ST. THOMAS,<\/strong> U.S. Virgin Islands \u2013 The Department of Sports, Parks, and Recreation (DSPR) was awarded $1,412,908 to renovate a staple of the St. Thomas community. The funds to complete the repairs to the Emile Griffith Ballpark were obligated by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) through its Public Assistance Program (PA) and are earmarked to restore all the park\u2019s facilities.<\/p>\nThe park, a namesake for professional boxer Emile Griffith, was significantly damaged during the 2017 hurricane season. It was partially refurbished in 2019 but has not functioned in its full capacity since the storms.<\/p>\n
\u201cFor years, Emile Griffith Park has been the home to hundreds of sports enthusiasts, both participants, and spectators. The field, which is primarily used for little league games, has housed numerous other sporting and athletic events,\u201d Commissioner of the Department of Sports, Parks, and Recreation, Mr. Calvert White. \u201cIt will be exciting to see the park not just restored, but improved, so local and international tournaments can return. We are thankful for this recent obligation and look forward to continuing to work with local and federal stakeholders to move the Department\u2019s initiatives forward.\u201d<\/p>\n
Identified funds will repair damaged components to include the basketball court, toddler playing area, ball field, concession stand, batting cage, office building, parking lot, and bathrooms. Its bleachers, playground surfaces, lighting, scoreboard, PA system, security gates, press box, pitching machine, and fencing will all be replaced, in addition to other elements to restore and maintain the community park.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe Emile Griffith Ballpark is a meeting place for children, athletes, and sports enthusiasts.\u201d Adrienne L. Williams-Octalien, Office of Disaster Recovery Director. \u201cEnsuring that safe spaces like these are rebuilt to withstand future weather events is critical for the well-being of this and future generations.\u201d<\/p>\n
DSPR is currently working to develop the solicitation to restore the Emile Griffith Park. Once released, it will be posted on https:\/\/www.usviodr.com\/doing-business-with-odr\/.<\/p>\n
\u00a0<\/p>\n
The Office of Disaster Recovery <\/strong>
\n\u201cBuilding a Legacy of Resilience\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" May 20, 2020 DSPR Receives $1.4M to Restore Emile Griffith Park ST. THOMAS, U.S. Virgin Islands \u2013 The Department of Sports, Parks, and Recreation (DSPR) was awarded $1,412,908 to renovate a staple of the St. Thomas community. The funds to complete the repairs to the Emile Griffith Ballpark were obligated by the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"project_id":"","notification":"","due_date":"","status":"","show_rebuild":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[29,156,154],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3334","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","category-press-releases","category-viodr-news"],"yoast_head":"\n
DSPR Receives $1.4M to Restore Emile Griffith Park - US VI ODR<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usviodr.com\/fr\/dspr-receives-1-4m-to-restore-emile-griffith-park\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"fr_FR\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"DSPR Receives $1.4M to Restore Emile Griffith Park - US VI ODR\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\" May 20, 2020 DSPR Receives $1.4M to Restore Emile Griffith Park ST. THOMAS, U.S. Virgin Islands \u2013 The Department of Sports, Parks, and Recreation (DSPR) was awarded $1,412,908 to renovate a staple of the St. Thomas community. The funds to complete the repairs to the Emile Griffith Ballpark were obligated by the […]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.usviodr.com\/fr\/dspr-receives-1-4m-to-restore-emile-griffith-park\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"US VI ODR\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/odrusvi\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2020-05-20T20:09:41+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2026-04-06T12:02:06+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.usviodr.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/funding-banner-scaled-2.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"2560\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"1109\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"sri-admin\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@USVIODR\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@USVIODR\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"\u00c9crit par\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"sri-admin\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Dur\u00e9e de lecture estim\u00e9e\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.usviodr.com\\\/fr\\\/dspr-receives-1-4m-to-restore-emile-griffith-park\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.usviodr.com\\\/fr\\\/dspr-receives-1-4m-to-restore-emile-griffith-park\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"sri-admin\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.usviodr.com\\\/es\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/9879bb2f6d33529db05bf1e87b817dee\"},\"headline\":\"DSPR Receives $1.4M to Restore Emile Griffith Park\",\"datePublished\":\"2020-05-20T20:09:41+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-04-06T12:02:06+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.usviodr.com\\\/fr\\\/dspr-receives-1-4m-to-restore-emile-griffith-park\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":346,\"commentCount\":0,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.usviodr.com\\\/es\\\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.usviodr.com\\\/fr\\\/dspr-receives-1-4m-to-restore-emile-griffith-park\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.usviodr.