Manatee Sanctuary Park almost had it all. The park, which overlooks the Banana River in Port Canaveral, Fla., had undergone updates including paved parking, updated landscaping, a paved trail, new benches, exercise stations, and a boardwalk overlooking a river.
All it needed was a playground. The underutilized horseshoe pits were a perfect location for such an amenity. But then a crushing blow—grant funding was denied by the state.
And then the phone call came that changed it all.