ELLSWORTH — The fund-raising effort for Knowlton Community Park got a $25,000 boost recently with a donation from Bar Harbor Bank & Trust.
Ellsworth Finance Director Tammy Mote said the bank’s financial pledge, which will be made over a three-year period, brings the total amount raised from businesses and individuals to more than $100,000.
That means the fund-raising effort also will receive $100,000 from the Brunswick-based Elmina B. Sewall Foundation. In December, the foundation pledged to match the first $100,000 in private donations to the campaign.
Combined with a $10,000 grant from the Maine Community Foundation, the total amount raised through grants now stands at $110,000.
The total price tag for the park project has been pegged at $1.2 million. Of that amount, the city has already committed $200,000 in engineering, planning and fund-raising costs.
Of the remaining $1 million, officials aim to have half come from businesses and individuals and the other half from foundation and government grants.
The combined to-date tally of $236,825 means the campaign is closing in on the 25 percent mark.
Help Plan Knowlton Park Kickoff Event
On Tuesday, Feb. 26, a meeting will be held to plan a spring kickoff event for the Knowlton Community Park Capital Campaign.
The meeting will take place in the auditorium at Ellsworth City Hall, starting at 5 p.m.
Volunteers are needed to organize, publicize and carry out a community party sometime in May for families and children at the site of the future park.
For more information, contact Penny Weinstein at City Hall (669-6616).
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