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in this section:  Bocas Mayor Eligio
Binns and Six
Diamond engineer Anabela Miranda shovel the first ceremonial cement for
the park remodeling job
A makeover for Bocas Town's urban
park
photos by Eric Jackson Bocas
Town's Parque
Bolivar is fading and crumbling, and when it rains the areas
where there is or there is supposed to be grass become waterlogged,
limiting the park's use. With help from Six Diamond Resorts
International, the park is getting a makeover, which was inaugurated in
an April 15 ceremony.
 The infrastructure has been untended for some time  The plan is to leave the trees
where they are but replace much of the grassy area and the present
concrete with compressed crushed rock in various colors. The new
material will drain quickly, making the park more usable during the
long Bocas rainy season
 An improvised statement of faith on what was a lightpost  Planter boxes are nice, but they must be maintained  One of the purposes of an urban park is to preserve a community's history...  ...and the present Parque Bolivar gets mixed reviews on how well it does this  Also
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