Ellison Park Renovation fund reaching critical stage

  • Young entrepreneurs Jenna Faulks and Rafe Barlow, with Adeline Faulks as the cheerleader, operate a lemonade stand during the Saturday, June 1 Wellington Citywide Yard Sale event, selling out and raising $1,772 for the restoration of Ellison Park. The youth and their families appreciate everyone who stopped by to chat and donate. Courtesy Photo
    Young entrepreneurs Jenna Faulks and Rafe Barlow, with Adeline Faulks as the cheerleader, operate a lemonade stand during the Saturday, June 1 Wellington Citywide Yard Sale event, selling out and raising $1,772 for the restoration of Ellison Park. The youth and their families appreciate everyone who stopped by to chat and donate. Courtesy Photo

    WELLINGTON – Amid a goal of $200,000, almost $151,000 has been committed for the Ellison Park Renovation Project fund as of Tuesday, June 11. Funds collected by Sunday, June 30 will be matched by an anonymous donor up to $200,000.

    “With the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department (TPWD) grant application due Thursday, Aug. 1, the Ellison Park Working Group is encouraging everyone to participate in help…