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James Neiss/staff photographer
Niagara Falls, NY - Family members Emerson, Sarah, Perry and Zack, all from Allentown, PA, walk past the new Welcome Plaza, part of the Niagara Falls State Park $6.2 million revitalization project.

WHAT: New York State Parks Commissioner Erik Kulleseid will join New York State Assemblyman Angelo Morinello, Niagara Falls Mayor Robert Restaino and other local officials to officially open the $6.2 million Welcome Plaza at Niagara Falls State Park.

The Welcome Plaza project is the final piece of a nearly $70 million revitalization of Niagara Falls State Park landscape. Launched in 2011, the Niagara Falls State Park landscape revitalization plan was a multi-year commitment to renew the park in a manner that better reflects noted park designer Frederick Law Olmsted's vision for the landscape. The plan renovated the park's major viewing areas including Luna Island, Prospect Point, Lower Grove, Three Sisters Islands, North Shoreline Trail, Luna Bridge, and Terrapin Point with new pedestrian walkways, enhanced landscaping, new benches, light posts and railings. The interactive Cave of the Winds pavilion, which highlights the natural and cultural history of Niagara Falls, opened in 2017.


WHEN: Tuesday, July 14 at 9:30 a.m.


WHERE: Niagara Falls State Park Prospect Street Entrance


CONTACT: Angela P. Berti
(716) 278-1764


Angela P. Berti, APR
NYS Parks- Niagara Region
PO Box 1132
Niagara Falls, NY 14303
(716)278-1764
http://www.parks.ny.gov