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Article: Hyatt and Main site of Tipp City's veterans memorial 'Time to put up or shut up,' parks board member says
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- Dayton Daily News
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- March 30, 2006
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TIPP CITY -- The city's first veterans memorial will have a home
in a less than 1-acre park being developed at Hyatt and Main streets.
The Parks Advisory Board voted unanimously March 13, following
weeks of comment over the best location, to reverse a May
recommendation that City Council follow a staff suggestion to put the
memorial in another park. City Park or the Canal Lock Park were
suggested.
The staff said it supported a veterans memorial, but feared
parking complaints because the new park only has room for three or
four parking spaces.
A design plan was put on hold in the fall when veterans
representatives asked the board to reconsider. Park plans that
include a gazebo, community ...