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 and individual visits. It will make the Park both safer and more accessible for all visitors. A more pproachable Park will attract and increase numbers to events, thereby facilitating accomplishment of the Foundation’s mission. By providing reliable and efficient lighting at the Park, memorials will be enhanced, visitors will be able to find the names of loved ones, and Park maintenance expenses will decrease, enabling investment in other enhancement projects. The ability to reliably and safely host additional events will promote education of the community about the sacrifices of the fallen, as well as ease maintenance costs by making volunteer events more effective. The Park expects an increase in visits by the community and tourists, as well as community organizations hosting evening and morning events (sunrise and sunset services, and other educational events consistent with the mission). Pensacola is a popular location for veterans’ group reunions, and the Park is used by many of these groups for memorial services to those that have been lost. These facility enhancements will improve the ability to conduct these and other events at the Park, and the veterans will notice and appreciate the community’s attention and commitment to its “jewel on the bay.” The impact will be both immediate and far reaching to the target population and to the community as a whole.