BACOLOD City – The P18 million worth of project funded by the Department of Budget and Management (DBM) in Cadiz City, Negros Occidental has reopened to the public.
This after the city government has redeveloped the Cadiz City Children’s Playground (CCCP) dubbed as playground of generations for the blooming and booming city.
The allocation was sourced out from the DBM’s “Green, Green, Green”, a unique assistance program with the purpose to make the 145 cities across the country, including Cadiz, to be more livable and sustainable by developing their open spaces.
The city government took time last year to revitalize CCCP considered as one of the famous landmarks in the “City of Whales”.
The newly reopened CCCP is still boasting the famous iconic features that attract and wow kids, and even those kids at heart: big shoe house, giant squash, strangler fig tree, two carabaos locking horns, famed three wise monkeys, and majestic lion’s head.
The playground, a symbol of resilience, history, and unity of Cadizeños through the years, is more than just a recreational space as it mirrors a visual and cultural narrative of the city.
Built during the late president Ferdinand Marcos Sr.’s era, CCCP has long been a witness to the city’s growth – from a peaceful, economically thriving town to a vibrant chartered city on July 4, 1967.
It even survived two harshest typhoons that hammered Visayas – Typhoon Frank in 2009 and Super Typhoon Yolanda in 2013.
“CCCP is a living testament to Cadizeños’ roots and resilience. It even represents Cadiz then and now as the land of splendid opportunities. It also serves as center that could tell many stories of families, of students, of friends, of workers , and many more – packed in one episode – great to be told and retold from time to time,” said Mayor Salvador Escalante Jr.
He added that by reviving this space, “we’re not only preserving history; we’re creating new another tourist attraction, and memories for future generations.”/PN
