Woodland Heights center was built on a promise. A decade later, it may finally be fulfilled

The Pensacola Parks and Recreation was awarded a nearly $1.7 million grant from the Escambia Children's Trust last week to support after-school pro...

June 1, 2023
6:22 PM

The Pensacola Parks and Recreation was awarded a nearly $1.7 million grant from the Escambia Children's Trust last week to support after-school programs for local youth at city community centers.  A portion of that funding will be used to help fulfill a promise to make the Woodland Heights Resource Center a hub of arts and culture for at-risk youth, as well as to provide programming at three other area community centers. The city of Pensacola Parks and Recreation Department will use the grant funding to offer free after school programming for K-5 students meeting federal income criteria at four existing program venues: E.

Kamal Morgan