The City of Sedan will add new playground equipment to the City Park. Earlier this week Sedan was awarded over $49,000 through the Strategic Economic Expansion and Development or SEED grant program.

The City applied for the grant under the category of community vibrancy, which according to the Department of Commerce, are projects that refresh, re-energize and unlock the attractiveness of rural communities. The new equipment will be placed on the northeast side of the park next to the ball fields. The last playground equipment placed in the park was given to the City by the school over a decade ago.

When the City applied for the grant over 6 months ago they received bids and those will have to be verified that they are still in effect before work begins and the equipment can be purchased as the grants were supposed to be announced in October. According to the DOC and the terms of the grant program, the City has one year to complete the project and must provide at least a 10% match for the outlined project.