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2020\\\/05\\\/IMG_23651.1.jpg\",\"articleSection\":[\"News\",\"Press Releases\",\"VIODR News\"],\"inLanguage\":\"fr-FR\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.usviodr.com\\\/fr\\\/dspr-receives-1-4m-to-restore-emile-griffith-park\\\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.usviodr.com\\\/fr\\\/dspr-receives-1-4m-to-restore-emile-griffith-park\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.usviodr.com\\\/fr\\\/dspr-receives-1-4m-to-restore-emile-griffith-park\\\/\",\"name\":\"DSPR Receives $1.4M to Restore Emile Griffith Park - US VI ODR\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.usviodr.com\\\/es\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.usviodr.com\\\/fr\\\/dspr-receives-1-4m-to-restore-emile-griffith-park\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.usviodr.com\\\/fr\\\/dspr-receives-1-4m-to-restore-emile-griffith-park\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.usviodr.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2020\\\/05\\\/IMG_23651.1.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2020-05-20T20:09:41+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-04-06T12:02:06+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.usviodr.com\\\/fr\\\/dspr-receives-1-4m-to-restore-emile-griffith-park\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"fr-FR\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.usviodr.com\\\/fr\\\/dspr-receives-1-4m-to-restore-emile-griffith-park\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"fr-FR\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.usviodr.com\\\/fr\\\/dspr-receives-1-4m-to-restore-emile-griffith-park\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.usviodr.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2020\\\/05\\\/IMG_23651.1.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.usviodr.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2020\\\/05\\\/IMG_23651.1.jpg\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.usviodr.com\\\/fr\\\/dspr-receives-1-4m-to-restore-emile-griffith-park\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.usviodr.com\\\/fr\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"DSPR Receives $1.4M to Restore Emile Griffith Park\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.usviodr.com\\\/es\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.usviodr.com\\\/es\\\/\",\"name\":\"US VI ODR\",\"description\":\"\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.usviodr.com\\\/es\\\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.usviodr.com\\\/es\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"fr-FR\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.usviodr.com\\\/es\\\/#organization\",\"name\":\"US VI ODR\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.usviodr.com\\\/es\\\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"fr-FR\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.usviodr.com\\\/es\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.usviodr.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/01\\\/ODR-LOGO.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.usviodr.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/01\\\/ODR-LOGO.png\",\"width\":105,\"height\":105,\"caption\":\"US VI ODR\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.usviodr.com\\\/es\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.facebook.com\\\/odrusvi\",\"https:\\\/\\\/x.com\\\/USVIODR\",\"https:\\\/\\\/www.instagram.com\\\/usviofficeofdisasterrecovery\\\/?hl=en\"]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.usviodr.com\\\/es\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/9879bb2f6d33529db05bf1e87b817dee\",\"name\":\"sri-admin\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"fr-FR\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/9487f9919bb78dcba49c84455375ca54e4d338663216543e192c1f3e672333e5?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/9487f9919bb78dcba49c84455375ca54e4d338663216543e192c1f3e672333e5?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/9487f9919bb78dcba49c84455375ca54e4d338663216543e192c1f3e672333e5?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"sri-admin\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/staging.usviodr.com\"],\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.usviodr.com\\\/fr\\\/author\\\/sri-admin\\\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"DSPR Receives $1.4M to Restore Emile Griffith Park - US VI ODR","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.usviodr.com\/fr\/dspr-receives-1-4m-to-restore-emile-griffith-park\/","og_locale":"fr_FR","og_type":"article","og_title":"DSPR Receives $1.4M to Restore Emile Griffith Park - US VI ODR","og_description":" May 20, 2020 DSPR Receives $1.4M to Restore Emile Griffith Park ST. THOMAS, U.S. Virgin Islands \u2013 The Department of Sports, Parks, and Recreation (DSPR) was awarded $1,412,908 to renovate a staple of the St. Thomas community. The funds to complete the repairs to the Emile Griffith Ballpark were obligated by the […]","og_url":"https:\/\/www.usviodr.com\/fr\/dspr-receives-1-4m-to-restore-emile-griffith-park\/","og_site_name":"US VI ODR","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/odrusvi","article_published_time":"2020-05-20T20:09:41+00:00","article_modified_time":"2026-04-06T12:02:06+00:00","og_image":[{"width":2560,"height":1109,"url":"https:\/\/www.usviodr.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/funding-banner-scaled-2.