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Community Unites to Build Award-Winning Park

After nine years in the making, J. Long Memorial Second Street Park made its grand opening to the residents of Connersville, Indiana. Once  outdated and unsafe, the park has been transformed into an accessible space for everyone in Fayette County.  

Watch to learn more about the key to the project’s success: the collaboration between Purdue Extension’s Nutrition Education Program, Purdue Extension community development, Purdue’s Department of Horticulture and Landscape Architecture and community partners.

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