NORTH TONAWANDA-Mayor Arthur G. Pappas will join Niagara County Legislator Rich Andres, North Tonawanda Director of Parks and Recreation Patty Brosius, as well as additional City and County Officials, for a ground breaking ceremony in dedication of a new open air band shell in Raymond Klimek Veterans Park.

The band shell was purchased at a cost of $89,836, with funds provided by a grant obtained through the Niagara River Greenway Commission, in the amount of $90,000, with an additional $25,000 provided by the City of North Tonawanda in kind. The new structure will replace the aging event stage purchased in 2003.

WHAT: Ground Breaking Ceremony for new open air band shell.

WHO: City of North Tonawanda Mayor Arthur G. Pappas, Niagara County Legislator Rich Andres, North Tonawanda Director of Parks and Recreation Patty Brosius, North Tonawanda City Attorney Luke Brown, City of North Tonawanda Clerk-Treasurer Dan Quinn, Common Council President Eric
Zadzilka,  1st  Ward  Alderman  Mark Berube, 2nd  Ward AlderwomanDonna
Braun, Alderman-at-Large Robert Pecoraro, Alderman-at-Large Jeffrey Glatz, Director of Community Development Michael Zimmerman.

WHEN: Thursday, September  14th  at 4:00PM

WHERE: Raymond Klimek Veterans Park -  692 River Road, North Tonawanda,  NY

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