Metro Parks plans $5 million in improvements next year

Metro Parks plans to spend more than $5 million on improvements next year, including a new nature center at the Scioto Grove Metro Park in southern Franklin County and parking and river access the for Olentangy Greenway Trail extension near Highbanks Metro Park. Metro Parks commissioners this morning approved a $28.7 million budget, what Commissioner Jeff McNealey called a “status quo” budget coming during the second half of the levy cycle. The budget is 7 percent less than Metro Par