Town of Hempstead Senior Councilman Anthony J. Santino and Assemblyman Brian Curran joined Mayor William Hendrick and the Lynbrook village board at Greis Park to receive an award from the Coca-Cola Corporation.
Coca-Cola, a publicly traded company company on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE: KO), held their national “America’s Favorite Park” contest this summer. Lynbrook’s Greis Veterans’ Memorial Park was named the third favorite park in the country.
Greis Park was the only park in New York State that was on the nationwide listing. People logged daily fitness activities, attended field day events, and had good old-fashioned fun outdoors on behalf of national, state and local parks this summer.
All of this active, healthy fun amounted to more than 72,000 hours of activity and more than 1.4 million votes.
The Coca-Cola Corporation awarded the Village of Lynbrook a $25,000 check for coming in Third Place.
Pictured at the ceremony in the Greis Gazebo are (L to R – standing, front): Lynbrook Village Trustee Hilary Becker, Lynbrook Deputy Mayor Alan Beach, Lynbrook Superintendent of Schools Dr. Melissa Burak, Coca-Cola Distribution Center Manager Frank Palma, Lynbrook Mayor William Hendrick, Lynbrook Village Trustee Mike Hawxhurst (L to R, back) Lynbrook Park’s Pat Ciampi & Ginger Fuentes, Senior Councilman Anthony J. Santino, Lynbrook Schools Athletic Director Tom Graham, Legislator Fran Becker, Lynbrook Recreation’s Andrea Campbell & Pat McDermott and Assemblyman Brian Curran.