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"sri-admin","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@USVIODR","twitter_site":"@USVIODR","twitter_misc":{"\u00c9crit par":"sri-admin","Dur\u00e9e de lecture estim\u00e9e":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.usviodr.com\/fr\/dspr-receives-1-4m-to-restore-emile-griffith-park\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.usviodr.com\/fr\/dspr-receives-1-4m-to-restore-emile-griffith-park\/"},"author":{"name":"sri-admin","@id":"https:\/\/www.usviodr.com\/es\/#\/schema\/person\/9879bb2f6d33529db05bf1e87b817dee"},"headline":"DSPR Receives $1.4M to Restore Emile Griffith Park","datePublished":"2020-05-20T20:09:41+00:00","dateModified":"2026-04-06T12:02:06+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.usviodr.com\/fr\/dspr-receives-1-4m-to-restore-emile-griffith-park\/"},"wordCount":346,"commentCount":0,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.usviodr.com\/es\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.usviodr.com\/fr\/dspr-receives-1-4m-to-restore-emile-griffith-park\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.usviodr.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/IMG_23651.1.jpg","articleSection":["News","Press Releases","VIODR News"],"inLanguage":"fr-FR","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/www.usviodr.com\/fr\/dspr-receives-1-4m-to-restore-emile-griffith-park\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.usviodr.com\/fr\/dspr-receives-1-4m-to-restore-emile-griffith-park\/","url":"https:\/\/www.usviodr.com\/fr\/dspr-receives-1-4m-to-restore-emile-griffith-park\/","name":"DSPR Receives $1.4M to Restore Emile Griffith Park - US VI ODR","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.usviodr.com\/es\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.usviodr.com\/fr\/dspr-receives-1-4m-to-restore-emile-griffith-park\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.usviodr.com\/fr\/dspr-receives-1-4m-to-restore-emile-griffith-park\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.usviodr.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/IMG_23651.1.jpg","datePublished":"2020-05-20T20:09:41+00:00","dateModified":"2026-04-06T12:02:06+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.usviodr.com\/fr\/dspr-receives-1-4m-to-restore-emile-griffith-park\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"fr-FR","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.usviodr.com\/fr\/dspr-receives-1-4m-to-restore-emile-griffith-park\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"fr-FR","@id":"https:\/\/www.usviodr.com\/fr\/dspr-receives-1-4m-to-restore-emile-griffith-park\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/www.usviodr.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/IMG_23651.1.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.usviodr.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/IMG_23651.1.jpg"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.usviodr.com\/fr\/dspr-receives-1-4m-to-restore-emile-griffith-park\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.usviodr.com\/fr\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"DSPR Receives $1.4M to Restore Emile Griffith Park"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.usviodr.com\/es\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.usviodr.com\/es\/","name":"US VI ODR","description":"","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.usviodr.com\/es\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.usviodr.com\/es\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"fr-FR"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/www.usviodr.com\/es\/#organization","name":"US VI ODR","url":"https:\/\/www.usviodr.com\/es\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"fr-FR","@id":"https:\/\/www.usviodr.com\/es\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/www.usviodr.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/ODR-LOGO.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.usviodr.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/ODR-LOGO.png","width":105,"height":105,"caption":"US VI ODR"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.usviodr.com\/es\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/odrusvi","https:\/\/x.com\/USVIODR","https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/usviofficeofdisasterrecovery\/?hl=en"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.usviodr.com\/es\/#\/schema\/person\/9879bb2f6d33529db05bf1e87b817dee","name":"sri-admin","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"fr-FR","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/9487f9919bb78dcba49c84455375ca54e4d338663216543e192c1f3e672333e5?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/9487f9919bb78dcba49c84455375ca54e4d338663216543e192c1f3e672333e5?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/9487f9919bb78dcba49c84455375ca54e4d338663216543e192c1f3e672333e5?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"sri-admin"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/staging.usviodr.com"],"url":"https:\/\/www.usviodr.com\/fr\/author\/sri-admin\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.usviodr.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3334","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.usviodr.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.usviodr.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.usviodr.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.usviodr.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3334"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.usviodr.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3334\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":19003,"href":"https:\/\/www.usviodr.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3334\/revisions\/19003"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.usviodr.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3334"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.usviodr.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3334"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.usviodr.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3334"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.usviodr.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/IMG_23651.1.jpg\")
<\/p>\n