CONWAY — Kevin Peare Memorial Skate Park board members want to get the word out they need to raise $44,000 by the end of the month to help match a federal $225,000 Land and Water Conservation Grant they are working on with the town of Conway.
Caren Peare, executive director of the non-profit memorial skate park project named for her late brother, says they have raised $181,000, leaving them with a shortfall in terms of the matching grant.
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