BATON ROUGE — The BREC Commission deferred a final vote on Thursday to declare several parks obsolete in order to authorize the sale of the land, according to a report by The Advocate.
Out of the eight parks up for consideration, Alexander Street, Dover Street, Lanier Drive, an outparcel at Corlett Drive at Sharon Hills and Wenonah Street parks were all approved to move forward in the process, with BREC officials stressing that the properties are not necessarily being sold.
Voting on Belfair, Blueberry Street and Fortune Addition parks, however, was deferred to the June commission meeting as several people expressed opposition to the sale of the parks…