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Refurbished, expanded center in Boardman Park sports mountain beauty
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LIKE NEW: The Boardman Park Lariccia Family Community Center, which resembles a spacious mountain lodge, is the first project in the park’s $2.2 million capital campaign. The Lariccia’s donated $200,000 toward the renovation of the former community center, which is the first major update since it was built in 1977.
By Denise Dick
BOARDMAN — Donations, a vision to bring the park’s beauty inside and green technology melded in the completion of the Boardman Park Lariccia Family Community Center.
The center, which resembles a spacious mountain lodge, is the first project in the park’s $2.2 million capital campaign.
“I love it all,” said Tony Lariccia. “I think it’s a beautiful thing to have in Boardman Park, which has been such an asset to the community for 62 years.”
His wife, Mary, agreed.
“It’s gorgeous,” she said. “It’s wonderful to have something like this in the Valley.”
The Lariccia family were the first donors who became involved in the park campaign, donating $200,000 toward renovation of the former community center.
Besides the Lariccia family, other top contributors include Helen Stambaugh, $100,000; Boardman Rotary Club, $75,000; SJK Charitable Trust and Kennedy Family Trust, $50,000 each; and Huntington Bank Foundation, $45,000.
The renovation is the first major change to the center since its 1977 construction.
Read the full story Monday in The Vindicator and on Vindy.com.