These infrastructure improvements are needed not only to improve ongoing maintenance and preservation efforts, but also to provide an enhanced venue to educate the community through events at the Park and to provide a reliable and accessible venue to hold the sacrifice of those memorialized there as worthy of their gratitude, respect and emulation. This project will enhance the ability of the Park to support the community as intended by providing a more capable and reliable facility for public events. A more capable facility will enable the Park to attract increasing numbers to events. From the large Memorial Day and Veterans Day ceremonies that draw many hundreds of citizens from the greater Pensacola area and beyond, to the smaller memorial, reunion, retirement, and presentation ceremonies and additional civic, youth, charitable and educational events that occur at the Park, all will be enhanced by these improvements. Schools, scouts and other community organizations also use the Park for field trips and other educational events consistent with the Park’s mission, and these improvements will greatly improve their ability to use the Park for these purposes. The project will also enhance the ability to maintain the Park by correcting infrastructure problems that add to maintenance and repair costs These facility enhancements will improve the ability to conduct these and other events at the Park, and our veterans will notice and appreciate our community’s attention and commitment to its “jewel on the bay.” The impact will be both immediate and far reaching to the community as a whole.