PETERSBURG, Va. (WRIC) — The City of Petersburg is getting $3,407,000 from the National Park Service (NPS) to renovate Patton Park.
According to the U.S. Department of the Interior, the funds are coming from a $254.68 million grant from the Land and Water Conservation Fund’s Outdoor Recreation Legacy Partnership Program.
The money from the grant — which is the largest in the program’s ten-year history — will fund 54 projects across 24 states. The Patton Park renovation is the only project in Virginia getting money from the grant…