind it.”Ĭarnevale said the city is currently hiring engineers take the project to the next level, but some of the people who live in Boggy Bottom said they are tired of waiting. "We started the construction of the wetland portion in spring of 2020.
"We did a big restoration project here that had multiple funding partners: Polk Co., DEP, the South Florida Water management district. “This is the wetland portion of this site," Carnevale said during a visit to the area. “We started looking into funding in spring of last year.”Ĭarnevale explained that the wetland restoration process that must be completed before work on the park can begin. “The park is estimated to cost about $5 million,” said Winter Haven’s Public Works director, M.J. Talks about the park started in the fall of 2020 when city officials gathered feedback about what residents wanted to see in their community. The park’s construction will begin this year with an estimated 2023 completion.Residents say they are tired of waiting for progress, but city officials say no district is prioritized over another.Talks about building a park in Boggy Bottom began in the fall of 2020.
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