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Frank
McDonough
Park
is
named
in
honor
of
a
man
who
served
as
a
city
commissioner
and
Mayor
of
Light
House
Point
for
25
years.
Frank
McDonough
moved
from
Chicago
to
Florida
to
escape
his
hay
fever
in
1954,
two
years
before
Light
House
Point
even
became
a
city.
He
served
on
the
city
commission
from
1963
to
1968
and
then
was
appointed
mayor
in
1968.
He
was
re-elected
until
he
resigned
in
1984.
In
1989
he
was
elected
as
mayor
again
and
formerly
retired
in
1993
while
still
staying
active
in
city
affairs.
In
1982
Lake
Placid
Park
was
renamed
Frank
McDonough
Park
in
honor
of
his
many
years
of
service
to
the
city.
Frank
McDonough
passed
away
in
2001
at
the
age
of
81.
Frank
McDonough
Park
started
as
a
field
that
city
recreation
pioneer
Dan
Witt
and
some
other
fathers
cleared
so
that
children
living
in
Light
House
point
could
have
a
recreation
league
of
their
own.
Fifteen
pallets
of
sod
were
donated
so
a
football
league
could
practice.
Today,
six
acre
Frank
McDonough
Park
provides
recreation
to
all
ages
in
Lighthouse
Point.
The
park
has
a
baseball
field,
football/soccer
field,
sand
volleyball
court,
2
racquetball
courts,
9
clay
tennis
courts
which
is
home
to
the
Lighthouse
Point
Tennis
Center,
a
covered
firefighter
themed
playground
with
two
play
area,
one
for
tots,
and
one
for
older
kids,
and
restrooms.
Added
to
the
park
in
2020
is
outdoor
body-weight
resistance
workout
equipment
that
includes
a
sit-up
bench,
chest
press,
pull-up
bars,
leg
press,
push-up
station
and
more.
This
park
is
ideal
for
sports,
play,
and
working
out.
The
city
has
even
staged
concerts
in
the
park
in
the
past.
Don't
forget
to
stop
by
the
Heroes
Shrine
located
in
the
northwest
corner
of
the
park
where
you
will
find
a
memorial
to
those
who
serve
in
the
military
and
first
responders.
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